Release Date: October 18th, 2023

The following list describes the new features of this release of MyPOS Connect – brought to you by our hard-working product development team at Tri-City Retails Systems.

• Added new feature to allow for Purchase Order, Transfers In, Transfers Out and Stock Count buttons in the till.
  • To setup, MyPOS Back Office –> System Setup –> Device Options –> Till Button Settings –> Stock Functions for Till Enabled.
  • Must also enable the Purchase Orders, Transfers In, Transfers Out and/or Stock Counts in “User Groups” (Back Office Permissions) for user groups that should have access from the till.
  • Window size is based on Device Options –> Screen Setup –> Pop-up Window Size Percentage
  • If Purchase Order, Transfer or Stock Count window is minimized to allow performing of a sale, simply click the button under Manager to maximize the window
• Added new option to “Always prompt for customer discount”. With the option off (current behaviour), prompt will only appear when Subtotal is pressed and other discounts exist. With the option on, prompt will appear every time Subtotal is pressed.
  • To setup, MyPOS Back Office –> System Setup –> Company Option –> Pricing –> Always prompt for Customer Discount.
• Added new option to hide the amount on the Over/Short message box.
  • To setup, MyPOS Back Office –> System Setup –> Device Options –> Open / Close Settings –> Cash Up Hide Over/Short value on message box
• Added new option to hide/show sales reps on built-in receipt print.
  • To enable/disable, go to MyPOS Back Office –> System Setup –> Device Options –> Receipt Settings –> Receipt Show Sales Rep
• Added support for languages in Company and Device Options
• Fixed issue that occurred with email receipts when auto log out of till was enabled and user did not respond to the email prompt
• Fixed issue where MyPOS Language not using PCs regional settings
• Fixed issue where Till Buttons showing underscores as blanks
• Improved new store “Wizard” to allow user to map taxes for new store
• Improved consistency with CRM Klaviyo integration to send subscription status every time customer record is updated for any reason
• Improved date field in Receipts button in till to automatically display the calendar when clicked or touched
• Optimized Stock Count UI for low resolution monitors

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.

Release Date: July 11th, 2023

We’ve been listening to our customers. The following new features of MyPOS Connect were requested by customers who sent in their suggestions to wishlist@tricityretail.com.

• This new feature allows users to reconcile any payments aside from Cash. When enabled, and the X or Z is performed, additional payment types can be declared and reconciled. Over/Short will be evaluated for each payment type defined.
  • To setup go to MyPOS Back Office –> System Setup –> Open/Close Settings –> “Advanced Cash Up enabled” and “Advanced Cash Up payment list” as well as the “Advanced Cash Up shows expected amounts” option.
• This feature adds an authorization pop up window for user overrides when over/short on Z report. the former logic requires users with elevated permissions to log in to run the Z report. Now the operation can be approved via the authorization window.

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.

Release Date: April 18th, 2023

IMPORTANT:  .NET Framework 4.8 is now required for MyPOS Connect releases.  All computers running MyPOS Connect on any Windows version below Windows 10 21H2 may be required to manually install from this link https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2088631

Following are improvements made in this release of MyPOS Connect:

• Added displaying of cost along with the name of default price beside the existing price to the purchase order Quick Scan screen.
• Added logic to automatically close MyPOS Connect and messaging to advise a reboot when a user’s computer encounters an “out of memory” exception.
• Added new option to control which product description field will be used in the till.
  • To setup up go to MyPOS Back Office –> Device Options –> Operational Settings –> Product Column to use as Description in till
• Added new option to enable automatic move to last scanned product after clicking “Done” on the Quick Scan screen when receiving purchase orders or transfers.  Note:  Depending on the PC this may degrade the speed on the receiving screen of the purchase order or transfer.
  • To setup up go to MyPOS Back Office –> Device Options –> Purchase Order and Transfer options –> Move to last product scanned on Quick Screen
• Added new option to prompt for Reason Codes on Voids (using the Return Reason Codes).
  • To setup up go to MyPOS Back Office –> Device Options –> Operational Settings –> Reason Code for Voids
• Changed behaviour on purchase order and transfers search grids where all open purchase orders or transfers will be shown regardless of date created.  If the filter is changed to show Closed or <All>,  a new prompt will appear suggesting the default date filter be applied.
• Fixed issue where removing security option on a menu button was not being saved in all cases.
• Improved password expiry logic on new and copied users where “Password – Expires in (x) Days” is set.  The expiry will automatically be invoked for all new users to force a reset.
• Updated “pass code” to “password” on main login screen to remain consistent with MyPOS Connect terminology.

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

Release Date: January 9th, 2023

IMPORTANT:  .Net Framework 4.8 will be required for future MyPOS Connect releases.  All computers running MyPOS Connect on a Windows version below Windows 10 21H2 will be required to manually install the .Net Framework 4.8 which can be downloaded from this link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2088631.  (To prevent disruption of service, we recommend that this be done in the next 30 days.)

Following are improvements made in this release of MyPOS Connect:

• Added definable “Security Option” for discounts
  • Back Office –> Data Setup –> Discounts
• Added new feature to activate and deactivate devices
  • Back Office –> System Setup –> Store Setup –> Devices tab
• Added new logic to allow gift cards to be used on Work Order deposits
• Added option to include credit card receipt info on “built-in” receipt
• Added option to set Quote Receipts to “Always” print or print “As Required”
  • For built-in Quotes: Back Office –> System Setup –> Device Options –> Receipt Settings –> Receipt Print Quote
  • For Custom Quotes: Back Office –> System Setup –> Device Options –> Receipt Settings –> Receipt Print Invoice Quote
• Added option to set Work Order Receipts to “Always” print or print “As Required”
  • For built in Work Orders: Back Office –> System Setup –> Device Options –> Receipt Settings –> Receipt Print Work Order
  • For Custom Work Orders: Back Office –> System Setup –> Device Options –> Receipt Settings –> Receipt Print Invoice Work Order
• Added support for currency on Payment Methods
  • Back Office –> Data Setup –> Payment Methods
• Added support to link specific discounts to buttons in the till
  • Create a new Program Function button with DISCOUNT (followed by Discount Code) in the Target Function
• Fixed issue where when importing to stock count from text file, product codes over 20 characters were being truncated

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

Release Date: September 14th, 2022

• Added new logic to improve responsiveness in the till (most noticeable on larger transactions)
• Added Expired column to the Promotions grid
• Added Tax Change Reason Codes so that, when enabled, users in the till will be prompted to select a reason from a pre-defined list
  • To setup, first, go to MyPOS Back Office –> Data Setup –> Reason Code and setup at least one Tax Change Reason Code. Next, in MyPOS Back Office –> System Settings –>  Device Options –> Operational Settings –> Reason Code for Tax Change must be enabled
  • The “Sales Tax Exemption” report, found under “Accounting Reports” will provide details on the exemptions
• Added Exit button on login screen to allow users to exit (close) MyPOS Connect without logging in
  • This feature must be enabled in MyPOS Back Office –> System Settings –> Company Options –> Screen Settings –> Always Show Exit Button On Login Screen
• Corrected issue where transfers out to supplier originating from “Stock in Limbo” were not setting Closed Date
• Corrected issue with Shopify integration where a web product, formerly available in Shopify, was not found, the link to Shopify would not be reset in MyPOS Connect
• Prevent users from typing a minus sign when declaring credit card amounts for refunds
• Prevent users of lower security from seeing users with higher security in the back office (previously, only change disallowed)
• Updated logic when importing products to prevent users from mapping supplier related fields without mapping the supplier that’s required
• Updated Products “Description” field to be “Long Description” to improve clarity

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