LS Central (13.05) Release Notes

About This Release

Build no. - 876
Released - April 16, 2019

This version is built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, CU 03, build no. 27183

Note:
The 64-bit client is the default client when opening the Microsoft Dynamics Business Central 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 Central Start tool for the POS.

The following is a list of changes and key features in LS Central (13.05).

Product Name Change

LS Nav is now LS Central

As of version 13.03, February 2019, the product name changed from LS Nav on Business Central to LS Central. This is reflected in the LS Central UI and Help.

New or Enhanced Features

Retail

BackOffice

Improved Performance of INVLOOKUP

Query is now used to speed up populating the POS Inventory lookup framework.

Customer Order

Customer Details on Sales Invoice and Order Confirmation

Customer details are now printed on the Order Confirmation and Sales Invoice. The FactBox for Sales Order and Invoice in Unposted and Posted Customer Orders has been updated for this purpose and population of fields in the Sales Order been changed.

Vendor Sourcing

A functionality to sell items, through Customer Order, that are not in stock in any location has been added. It assumes there is an agreement between the retailer and vendor(s) on what items the vendor can deliver, to what locations the vendor can deliver the items, and how fast the vendor can deliver the items to each location or group of locations.

The Customer Order business logic is that a Customer Order can only be sourced from one location. The same business logic applies to vendor sourcing. This means that it is not possible to source items from multiple locations in a single Customer Order, and it is not possible to source from a location and from vendor in the same Customer Order.

There is no stock check made for vendor sourcing items when the order is placed. The assumption is that the vendor guarantees the availability of the items.

For more information see Customer Order - Vendor Sourcing Overview in the LS Central Help.

Vendor Sourcing Setup

Two fields have been added to the Customer Order Setup page: Store-Vendor Relation and Item Prepayment Hierarchy. Three hierarchies must be created prior to filling in these fields.

The first one is a hierarchy where stores can be grouped. Stores can be grouped by geographical location as the hierarchy is used to set the lead time between the stores and the vendors.
The second hierarchy is to set what vendors source items per Customer Order. The store hierarchy and the vendor hierarchy are then linked through a Hierarchy Relation and the hierarchy relation is selected in the Store-Vendor Relation field in the Customer Order setup.
The third hierarchy is to select what items can be vendor-sourced. It is possible in the item hierarchy to set a minimum payment.

For more information see How to: Set Up Vendor Sourcing for Customer Order in the LS Central Help.

Customer Order Vendor Sourcing Process

When the setup is complete, items that are not in stock can be sold through Customer Order. When the Customer Order is created in Head Office, a Purchase Order is created. The Purchase Order is sent to the vendor and the vendor delivers the ordered items to the Store or Warehouse, where the customer will pick up the order (if it is a click & collect order), or where the order will be shipped from (if it is a shipment order).

It is now possible to receive a Purchase Order in the Customer Order module on the POS. This will create a Posted Purchase Receipt. The Purchase Invoice must be posted in Head Office.

For more information see Vendor Sourcing in the LS Central Help.

Required Fields

It is now possible to configure what fields related to the customer are required when creating a Customer Order. The requirements can be set separately for collection orders and shipment orders.

For more information see How to: Set Up Required Fields in Customer Order in the LS Central Help.

Preaction Creation Setup Moved to Extension Module

The handling of preaction creation setup data for standard tables has been moved to be handled by its corresponding extension module.

LS Hardware Station

LS Hardware Station Updated With New LS Pay Functionality

Nets plugin is now supported. With the Nets implementation comes the possibility to use commands for zreport, xreport, and to do an offline purchase when using the Nets plugin.

Support for OPOS DirectIO

Support for the OPOS DirectIO has also been added to LS Hardware Station. This enables the implementation and use of own commands, for example in custom EFT implementations in LS Hardware Station.

Customizing EFT Connection

The EFT customization document has been updated and so has the demo project that was created to show an EFT customization basic project.

Replenishment

Transparent Data Profiles

The replenishment calculation for Purchase Replenishment Journal and Transfer Replenishment Journal has been enhanced. The value for the Reorder Point, Max. Inventory, Transfer Multiple, and Order Multiple fields can be set up to be taken from the Data Profile or the Item (or Item Store Record).

New setup fields, Reorder Point (Source), Max. Inventory (Source), Transfer Multiple (Source), and Order Multiple (Source) have been introduced in the Replenishment Data Profile page, to define if these fields should be taken from Data Profile or Item/Item Store Rec. during replenishment calculation.

For more information see Replenishment Control Data in the LS Central Help.

Sales History Adjustments

Usability Improvements

Various Add & Copy functionalities, namely Export to Excel, Import from Excel, Add Lines, Copy from Item, and Copy from Location have been introduced to assist users to conveniently maintain Replen. Sales History Adjustment.

For more information see Sales History Adjustment in LS Central Help.

Calculation from Planned Demand Event

It is now possible to automatically calculate Sales History Adjustment from Planned Demand Event, to adjust the sales history to the level before the additional sales were introduced due to the planned event. This can be achieved by using the Calculation Rule with type Planned Demand Event.

For more information see How to: Calculate Sales Hist. Adjustment from Planned Demand Events in LS Central Help.

Calculation from Outlier Detection

It is now possible to automatically calculate Sales History Adjustment from Outlier Detection. The system identifies the outliers in the sales history by using the Interquartile Range Rule and then create Sales History Adjustment entries to adjust the sales quantity of the outliers to the median value of the sales history data. This can be achieved by using the Calculation Rule with type Outlier Detection.

For more information see How to: Calculate Sales Hist. Adjustment from Outlier Detection in LS Central Help.

Consider Sales from More Sales Channels for Average Usage Calculation

The sales from Franchise, eCommerce, and B2B, where there are no physical stores present and the stocks are directly consumed from the warehouse, can now be considered when calculating the Average Usage for replenishment. This can be achieved by using the Calculation Rule with type Item Ledger Entries, which will consolidate the sales history from eCommerce and B2B into a virtual location and then create Sales History Adjustment entries to simulate the sales.

For more information see How to: Calculate Sales Hist. Adjustment from Item Ledger Entries in LS Central Help.

LS Central POS

Card Type and Name Added to Mobile POS Transactions

The posting of transactions from the Mobile POS has been updated. The Card Type and Card Type Name are now mapped and updated in transactions that originate in the Mobile POS and are posted in LS Central. EFT FOB for LS Nav 2016 / 2017 have been updated accordingly.

Clienteling

More Personalized Service at the Clienteling POS

In an extended member option it is now possible to view items of each purchase.

Item Detail Changed to Customer Order Icon

The icon for item details has been removed. As always, the user can click the brick for the item to open the item details. Now it is also possible in Clienteling to mark an item for Customer Order by clicking the newly added icon.

LS Central App, Android Version

Adyen and AltaPay Added

Adyen and AltaPay are new EFT plugins from LS Pay that have been added to the list of available EFT plugins in the LS Central App, Android version,

LS Activity

Dynamic Pricing Based on Availability

LS Activity now offers dynamic pricing based on product availability. This lets the user control prices and make the product more or less expensive depending on demand.

Improved Email Templates, Language Code, and Graphical Matrix View

HTML Preview and Copy in Email Templates

HTML preview is now supported when you create email templates in LS Activity. This gives the user a better overview of the confirmation emails that are sent automatically for reservations and activities. Additionally, it is now also possible to copy templates.

Language Code Added to Member and Contacts

Language Code has been added to Member Accounts and Contacts. This is the language code for an Activity Reservation and an Activity. The code then determines which email template to use when sending email confirmations.

Sending Emails Based on the Reservation Language Code

It is now possible to specify a language code on a reservation and activity. This enables communication with customers in the selected language by using the appropriate email template for email confirmations.

Enhanced Graphical Matrix View

For resources based on a fixed menu template, graphical matrix views have been enhanced to enable viewing of static (fixed) resource layouts using the menu button settings in the POS. The user can now set up graphical layouts to view the resources and see the availability of these.

New POS Commands

The following POS commands have been added:

Function Code	Description
EFT_GET_XREPORT	Invokes the EFT X-Report process.
EFT_GET_YREPORT	Invokes the EFT Y-Report process.

See the LS Central Help and corresponding Excel list with filters for a complete list of POS commands.