LS Nav 11.01 Release Notes

About This Release

Build no. - 605
Released - March 2, 2018

This version is built on Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018, build no. 20348.

Note:
The 64-bit client is now the default client when opening NAV.

In this version the POS is only supported to run on the 32-bit Dynamics NAV Windows client. We recommend setting up the 32-bit client in the LS Nav Start tool for the POS.

The following is a list of changes and key features in LS Nav 2018 (11.01).

New or Enhanced Features

Retail

Web Services 2.0: New Framework

A new framework for writing standard SOAP web services has been released. The framework

  • makes Web Service easier to use for API developers (Consulting, Omni, and partners).
  • provides automatic documentation of web services.
  • provides multiple dedicated web services instead of one generic web service for all functionalities.
  • provides version control for LS Nav Web Service methods.
  • supports more than one version of the web services.
  • means that Web Service methods are no longer dependent on manually entered demo data or other setup data to function.
  • provides an option to monitor the usage of Web Service methods in accordance with currently used monitoring methods.

Framework 2.0: New Web Services

  • GetItemInventory – replaces INVENTORY
  • RetailMessageGetActiveList – replaces RETAIL_MESSAGE_GET_ACTIVE_LIST
  • WebPosCalculate (will be renamed to MobilePosCalculate in next version) - replaces WEB_POS, command CALCULATE
  • WebPosPost (will be renamed to MobilePosPost in next version) – replaces WEB_POS, command POST
  • GetHierarchy – replaces GET_HIERARCHY
  • GetHierarchyNode – replaces GET_HIERARCHY_NODE
  • GetCrossSelling – replaces GET_CROSS_SELLING
  • CustomerOrderCreate – replaces CUSTOMER_ORDER_CREATE and CUSTOMER_ORDER_CREATE_EXT
  • EcomCalculateBasket – replaces ECOMM_CALCULATE_BASKET (Multiple Web Store) and WI_NC_CALCULATE_BASKET (Single Web Store).

Clienteling: Actual Inventory of Items

Item Details in Clienteling now shows the actual inventory of items. The inventory is now updated in real-time when an item is sold on the POS.

Replenishment: Item Hierarchy, a New Budget Type in Retail Purchase Budget

Item Hierarchy is now available as a Budget Type on the Retail Purchase Budget card. This makes it possible for the user to assign an Item Hierarchy to the budget and then perform planning for the items linked to the Hierarchy.

The Calculate Budget from Child Budgets and Copy Budget functionalities now also work with the Item Hierarchy budget, provided that the budgets involved are linked to the same Item Hierarchy.

The Create Budget from Purchases report has been improved to work with the new Item Hierarchy budget type: the report only creates budget entries based on historical purchase data for items that belong to the Item Hierarchy currently assigned to the budget.

For more information see Retail Purchase Budgets in the LS Nav Online Help.

Replenishment: Item Hierarchy Actions Renamed

  • The Item in Hierarchy action on the Retail Item Card and List page (the Navigate action menu, Retail/POS group) has been renamed Item to Dyn. Item Hierarchy.
  • The Item Hierarchy action in the Retail Product Groups List (the Navigate action menu, Product Groups section) has been renamed Retail Hierarchy.

Replenishment: Enhanced Action in Retail Sales Budget

The Import Budget from Excel action on the Retail Sales Budget page has been enhanced: it now only imports the item(s) in the selected item hierarchy.

Hospitality

Kitchen Display System: Fully Configure KDS in LS Nav (Deprecate Site Manager)

The Kitchen Display System can now be fully configured within LS Nav Hospitality. This means it is no longer necessary to set up the Site Manager and a separate database for the Kitchen Display System.

The KDS configuration has also been improved:

  • It is possible to configure which columns are shown on the Kitchen Station Line displays and to configure the sizes of these columns.
  • It is possible to configure the header and footer on the Kitchen Station Chit displays. Users can now specify the number of lines and columns in the header and footer.
  • All fields on the line display and chit displays' header and footer can be configured with text and colors.

New demo data for the KDS styles has been added so users can select either the conventional gray look or a darker look for the displays.

Intelligent Cloud

LS Recommend: Old Usage Data Deleted

A change has been made to the management of usage history that is used by the LS Recommend module. Now, when new data is loaded, the procedure starts by deleting old usage data that is outside the model's Usage History Time Period. Also, the data is loaded in smaller chunks.

A backport containing this change is available for LS Nav 8.00.08 and 9.00.10 on the LS Retail Partner Portal.

Fixed Issues

Retail POS: Input Validation for Gift Cards

When a Gift Card is sold on the POS it no longer requires double validation. Input validation on the numeric pad for Gift Cards has been fixed.

Replenishment: New Action on the Threshold Rule Values Page

A new action, Threshold Rules, has been added to the Threshold Rule Values (10012334) page. The new action shows all the Threshold Rules that have been setup for all Replenishment Journals.

Replenishment: Actions Removed in Retail Budgets

The Expand All and Collapse All actions on the Retail Sales Budget (10012417) page and the Retail Purchase Budget (10012419) page have been removed and replaced with the standard Nav Expand/Collapse function.

LS Recommend: Action in Setup Removed

The Validate Key action on the LS Recommend Setup page has been removed.

A backport containing this change is available for LS Nav 8.00.08 and 9.00.10 on the LS Retail Partner Portal.