LS Nav on Business Central (13.02) Release Notes

About This Release

Build no. - 800
Released - January 17, 2019

This version is built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, build no. 26413

Note:
The 64-bit client is the default client when opening the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client. The POS for the Windows client is only supported to run on the 32-bit client, which can be set up in the LS Nav on Business Central Start tool for the POS.

The following is a list of changes and key features in LS Nav on Business Central (13.02).

New or Enhanced Features

Retail

Web Service 2.0

The following web services have been created according to the Web Service 2.0 framework:

  • COInventoryLocations - replaces web service CO_INVENTORY_LOCATIONS
  • COQtyAvailability - replaces web service CO_QTY_AVAILABILITY_EXT
  • COSourcingLocationList - replaces web service CO_SOURCING_LOCATION_LIST
  • SendDataEntry - replaces web service SEND_DATA_ENTRY
  • SendPosStartStatus - replaces web service SEND_POS_START_STATUS

BackOffice Improvements

Fields Added to LS Nav Retail Item Card

The Retail Item Card and Retail Item List pages are now in sync with MS Item Card and Item List.

LS Changes To Standard Mail Handling Removed

LS Changes to Standard Mail Handling have been removed.

LS Hardware Station

Notification Issued When Taking Over a Scanner

Users are now prompted if they want to take over a Hardware Station scanner that is in use by another Web POS.

Loading Devices

LS Hardware Station does not load all devices on startup. To speed up startup time for the Hardware Station, devices are not loaded until they are needed.

Replenishment

New and Fixed Item Default Settings

  • A new option, Use Default Item Store Rec, in the Item Default Settings page has been added to specify whether to copy the Replenishment Item Store Rec of the Default Item.
  • The option Use Default Extra Dimensions has been fixed and is now working correctly. It specifies whether to copy the Extra Dimensions of the Default Item.
  • The option Use Default Variant Matrix has been fixed so that the Variant entries are inserted correctly when the option is selected.

Threshold Management: Partial Release

Threshold Management in Automatic Replenishment has been enhanced to allow partial document creation; in other words, Purchase Orders and Transfer Orders will be created for items without exceptions in the Replenishment Journal. You can enable this feature by selecting the Thresholds Partial Doc. Create check box in the Thresholds FastTab on the Replen. Setup and Replen. Template pages.

Purchase Order and Transfer Order Release Status Setup

Two new setup check boxes, Release Purch. Order After Creation and Release Transfer Order After Creation, have been added to the Integration FastTab in the Replen. Setup and Replen. Template pages, to define if the documents created from the Replenishment Journal should be automatically released.

New Fields in Threshold Rule: Replenishment Template Code and Any Item

Two new fields, Replenishment Template Code and Any Item, have been added to the Threshold Rules page. The Replenishment Template Code is used to define if the Threshold Rule is only applicable to a particular Replenishment Template. On the other hand, the Any Item field lets you set up a Threshold Rule on a higher item group level (Division, Item Category or Product Group), and then the same rule will be applied to all the items in the journal, which fall under the same item group.

For more information see Threshold Management in the LS Nav Help.

Action Add Location/Variants Added to Replenishment Item Store List Page

Using the Add Locations/Variants action the user can select a combination of Locations and Variants and then simultaneously add multiple lines into Replenishment Item Store Recs.

Replenishment Calculation: Average Usage

The data from Replen. Sales Hist. Adjustment can now be considered in calculating the item's Date of First Sale in Replen. Item Quantities.

For more information see Sales History Adjustment in the LS Nav Help.

LS Nav App (Android)

Full screen mode is now enabled to maximize the screen size that is used.

Web Sync

LS Retail Administration includes a new module named Web Sync with the following menu items:

  • Web Table Groups
  • Web Application Types
  • Web Application Register
  • Web Application Client Status
  • Web Application Restore Data

Web Sync is designed to support web replication to apps to be controlled by the HO (source) database location. An app in this context can for example be a mobile device, POS, or an e-commerce site. What is to be replicated and the process for each app is controlled by HO. Each app will first register at HO defining its type. HO will control the data each app will receive. Every time an app wants to get data from HO it starts a sync cycle. The sync cycle includes getting information about what data is available at HO (full/delta) for each table, and the cycle is set up for this particular app type. Based on that information, the app has to ask for the available data, one table at a time, until the sync cycle has been closed.

Note: This module, and all objects related to it, should not be used as it is still under development. LS Retail reserves the right to modify or remove the module in upcoming releases.

New POS Commands

The following new POS commands have been added:

  • ASSIGNRENTAL - assign equipment.
  • ASSIGNUNIT2ACT - assign rental unit to activity (by list).
  • ASSIGNUNIT2RES - assign rental unit to reservation (by list).
  • BOOKMATRIX - show and book Activity matrix.
  • BOOKMATRIX2 - show and book Activity matrix.
  • BOOKMEMBERSHIP - book membership.
  • BOOKPACKAGE - book package activity (parameter product).
  • BOOKPRODLIST - book a single activity from list (no payment).
  • BOOKPRODUCT - book a single activity (no payment).
  • BOOKRESOURCE - book an activity from resource (parameter resource).
  • CANCELACTIVITY - return security deposit from current list.
  • CANCELCURRACT - return security deposit from current list.
  • CANCELCURRRES - return security deposit from current list.
  • CANCELRES - return security deposit from current list.
  • CHANGETICKET - change ticket line.
  • CHARGE2RES - charge to reservation.
  • CONFIRMACT - confirm activities in journal and clear lines.
  • EDITACTATTRIBUTES - edit actvity attributes.
  • EDITPARTICIPANTS - edit activity participants.
  • OPENACTIVITY - open the Activity Card.
  • OPENRESERVATION - open the Reservation Card.
  • PARTICIPANTS - list participants from the current journal line.
  • PAYACTIVITY - pay from list of activities.
  • PAYCURRACT - pay current selected activity.
  • PAYCURRCLIENT - pay the current client's activities.
  • PAYCURRRES - pay the currently selected reservation.
  • PAYRES - pay reservation from list.
  • POSTACTIVITY - internal: Post Activities.
  • PREPAYACT - enter deposit to reservation.
  • PREPAYCURRACT - enter deposit to currently active reservation.
  • PREPAYCURRES - enter deposit to currently active reservation.
  • PREPAYRES - enter deposit to reservation.
  • PRESELLPRODUCT - pre-sell allowance of any activity product.
  • PUSH2CURREVENT - send POS items to activity reservation.
  • PUSH2EVENTS - send items to confirmed activities.
  • REDEEMPRODUCT - redeem pre-sale allowance.
  • RENTUNIT - sell rental based on unit number.
  • RESMATRIX - build Resource Matrix View.
  • RETRNACTDEPOSIT - return security deposit from list.
  • RETRNCURACTDEPOSIT - return security deposit from current list.
  • RETRNCURDEPOSIT - return security deposit from current list.
  • RETRNRESDEPOSIT - return security deposit from list.
  • RETURNRENTAL - return equipment.
  • SEARCHCONTACT - search for member contact and assign to sale.
  • SELLMATRIX - show and sell Activity matrix.
  • SELLMATRIX2 - show sell Activity matrix.
  • SELLMEMBERSHIP - sell membership.
  • SELLPACKAGE - sell package activity (parameter product).
  • SELLPRODLIST - sell from list of activity products.
  • SELLPRODUCT - sell single activity product.
  • SELLRESOURCE - sell activity from resource (parameter resource).
  • TICKETPRINT - internal: ticket printing.
  • TIMELINE - build Timeline View.
  • VIEWACTIVITY - show Activity.
  • VIEWATTRIBUTES - view activity attributes.
  • VIEWUNITS - view rental assignment.

Hospitality

LS Activity in LS Nav on Business Central

LS Activity is now available as an Add-on for LS Nav on Business Central, providing reservation, rental, and membership modules as they were in LS Activity version 2.2.

The online help for LS Activity will be available in LS Central 13.03. Training videos for LS Activity can be found on the LS Retail channel on YouTube.

Kitchen Display System (KDS)

KDS Printer Errors Shown on POS

Errors on KDS printers (paper out or some other issues) can now be shown on the POS so the user is notified and can take the necessary action. Note: This only works for KDS printers.

Other

Changes in Demo Data

  • Some of the Demo Data stores and their locations have new names: store S0003 is Saalora Cosmetics and S0009 is Pulsar Electronics Store.
  • New POS profiles have been created for Saalora and Pulsar stores.
  • Setup Data has been added for LS Activity.

Online Help

The Excel document POS Commands.xlsx, which contains a list of all POS commands in LS Nav, has been updated. The document is searchable and has filters to make it easier to use. The document is also available via hyperlink in the POS Commands page in the LS Nav Help.

Fixed Issues

Unused Variables Removed from LS Nav Objects

All unused variables have been removed from LS Nav objects. OMA tools were used.

Images in Search Results on POS

An error, where images did not appear in Search Results on the POS (for example Member Contacts), has now been fixed.

LS Hardware Station

EFT Purchase Hangs

If a currency code in the POS does not match a currency code in PED, the Hardware Station hangs. This EFT Purchase Error has now been fixed.