POS System Update – What’s New in Release V8.4.20.0

Release Date: January 21st, 2025

Here’s a list of improvements provided by this year’s first version release:

• Added a duplicate check on Member # in Quick Customer screen
• Added improved translations
• Added new option to discount a tag-along product automatically. This option will support discounting a specific product when it is sold as a tag along.
  • To set up –> MyPOS Connect Back Office –> Data Setup –> Products –> Stock and Packing Tab –> Tag Along frame
• Added new option to enable choosing between the Quick Customer layout or the Default Layout for Delivery Address. Default layout includes First Name, Last Name, Address, City, Province/State, Postal/Zip, Country, Phone Number.
  • To set up –> MyPOS Connect Back Office –> System Setup –> Device Options -> Customers -> Delivery Quick Customer Uses Default Layout
• Added new option to support further discounting on Sale Prices. Default is OFF.
  • To set up –> MyPOS Connect Back Office –> Data Setup –> Discounts –> (Edit specific discount) –> Check the box “Apply Discount to Sale Price”
• Added new option to warn when any financial value, entered into a prompted input box, exceeds a defined, maximum amount. This option can be used to prevent a product from being scanned as a payment amount, for example.
  • To set up –> MyPOS Connect Back Office –> System Setup –> Company Options –> Operational Settings –> Warn when dollar amount in prompted input exceeds value
• Added security option to allow or disallow use of the Stock Query feature in the till.
  • To set up –> MyPOS Connect Back Office –> Data Setup –> User Security Options –>”Stock Query from Till”
• Added the device’s SQL Local DB version to the “Devices Listing” report under “System Reports”
• Fixed issue with Product Macro where discounts did not always visually align with discounted product
• Fixed issue with Type II promotions where in some cases, the quantity of products discounted from the B list was greater than specified
• Improved Inter-store Transfers to disallow deletion (transfer can be closed with no receiving, but no longer deleted)
• Improved number key pad handling of decimal places to follow the rules of the Windows Regional setting (important for weighted products)
• Improved purchase orders and transfers interface by adding line numbers
• Improved purchase orders and transfers interface by moving to the last item added
• Improved standard receipt to suppress regular price in cases where there has a been a price increase
• Improved till function to refocus on PLU button after till report is run
• Update Shopify Integration library to use latest version

If you have questions about any of these features, or you want to know how they might affect your system, call us at (877) 877-4767 and press “1” for Support; or email us at support@tricityretail.com.