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1 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel. 3.1 Release Notes 25 th March, 2010 (Consolidated from all Shoper POS 7.2 releases) Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes

2 The information contained in this document represents the current view of Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd., ( Tally in short) on the topics discussed as of the date of publication. Because Tally must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Tally, and Tally cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication. This document is for informational purposes only. TALLY MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Tally may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written licence agreement from Tally, the furnishing of this document does not give you any licence to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. Tally, Tally 9, Tally9, Tally.ERP, Tally.ERP 9, Shoper, Shoper 9, Shoper POS, Shoper HO, Shoper 9 POS, Shoper 9 HO, TallyDeveloper, Tally Developer, Tally.Developer 9, Tally.NET, Tally Development Environment, Tally Extender, Tally Integrator, Tally Integrated Network, Tally Service Partner, TallyAcademy & Power of Simplicity are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in India and/or other countries. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Ver Rel. 3.1 Dated: 25 th March, 2010 Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes

3 Table of Contents An Overview of Shoper POS... 1 Shoper POS 7.2 functionality... 1 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Enhancements... 2 Bug fixes... 3 Previous Release Notes... 4 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Bug fixes... 4 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Enhancements... 4 Bug fixes... 5 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes i

4 An Overview of Shoper POS Shoper Point of Sale (POS) is a versatile software solution for retail businesses and has proven to be very helpful in managing all inventory and sales needs of a store. An additional interface from Shoper to Tally 9, our finance & accounting solution, automatically renders robust financial management & reporting in Tally. Shoper POS 7.2 functionality Highlights of Shoper POS: Billing, Sales Returns, Cancellation of Bills and Exchanges Counter Cash Accounting Credit Card Collection Accounting Goods Inwards Recording and Price Tag Generation (With Bar Codes) Miscellaneous Stock Transaction Recording Catalogue Management Customer Database Maintenance Franchisee Accounting Physical Stock Taking House Keeping : Day Open & Close, Data Back Up s & Restore, Data Transfer Robust user security Interface to Tally Sales, Stock, Cash and M.I.S. Reporting Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 1

5 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel. 3.1 Enhancements Licensing Shoper 7.2 POS Release 3.1 Licensing mechanism helps you to keep track of the various locations where you have installed Shoper 7.2 POS Release 3.1. The very simple and easy to use mechanism helps to self administer all deployments, including surrendering and reactivation of licenses. Features of Licensing Simple and user-friendly Licensing mechanism through online process Flexibility to configure settings based on Single User / Multi-user / Multi-Site Brings in the concept of Account for better management and administration of Licenses Activation/ Reactivation is possible with Account ID and Password Central Management of multiple Licenses running at different sites in a secured environment. You can manage your Account/ Site using the Control Centre on Tally Solutions website LiveUpdate Shoper 7.2 LiveUpdate has been enhanced for updating your installation with default application patches. The patches can be downloaded from multiple locations. Downloads can also be scheduled. Setup/Configuration Year End process has been enhanced, such that the function can be executed only after the month set in the system parameters Year Ending Month under the category Setup. For example: If the month set is 3, you can do the Year End only from 1 st April. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 2

6 Bug fixes Setup/ Configuration If the last digit of the Prefix was zero, then year end was not being executed. This issue has been resolved During Year End process, Primary key Violation Error was appearing due to the duplication of prefix. This issue has been resolved If a new company is created with the financial year as April 2009 to March 2010, then the bill prefix was appearing as -1. If the financial year is January 2010 to December 2010, then the bill prefix was appearing as 0. This issue has been resolved. Tally Interface Posting data to Tally was failing due to paisa difference. Now, the transaction with paisa difference will be posted to suspense account in Tally. Item Master When Source-wise Tax Grouping Applicable was set as true, then adding a new item was giving an error. This issue has been resolved. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 3

7 Previous Release Notes Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Bug fixes Slips An error message, RTE 53 File Not Found was displayed when printing sales slips in Shoper 7.2. This issue is now resolved. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Enhancements Backup The performance of Shoper 7.2 backup during day end is enhanced. Data Archival The data archival application is provided as part of the standard menu. Close Day Day End program is optimised for improvement in performance. If any files fail to get uploaded to the FTP site during the Day End process, the same would be uploaded the following day during the Day End process. ID/IM ID/IM Flat file creation during Day End is optimised. Setup The provision to shift Day End Backup to Day Begin has been provided under Supervisory option. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 4

8 Bug fixes Close Day During the Day End process an error was displayed ItemMaster does not have Stockno. This issue has been resolved. Setup/Configuration While creating price masters through item master entry the analysis code was not in order. This issue has been resolved. Sales Reports The display of item quantities sold for the required sizes was not properly aligned in the Size Wise Sales report. The quantity details were displayed alongside the sizes of the stock items causing confusion. This issue has been resolved. Stock Reports The Size-wise Stock Reports did not display/ print the quantity under relevant sizes. The first 48 numbers of sizes for a product-brand combination were being considered for the report and the rest were being omitted. This has been resolved by clubbing the stocks held under the sizes beyond 48 numbers of sizes and displayed under the caption Others. This issue has been resolved. Billing In some cases while during sales return, there was an inconsistency in the sale value and cash collected. Day End program attempted to fix this by modifying the records, which was sometimes resulting in wrong payment modes shown in the cash reports for those transactions. This issue has been resolved. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 5

9 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Bill Printing Bill printing was not possible if there was any mismatch between the customer name and the name in the Mailing list information. By running the script provided to update the mailing list name, this problem can be resolved If there was more than one tax component, the tax amount of each component was not getting printed separately during bill printing. Slips This issue has been resolved A new option Pending Order / Trn Closure under Sales menu is provided to foreclose the partially consumed or not consumed Slips during billing While scanning items for Slips, if there were blank lines in between, these lines were being saved as line items with zero value. Export/ Import This issue has been resolved When new items were imported using the option DC Import with the file format as GUI with Delimiter New Format from Shoper 9 to Shoper 7.2, some of the inventory information was being updated incorrectly. This resulted in incorrect data while generating stock related reports. This issue has been resolved When PT files created from Shoper9 with file format as GUI with Delimiter New Format were loaded to Shoper 7.2 by DC Import, a runtime error was being displayed if the supplier name contained more than 30 characters. This issue has been resolved. Now, if the supplier name contains more than 30 characters, it gets truncated to 30 characters by accepting only the first 30 characters While importing Item Master, the fields Retail Price, Dealer Price, Current Cost and Last purchase price were not being validated for negative values. This issue has been resolved. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 6

10 Inwards/ Outwards When PT files created from Shoper9 with the file format as GUI with Delimiter New Format were loaded to Shoper 7.2 by Goods Inward, a runtime error was being displayed if the supplier name contained more than 30 characters. This issue has been resolved. Now, if the supplier name contains more than 30 characters, it gets truncated to 30 characters by accepting only the first 30 characters When new items were imported using the option Goods Inwards with file format as GUI with Delimiter New Format from Shoper 9 to Shoper 7.2, some of the inventory information were being updated incorrectly. This was resulting in incorrect data while generating stock related reports. This issue has been resolved During Goods Inwards, if the item details were loaded from a PDT file, then these item details were being displayed in the item grid with a blank line between each line item. Due to these blank lines, it was not possible to save the Goods Inwards entries made. This issue has been resolved The values edited in Goods Outwards transaction were not being updated properly. Pricing Master Entry A script is now provided to correct the edited values of Goods Outwards transactions During the Item Master entry, some of the fields were not being updated properly in their corresponding master tables. MIS Reports This issue has been resolved While generating Customerwise Productwise OffTake Report: A message Record Not found was being displayed if the report was based on the selection criteria Description. Item details for more than one customer were being clubbed instead of displaying item details for each customer separately. These issues have been resolved. Additionally, now it is possible to generate the report where orders can be sorted on the basis of Quantity, Value or Customer Code. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 7

11 Sales Reports While exporting Daywise Sales Reports to MS Excel, the columns were not being displayed in the appropriate sequence. Stock Reports This issue has been resolved If the Stock Movement Report is generated based on Transacted Items, some of the transacted items were not being displayed. This issue has been resolved. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID ID ID Run time error being displayed while taking printout of Cash Receipt has been resolved. GUI printing of cash receipt has also been enabled. Validation of mailing list entry that occurs during editing/ deleting HO Chain Stores catalogue has been resolved. Now, the pricing master import validates if the Retail Price, Cost Price, Dealer Price or Last Purchase Price contain Null values, in addition to the basic item classification and analysis codes, as per the values set for the parameter Validate Data during Pricing Master Import under the category Item Master. The values set for the parameter Validate Data during Pricing Master Import are: 0 = No Check, i.e., do not validate the mandatory fields 1 = Check, warn and update with the default value, NA or 0 depending on the data type. 2 = Check, warn and abort, i.e., do not import the entire file ID ID ID ID ID The Franchisee Outstanding report has been modified to handle round off values. Now the figures displayed in the Franchisee Outstanding report match with the Payments To HO report. The Customerwise Productwise OffTake Report can now be generated for a specific product and brand. The issue of a single PT file appearing multiple times in the PT File Information has been rectified. The option PT File Information under Stock menu now displays information with respect to each PT file. The Stock Taking option using the import function allows and validates the quantity field consisting of a maximum of 10 characters. The Salesperson Summary at Sales Reports has been rectified to handle negative values. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 8

12 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID The Reason Code under Billing can be selected even when the parameter, AcceptSalemanInBill is set to Off. Customer name can be printed in the bill, if customer is inserted during Billing (on the fly). The Date is now formatted in accordance with the selection made in Cash Reports. The Reason Code is validated in Goods Inwards and a message is displayed if the reason code is more than 16 digits. Item Classification validates and displays an appropriate message, if a duplicate of the Size Serial No. and Size Code exists. The Quantity for Specific as well as All sizes under MIS Reports are displayed correctly. The corresponding rate of the Addon/ Deduction amount is calculated in Goods Inwards. Goods Outward Audit Trial printing now prints the available From or To or Both address. The PT File Export option is set to the delimiter format, by default. The DocnoPrefix column in Stock Transaction Report has been enhanced to display five characters. Pending Transaction Report displays the correct status of the Slips. It is now possible to edit or delete the previous financial year Slips, even if the Slips are not consumed fully. The Export button in the Attribute Wise Stocks Report is now enabled with default options. Supplier Details under Stock Reports has been enhanced to handle large data. The Service Items are excluded while calculating the Current Balance under Stock Aging Report. During Goods Inwards, the mismatch in the decimal value due to Tax/ Add-ons /Deductions appropriations resulted in the document not getting loaded from PT file. This has been rectified. You can now generate an Item-wise Sales Report with specific Class2 (Brand) selection. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 9

13 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID ID The cost appropriation logic has now been changed and does not consider the rates during outwards. ID The issue that occurred while exporting replication data in SQL 2005, has been resolved. ID ID ID ID ID In the goods outwards transaction, if the reason code is selected with more than 16 characters, an alert message is displayed. The issue with simultaneous printing of bills from different systems has been resolved. A roll back mechanism has been introduced to avoid partial update of transactions during DC import. Pay-in slips are to be printed using the printer connected to the port defined in the system parameter. ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID Deduction after tax value in Goods Inwards is now saved correctly. The run time error displayed during size wise report generation due to null value of size wise group Id has been resolved. Even if classification 1 or classification 2 descriptions are duplicated, report can be generated for specific items. The field size for street address has been increased and also enabled to print locality and name in the field To address of audit trail. The part payments made using credit cards are listed for submission and realisation. During Day End, the file permission issue has been resolved. The entire party name is now printed in a single line. The run time error displayed while printing goods outward audit trail with cost price as 0 has been rectified. In the stock transaction ledger report, the doc. no. is now displayed completely. PT file information report generates the report based on transactions. Irrespective of the date of reprint, the transaction date will be printed correctly. Run time error displayed during invoking of DB tuning utility due to the absence of required application tables in the database has been resolved. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 10

14 ID ID ID ID During the DC import option of delimited PT file, the DC date is updated correctly. The pay-in slip numbers are correctly updated in the franchisee transaction table. Now in a retail environment, Stock balance report can also be generated based on retail price. In stocktaking, while importing the items (Only stock numbers) from PDT/Text/CSV files, the import quantity is the least saleable quantity as defined in the item master. In case of Stock numbers and quantity, only multiples of the least saleable quantity as defined in the Item Master will be allowed in the import quantity. ID Shoper 7.2. data can now be posted to Tally.ERP 9. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID During Billing, the recalled Slips are validated and if no stock is present, the stock check is enabled. The POSCASHTRN Table is updated correctly even while using Gift Coupon as the mode of payment during Billing. When making a payment in a Sales Order if the Advance Receipt is not catalogued, a message prompts the user to catalogue the Advance Receipt. H.O.Chain Store Catalogue and Vendor Catalogue will prompt you to enter the mailing list details while trying to save the record after entering only the code. While creating the Item Masters from multiple nodes simultaneously, the Stock Number is correctly incremented and saved. Now, it is possible to apply filters while using the Edit option in the Item Master Entry even when Item Analysis Codes are not enabled sequentially. The Gross Margin Report at MIS Reports prints proper figures. Information printed in the Customer Bill-wise and the Customer Product-wise Report under MIS Reports matches properly. The Temp Table is reset before inserting the stock quantity from the IP file during Physical Stock Taking. The length of the Customer Code in the Customer Catalogue is restricted to 16 digits. However, Billing is enhanced to handle the Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 11

15 Customer Codes of length more than 16 digits catalogued earlier. ID ID ID ID It is now possible to Edit the Service Orders. When the PO quantity is not present in the Stock Discrepancy Report at Stock Reports generated for a given period, the Diff. Between PO & Actuals is not printed as negative. The party name is printed based on the Transaction Type and Party Id in Transaction-wise Goods Register thus avoiding printing of wrong party name if the selected party code is duplicated in different party types (Vendor, Customer). The options 'Analysis-Summary' and 'Analysis-Detail' are enabled under 'Stock Balance Normal' report when any of the item analysis codes is enabled, not necessarily in a sequential order. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID While importing PT files during the goods inwards process, there was a mismatch in decimal places between the header value and detail value. This is been rectified. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID The options Payments to HO and Franchisee Outstanding at Cash > Franchisee Ac are modified to display proper values. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID 22371, ID ID ID The new option, Size Management included in Catalogue can be used to merge Size Groups, split a Size Group, set applicable sizes to a Size Group or rearrange the sizes of a Size Group. This is helpful in generating appropriate reports based on sizes. Transaction-wise goods register is generated without errors even when the vendor name consists of more than 50 characters. If the terminal ID provided during the re-installation process does not match with the terminal ID from the restored database, then the option Billing will display the message Terminal Prefixes Not Defined For Billing Module. Catalogue Prefixes. However, when trying to set the prefix by selecting Setup > General Setup > Bill Prefix Definition, the message, Bill prefixes are already defined. Note: You can view all the defined prefixes for Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 12

16 each terminal in the MIS report, 'Terminal prefix listing' is displayed. Generate the MIS Report to identify the terminal ID. To set the correct terminal ID, select Setup > Supervisory Options > Node Registry. ID ID ID ID The new option, Terminal Prefix Listing included in M.I.S Reports displays node-wise information regarding the terminal ID, terminal name, bill prefixes and the respective document numbers. While creating Sales Advice Slips, the quantity mentioned in the file is applied while importing items from a file, instead of applying the least saleable quantity. The Bill-wise Sales Report prints additional summary fields related to Return/ Void bills at the end of the report, to help cross verify the break-up figures with the grand totals. The Audit Trail Report in the option, Goods Outwards will print report header as set in the Reports category of system parameters. ID The new option, Database Tuning Utility included in Setup > Supervisory Options can be used to: Check the database consistency Re-Index the master and transaction tables Repair the database without data loss Set the DB recovery mode to Simple Truncate the DB logs ID ID The Windows Task Manager in Applications, displays the title of license server as Shoper License Server instead of Shoper Head Office. The Vendor Catalogue rejects the name of Vendor containing special characters like single quote, comma, semi colon, etc. ID 26162, For franchisee related information, the options, Payments to HO, ID Franchisee Detail Form, Franchisee Outstanding, Pay In Slip Generation, Pay-In Slip Printing at Cash > Franchisee Ac and Realization at Cash > Credit Card Module are enhanced to refer to the system parameters in the relevant database instead of the file, Chain Setup.ini in the Shoper Application folder. This change ensures that the franchisee module functions without any issues whenever Shoper is re-installed. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 13

17 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID ID The function Goods Inwards runs successfully even after completing the option, Stock > Goods Receipt > DC Import/Upload New Master. This change is necessitated to support the corrections done to DC Import in Release As part of our ongoing effort to simplify customised extension and integration, an additional component has been shipped with this release. Our development partners may contact us for more information. There is no impact to any functionality due to this additional component. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID ID ID ID The option HouseKeep > Delete Tmp Tables deletes the temporary tables wherever applicable in the Secondary database and Application database. It is now possible to enter Item Description exceeding eight characters up to a maximum of 60 characters in Item Master Catalogue even when the description of the sub-classifications are enabled. The blank lines in the PDT files are ignored while loading in Goods Inwards. When the basic item classification and analysis codes contain Null values, the pricing master import validates and takes appropriate action as per the values set for the parameter Validate Data During Pricing Master Import in the Item Master category. The values set for the parameter Validate Data During Pricing Master Import are: 0 = Do not validate the mandatory fields 1 = Check, warn and replace with the default value, NA 2 = Check, warn and abort, i.e., do not import the entire file ID ID ID The stock consistency check performed during Day Begin on the first day of any month now stops if the difference between the opening balance of the new month and the closing stock of the previous month exceeds the limit specified in the tolerance factor. The default value of the tolerance factor is set as 0.1. Delete Backup File at HouseKeep is enhanced to consider the backup files created by both the older and newer backup options. A revised Stock Aging Report is provided with the following features: Advanced filter conditions Computes the age of stock in terms of Days, Weeks, Months and Quarters Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 14

18 Option to set the range of age to be reported as required Set the default filter conditions and range of age with a click of a button Sort, subtotal, export to different formats and print ID In the Printing Template, Shoper80ColRetail, the lines are aligned, the caption has been changed from CASH BILL to VAT BILL and in the Footer section from Sales Tax to VAT. In the Printing Template, ShoperDistributor, the lines are aligned, the path of the InvRemarks.ini file has been changed from C:\Shoper6\InvRemarks.ine to c:\shoper7\invremarks.ini and the caption TAX INVOICE and RETAIL INVOICE has been changed to VAT INVOICE. In the Printing Template, Shoper40ColPOS, the caption CASH BILL has been changed to VAT BILL and in the Footer section from Sales Tax to VAT. In the Printing Template, Shoper40ColSS, the caption Sales Tax in the Footer section has been changed to VAT. In the Printing Template, Shoper40ColDS, the caption Sales Tax in the Footer section has been changed to VAT. ID ID ID ID ID ID Special characters like single quote, comma, semicolon, etc., are not permitted as part of narration in the option Cash Payouts. Backup of the databases as part of Compact feature is done without any disk space requirement computation issue as long as the required space is available. The option HouseKeep > Data Import > Import from AST is enhanced to handle the data containing the purchase tax information also. Delimited PT files can be used in the option DC Import even when the parameter Whether PT File With Delimeter or Not is set as 0 (to receive the regular PT file). The Discrepancy Updation is now possible during Stock Take on a converted database also. Shoper POS with version 2.87 and above adopts a different method to check the version of the EXE. If the patch information is missing or deleted in the security database, the message Version Mismatch is displayed for all menu options even when the EXEs are of the correct version. In such situations, Shoper checks the version in the application database with the version of the corresponding EXE to launch any option. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 15

19 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID The executables of Shoper often had the version information rendered unreadable due to malware attacks, typically computer viruses. Due to this, some or all menu options would not be functional, displaying a "Version Mismatch" message. While we continue to strongly recommend that all Shoper installations be protected from all forms of malware with updated anti-virus, antiworm and other software defence mechanisms, we have changed the method of storage of our version number to enable your business to run even if the executables are infected. Please note that this change will actually help propagate these malware across your network - making it all the more important that you follow best practices in keeping your IT systems protected. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID During the AST Import of the file containing complete data, sent by Shoper HO, the Control Counters are updated with the available values in the Replication Database and not with the value 1. ID AST Export can be successfully done for the option Complete Mode even if you select Pricing Information alone. ID The Item Master Entry program is enhanced with optimised queries to speed up the saving of records even while dealing with large databases. ID To avoid Out of Stock error during invoicing in cases where the stock becomes zero after reserving the available stock of an item for an Approval DC, the availability of stock is not checked again while generating an invoice for the recalled Approval DC. ID When a bill is settled using currencies other than the base currency, the total paid units will be printed accurately in the bill. ID Stocks are properly updated when a Sales DC is converted into an Approval Issue DC which is further recalled in an invoice. ID The Stock Balance - Normal report is enhanced to handle cases where the description of Analysis code exceeds 60 characters. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 16

20 ID The mismatch in values printed in two MIS reports, Customer Product-wise and Customer Bill-wise has been rectified. ID It is now possible to edit the customer records created by importing customer masters. ID The option Clear Neg Stock of Physical Stock Taking Process will not display any error even when the item classification description fields of the items involved have some unexpected values. ID By clicking Exit, you can quit the Record option under the Physical Stock Taking Process even without entering any information. ID Goods Audit Trail report is enhanced to accommodate Analysis Codes with 16 characters. ID The Stock Balance Report Normal and the Stock Balance As on Date will match, even if an Approval Issue DC is deleted. ID The entire 16 digit customer code captured in the Customer Catalogue can now be printed without truncation. ID ID Multi-page bills that print discount % and value on a separate line, was printing discount details of the first item of the 1st page against the first item on the remaining pages, when the first items on these pages had discounts. Bill printing program is enhanced to print the corresponding values appropriately. The Backup and Restore options have been enhanced to display proper messages manage the disk space requirement identify the zip file name for the selected company, irrespective of whether the company code has been entered in lower or upper case during the back-up or restore process Additionally, during Restore, the currently open company is selected by default, to avoid inadvertent selection of a wrong company. ID Shoper license verification mechanism has been enhanced. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 17

21 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel This release facilitates the setting of Shoper Temporary Backup Path while updating the patch. The path so set is required for the proper functioning of the backup program corrected in the release ID The options, ID/ IM Flat File and Export to AST at HouseKeep > Data Export Masters, and Import from AST at HouseKeep > Data Import will run without displaying any version error. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID ID ID ID ID ID ID In a sales return without a bill reference, you can now scan items in sequence, with the reason code provided for the first item being considered as the default reason for the rest of the items in the bill. However, the reason code for a particular item can be modified by double clicking on that item. If an item being billed is included in the defined scope of stock taking activity, an appropriate message is displayed instead of the message - Stock Number Does Not Exist. Sales staff code can be entered in Sales Advice Slip, without browsing the entire catalogued list of sales staff and the cursor will point to the nearest matching code in the list box. Approval Issue DC containing multiple items are saved correctly. When an item is scanned in a Sales Advice Slip, the appropriate value is displayed in the rate column. Day end program is enhanced to overcome the failing of ODBC Call during Data Replication File Creation task in the Day End option, especially while dealing with large databases. The monthly opening balance value in the Stock Report is accurately computed even for the items with the Cost Price, Dealer Price and MRP as zero. Month beginning process carried out as a part of Day Open option, on the first day of each month, is enhanced not to write unwanted records pertaining to the items with month opening balance as zero, to the database. This change has resulted in curtailing the growth of database, generating reports faster and smaller backup size. ID 16693, ID ID Data Rebuild option has been enhanced and will not write unwanted records pertaining to the items with monthly opening balance as zero, to the database. In a distributor environment, the Customer Offtake Product wise report can be generated even for a specific customer. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 18

22 ID After selecting Size, but without selecting Item Sub classification -2 (Shade), the Customer Offtake Product wise report will not go into a not responding mode while generating the report. ID ID 9867 Pricing Master import option is enhanced to eliminate timeout error. Tax Register report will print an additional column Value after discount but before tax (Taxable Value). ID An additional option Bill- Reprint Report is provided at Reports > M.I.S Reports to give details of bills reprinted for a given period ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID The option Attribute wise Stocks at Reports > Stock Reports generates the report even for specific sizes. L.R.No entered under Transporter Details in the invoice is properly updated and printed in the Invoice. A Sales DC containing multiple items is successfully converted into an Approval Issue DC and saved. Bill printing is enhanced to print bills containing item with Retail/ Dealer/ Cost price as zero. Generalized bill printing has been enhanced to print the name, description of Tax type and Tax component in the VAT summary. Set the parameter Print Tax Type Description in VAT Summary as True to print the Tax type. Set the parameters Print Tax Component Name and Description In VAT Summary and Print Tax Break up on Bill as True to print Tax component. In addition to setting the parameters as explained above, the bill templates have to be revised (through customisation) to take advantage of these enhancements. However, the existing templates will function without change or impact. Goods Outwards option using Miscellaneous Issues as the Transaction Type, will not give any error while browsing (F2) for the Customer/ Vendor, even when the customer or vendor is not catalogued. When it is not possible to send the required files to the head office using FTP server either at HouseKeep > CLOSE Day or at HouseKeep > Send flat files to HO, an appropriate message is displayed. The option Backup at HouseKeep > Backup/Restore/Compact and HouseKeep > CLOSE Day is enhanced to accurately calculate the disk space requirement for the operation and hence overcome the issue of Insufficient Hard Disk Space, especially while dealing with large databases. Now, you can set the caption of your choice, overriding the default caption, printed in the audit trail for goods outwards Transaction Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 19

23 Types namely Transfer Out, Purchase Return, Miscellaneous Issues and Approval Issues. A new parameter Print Audit Trail Title in Goods Outwards, introduced for this purpose, can be set at Setup > General Setup > System Parameter Reconfiguration under the category Outwards. The parameter is set in two parts, separated by # as Part1#Part2. Part1 is to be set as 0 if you want the default caption to be printed. Set it as 1 if the caption set in the Part2 of this parameter is to be considered. Part2 will contain captions for the Transaction Types of goods outwards separated with pipe symbol. ID In a chain store scenario, where the month end files are sent to the head office from the constituents of the chain, the inconsistency or value mismatch found in few cases between the IM file (monthly information file) and the VSP file (file used in updating the replication database) is addressed. The solution is implemented in all the three options used for sending the above mentioned files to the head office: HouseKeep > Data Export Masters > Export to AST AST export as part of day end at HouseKeep > CLOSE Day HouseKeep > Data Export Masters > ID - IM Flat File Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID During billing, the number of the credit card accepted for payment can now be masked and stored in the database as against the current method of storing the entire credit card number as is entered. A new parameter Number of digits to be Stored in credit card number, introduced for this purpose, can be set at Setup > General Setup > System Parameter Reconfiguration. The parameter is set in three parts separated by a # as Part1#Part2#Part3. Part1 denotes the field number to store the credit card number accepted for payment. For example, the Number of Components is set as 2 using Currency Catalogue option to accept the Credit Card number and Charge Slip number in Billing. And if the Credit Card number is accepted before the Charge Slip number for Billing, then Part1 should be set as 1. In case the Charge Slip number is accepted before the Credit Card Number, then Part1 should be set as 2. Part2 and Part3 are used to specify the number of digits and the starting position of the credit card number to be stored without masking them. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 20

24 The following table illustrates how to set the parameter Input Credit Card Number ABCDEF ABCDEF ABCDEF ABCDEF Masking requirement Store the last 4 characters and mask the rest of the characters. Store the first and last four characters, and mask the rest of the characters Store five characters from the third character and mask the rest of the characters Store the entire card number as entered Set the Parameter as Explanation of the parameter 1#4 13#0 0 Part 1: The Credit Card number is accepted as field 1 in billing Part 2: Four characters starting from the 13th character. 4 and 13 are separated using pipe symbol. Part 3: Not used 1#4 1#4 13 Part 1: The Credit Card number is accepted as field 1 in billing Part 2: Four characters starting from the 1st character. Part 3: 4 characters starting from the 13th character. 1#5 3#0 0 Part 1: The Credit Card number is accepted as field 1 in billing Part 2: Five characters starting from the 3rd character Part 3: Not used 0#0 0#0 0 No masking opted Credit Card Number will be stored as XXXXXXXXXXXXCDEF 1234XXXXXXXXCDEF XX34567XXXXXXXXX ABCDEF ID The backup option at HouseKeep > Backup/Restore/Compact is enhanced to accurately calculate the disk space requirement for the operation and hence overcome the issue of Insufficient Hard disk Space, especially while dealing with large databases. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 21

25 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID The generalized bill printing has been enhanced to print the conditional fields in the detail section of the bill. Bill templates have to be revised (through customisation) to take advantage of these enhancements. Existing templates will function without change or impact. ID ID 21626, ID The tax for items with multiple tax components is properly computed while billing, even when the retail price of the item is exclusive of tax or the retail environment is distributor. Process of importing Customer Information is optimized at HouseKeep > Data Import. The program has been suitably modified to take care of duplicate customer records present in the file being imported. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID As per the direction of the Government of Kerala, a new tax component Social Security Cess has been levied and as per the direction of the Government of Gujarat a new tax component Additional Tax has been levied. Both these components are in addition to the prevalent VAT. The generalised bill printing has been enhanced to print these components separately in the bill. Item and Bill level tax break-up along with the respective components and the VAT Summary can be printed in a bill. The bill template has to be revised (through customisation) to incorporate these enhancements. Set the following parameters as required at Setup > General Setup > System Parameter Reconfiguration. Parameter Value Set Effect on Bill Printing Print Item Wise Tax Break 0 Item level tax component wise break-up is not printed Print Item Wise Tax Break 1 Item level tax component wise break-up is printed Print Tax Break-up on Bill Uncheck Prints regular VAT summary Print Tax Break-up on Bill Check Prints VAT summary with component wise tax break-up ID Tally Interface at HouseKeep > Data Export Masters is enabled to also update the sales returns of periods subsequent to the first month of transaction posted to Tally. ID Sales DC can be prepared in Shoper Distributor by importing the items from a PDT file at Sales > DC Generation. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 22

26 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel. 2.8 ID As part of Goods Inwards process, Physical Verification populates the items grid with corresponding details at Stock > Goods Receipt > Goods Inwards Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID ID When the cash received to settle a bill is in a currency different from the base currency and is in excess of the bill amount, the amount to be returned is accurately calculated. A combination of payment modes, including gift vouchers, can be used in settling a bill. Transactions pertaining to Bill Exchange by a new company in Shoper are saved. Discount Report at Report > Sales Reports displays the correct discount percentage. The Item browse option can be used to populate the items grid with any number of items at Stock > Goods Receipt > Goods Inwards. You can now modify the item level salesman code while editing a service order. The option HouseKeep > Data Export Masters > Create PT File has been enhanced to include the information of item level - tax, discount, deduction and add-on, available in the transaction for which the file is being created. DC Import/Upload New Master at Stock > Goods Receipts has been enhanced to load delimited PT files also. Goods Inwards documents pertaining to previous financial years can also be reprinted at Stock > Goods Receipts > Goods Inwards. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID You can execute the option Year End Process at Setup > Supervisory Options, even in installations where common bill prefixes are used by all terminals/ nodes. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 23

27 Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID The option Setup > Supervisory Options > Year End Process generates an appropriate year suffix for each document number, even when bill prefixes are not defined. ID A new option to reopen the current Shoper day is provided at Setup > Supervisory Options > Re-Open Day in order to facilitate rebuilding of the data which is not allowed when the Shoper day is closed. Make sure not to use the option Re-Open Day for any other purpose. Specifically do not add/revise/delete any masters or transactions to a reopened day: in case you are part of a chain and are sending data to Shoper HO as part of the day-end process, such changes to masters and transactions will cause the subsequent sync operations to fail. ID If the option Housekeep > Day Open is selected on the first day of the financial year, a message prompts you to first run the Year End Process. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel ID The generation of duplicate advice slips has been addressed as an urgent fix. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Billing Module ID15039 Generation of Sales Advise Slips is enhanced to ensure complete updation of all relevant information to the database, i.e., Sales Advice Slips are transaction safe. ID16707 ID16668 Reports Module ID17018, Gift Vouchers can be used as a payment mode, even with the option Serial No. Applicable selected at Catalog > Currency Catalogue. Bills are printed with complete VAT break-up when the MRP of the billed items is not inclusive of tax. ID16176 Stock Balance report at Reports > Stock Reports > Stock Balance Normal prints even when the option selected is Monthly Opening Balance. ID16492 By choosing the option Only Transacted Items, the Stock Movement report at Reports > Stock Reports will selectively print transactions that are in the selected date range. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 24

28 ID16706 Stock report at Reports > Stock Reports > Stock Discrepancy Report is enhanced to print other types of transactions, in addition to purchase transactions. ID17641 Cash reports generated for a period, before and after HouseKeep > CLOSE Day, at Reports > Cash Reports > Cash Transaction Report and Reports > Cash Reports > Counter-wise Reports, match even in cases where cash tendered against a bill is more than the bill amount. ID17138 ID18103 An additional option is provided at Reports > M.I.S > SuperClass Wise Sale/ Stock Report. In Physical Stock Report BatchWise, under Stock > Stock Taking, the quantities displayed by either option, By Product and By Batch Reference, match. Setup Module ID17657 The data rebuild at Setup > Supervisory options > Data Rebuild functions even when the option From Selected Month and Year is chosen. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Stock Module Compatibility is provided in handling product tax types while loading DOS PT file at Goods Receipts > Goods Inwards. Data from a new company created at POS where stock taking is done using Open Stock Loading option under Stock Taking > Physical Stock Entry, also gets successfully loaded at HO. User can opt for cost price of items to be inclusive of tax or exclusive of tax, depending on the vendor, while executing goods inwards under Goods Receipts > Goods Inwards. The parameter Cost Price Inclusive of Tax can be set at Setup > General Setup > System Parameter Reconfiguration, under Categories > Inwards. Parameter Values: 0 - For Cost Price to be tax inclusive irrespective of the Vendor 1 - For Cost Price to be tax exclusive irrespective of the Vendor 2 - To set Cost Price to be tax inclusive or exclusive depending on the Vendor from whom the purchase is being made Reports Module Under M.I.S, the gross values of Customer Bill-wise and Customer Product-wise now match. When transaction type is opted for at Stock Trn. Ledger under Stock Reports, and no specific Trans.Type is selected, the default value is considered. Size-wise Stock Report under Stock Reports can be used to obtain reports for a specific size. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 25

29 Sales Module At Billing > Reprint, it is possible to reprint the customer invoice even when the corresponding customer catalogue contains special characters. Catalogue Module You can now add more than customers in Customer Catalogue. HouseKeep Module The process of zipping the files to be sent to Shoper HO at Close Day option is enhanced. Shoper POS 7.2 Rel Cash Module The values in Franchisee Outstanding and Payments To HO statements at Cash > Franchisee Ac, now match the values in Counter-wise Report and Day-wise Sales Summary at Reports > Cash Reports and Reports > Sales Reports respectively. Billing Module A provision to delete items in recalled sales advice slips has been incorporated. Window for selection of sales advice slips during recall remains on screen even after closing the message box indicating insufficient stock of an item. Proper rounding off is achieved when the payment is received in multiple currencies. Billing now interfaces with Magnetic Swipe Card Reader to capture customer code and name. HouseKeep Module Fine tuning has been done to optimise the performance of the options Setup > Supervisory options > Data Rebuild and HouseKeep > CLOSE Day. Pricing Master Import at HouseKeep > Data Import will import the Least Saleable Quantity (LSQ), even if it is less than one. Appropriate fine tuning is done to enhance the performance of data communication from POS or Distributor to HO. The size of the file sent to Shoper HO during Day Close is considerably reduced as it contains only those records pertaining to the imported pricing master. Earlier, all the records of Item master were being sent irrespective of changes done by the Pricing Master Import. Day-End program is enhanced to process the billing transactions properly when multiple currencies are used for bill settlement. Now, all documents are properly exported to Shoper Head Office ensuring accurate data loading. Shoper POS 7.2 r 3.1: Release Notes 26