NebulaPMS V2019.4 & V2020.1

NebulaPMS V2019.4 & V2020.1

Defects Resolved


Zoho Number
Module
Description
Zoho Number
PMS-I242
Managers Report
Managers Report Variances

An issue was fixed where deposits that were applied after the date you pulled the report for, were included as deposits applied.
23832
PMS-I238
Reports
Exception Error when printing service costs report

Service cost report has been added.
24948
PMS-I229
Batch Folio
Month End Invoicing

Batch folio report excludes transactions from from some invoices.
This is related to property- and currency code selection when property groups are being reported on.
The local currency must be built on all properties that form part of a property grouping if the batch folio report is to convert to the local currency. The properties that had blank invoices were those without the local currency built.
24004
PMS-I228
Deposits
Blank deposit triggers on Nightsbridge bookings

Nightsbridge reservations only calculated the deposit due values once you re-select the deposit policy and save the booking. Deposits are now calculated as soon as the booking is received from Nightsbridge.
N/A
PMS-I227
Confirmation Letters
Exclude cancelled guest names from confirmation letter

The names of cancelled itineraries are not longer displayed on the confirmation letter.
N/A
PMS-I221
Debtors
Debtors front end not calculating correctly

When viewing the transactions on the debtor and printing the statement, transactions sometimes fell in the wrong ageing bucket.
This has been fixed and the on-screen view as well as the printed statement now work according to the following rules: 
Current - All invoices that are 29 days old or less.
30 Days - All invoices that are 30-59 days old.
60 Days - All invoices that are 60-89 days old.
90 Days- All invoices that are 90-119 days old or less.
120 Days- All older invoices.
22701
PMS-I218
Check-In / Services
Nullpointer exception at check-in

There was a service that was not correctly linked to the reservation. After the link was updated in the DB the reservation was checked in without further issues.
22500
PMS-I216
Availability
Availability Upload exception

An issue was fixed where the date in the availability message was incorrect when the year changed (going from one year into the next).
N/A
PMS-I215
Reservations / Interface
Voucher number from eRes not populating

The voucher number is picked up from the reservation and saved in NebulaPMS now from agent on account bookings as well.  
Previously the interface only picked up the first guarantee element but it now loops through to pick up more than one if necessary.
19806
PMS-I214
Reports
Batch folio report no transactions are generating in the report

When selecting the brand and the property does not belong to the brand, the folios were blank.
The brand selection overrules any property that may be selected. As soon as a brand is selected on the report settings the property selection is greyed out and the report output is for the brand, not the property.
N/A
PMS-I211
Transaction Export
Transaction Export From Date selection

Transactions from the start date of the date range are now also included in the results. The date fields now default to the current date and an error that occurred when using the groupings has been fixed.
N/A
PMS-I210
Availability
Availability discrepancy

The availability is set for the correct date in eRes.
21107
PMS-I209
Exports Reports
Sun Export Split to camp GL account and GL cost calculation

The cost is calculating correctly for 3 pax and more now (2 x Sharing per person rate + 1 x Extra adult). 
20449
PMS-I208
Export Reports
Indicate corrections on Transaction export report

An option has been added to include corrections if required.
20741
PMS-I205
Pro-Forma Invoice
Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data typenumeric (Pro-Forma invoice)

The exception has been fixed. A reservation of 130 nights with a value exceeding 1 mil produces a pro-forma without errors.
20631
PMS-I203
Export Reports
Sun Export - credits should display with negative

Credits are now negative values in the export.
20446
PMS-I202 
EOD
End of Day not running

 The EOD process was changed to run one job per property and not to run through all properties on the account as one job.
N/A
PMS-I199
Exports
Sun Export - Split to camp - Bed nights, room nights, pax should be per itinerary

Stats are no longer duplicating on reservations that have more than one itinerary/invoice.
20447
PMS-I189
Deposits
Deposits

A Transaction had to be fixed in the database to show on the invoice
18602
PMS-I185
Invoices
Unable to locate transactions

Transactions posted lost their association with the invoice and did not appear - they were reassigned in the DB.
18250
PMS-I180
Invoices
Reference under the Invoice

It adds a line for each time it is transferred so that it can be tracked beyond the last transfer.
To reduce the impact of the longer reference on the number of pages that an invoice ends up printing, the reference column has been widened so that it fits more information per line.
17865
PMS-I178
Debtors
Error in posting payment on a debtors

If the item to be paid is clicked on, the list of outstanding invoices for that property is displayed and it is possible to post a payment when you specify which line item it should be allocated.
N/A
PMS-I176
Reservations
NebulaPMS booking

Added a check on PMS to return an error to eRes if the property of the room type does not match the property specified in the message.
N/A
PMS-I174
Rates
Unable to override rate

Manually added the entries in the rate by day table.
N/A
PMS-I73
Reservations
Unable to check in guests

This was caused by incorrect PMS mappings on eRes. A check was added to return an error to eRes if the property of the room type does not match the property specified in the message.
N/A
PMS-I23
Debtors
Newly created debtor defaults to inactive

When a debtor is created it defaults to being active and no longer needs to be activated once created before it is available for use.
N/A
PMS-I7
Reports
Group reservation itineraries on Deposit listing all show the deposit amount

On a group reservation with a deposit received, the deposit was showing as having been received against each itinerary. It will now only show once.
N/A
PMS-I5
Reports
Filtering by more than 200 agents on Batch Folio Report causes syntax error

One can now filter by any number of agents on the batch folio report without an error occurring.
N/A
PMS-I2
Reservations
Correspondence templates sent using Nova email address instead of property address

Correspondence templates were changed to use the property Reservation Email address when sending correspondence letters.
Fixed issue where once sending, the email button was still enabled without a record selected (if pressed again without selecting a record an error was returned).
Disabled the save button (on the correspondence view) once pressed to stop the user pressing multiple times.
16126
PMS-I1
Reservations
Unable to Transfer Transactions to Different Property 

One should not be able to transfer transaction between properties. The ledgers will not balance. The user must adjust- and repost the transaction. 
The property selection in the lookup cannot be changed from that of the reservation sending the transaction.

N/A
NV-1242
Reservations
Copy button on Reservation

Copy button on the reservation does not copy itinerary lines
When a reservation is copied its itinerary lines are copied correctly along with the guest details.
Please note that the rates assigned to the copied itineraries will be BAR and that specific rate codes selected on the original reservation will have to be added by the user.

16222
NV-1241
Administration
NebulaPMS request password link

The URL sent to users during the password recovery process has been updated and the reset process can now be completed successfully.
15808
NV-1233
Reports
Service Suppliers Report does not generate

The Service supplier listing report runs without first showing parameter settings.
15423
NV-1232
Administration
The ‘&’ symbol sent from eRes appear as ‘&amp:’ on NebulaPMS

Added logic to replace the converted characters received in the xml message.
15296
NV-1231
Reports
Managers Report figures out of balance

The Manager's Report and the Deposit Ledger Report balances now. The Deposit Ledger section of the Manager's report also reflect deposit payments correctly.
N/A
NV-1226
Administration
Availability Rebuild

The status was manually updated and an inventory rebuild was run.
14633
NV-1225
Reports
Deposit Ledger Report

Master accounts with closed invoice status are now excluded from the report.
N/A
NV-1220
Administration
Transferring transactions

When transactions with more that 250 characters as reference were transferred an error occurred.
N/A
NV-1218
Reservations
Blocked Processes caused by Room swap

When rooms from different room types are swapped and they have different rates, the original rates will be kept. The rates will not recalculate.
N/A
NV-1217
Reports
Deposit Ledger Report missing transactions

The Deposit Ledger Report was not picking up all records correctly but it now reflects the deposits received from the day that they were posted on and not only on the arrival date.
14017
NV-1212
Reservations
Amending Long Stay bookings

Processes have been changed on long stay reservations so that rate overrides (and the rate per day process) will not create deadlocks.
N/A
NV-1208
Reports
Deposit Report blank when filtering for an agent

The report shows results when filtering by agent. Both "From" and "Due" options work and the report now also shows deposit transactions posted to invoices that have since been closed to allow for past-date reporting. Please note that From date refers to booking date and due date to posting date.
13743
NV-1206
Reservations
Booking Cancellation 

Fixed issue where "Group" bookings from eRes were not cancelled when an itinerary line was canceled from eRes.
11763
NV-1205
Reports
Total figures on the Reservations by Agent Report

Fixed issue where the total figures double on the Reservations by Agent Report.
13642
NV-1118
Reservations
Exception caught: (TypeError) : Cannot read property 'Me' of null

Made a change to disable the buttons and display a warning message when trying to perform an action without selecting a record from the list.
N/A



New Features



Jira number
Module
Description
Zoho Number
PMS-I244Reservations Listings Report
Add filter for cancellation reasons on reservation listing report

A filter has been added to the reservation listing report for cancellation reasons. The relevant reservations per cancellation reason are displayed. Cancellations from ADSs such as booking.com don't set a cancellation reason and so will only be displayed when no filter is set.
25590
PMS-I241Cost Screen
Added a screen to view raised costs

On the itinerary screen, in the More Actions menu, a Cost screen has been added which shows the cost raised.
N/A
PMS-I240All Screens
Added filters

Add filters to services screen, service cost screen, room cost screens, charge codes and service suppliers
Filters have been added to the screens mentioned above.
24954
PMS-I200Batch Folio Report
Override currency conversion rate on invoices and batch folio report

Functionality has been added to allow users to override currency conversion per invoice.
Please note that this works completely independently from the currency configuration.
The "Convert to" tick must be on before the override option becomes available.
It takes whatever the value on the invoice is and multiplies or divides it by the rate that is set. It is up to the user to make sure that they set the correct value and select the correct function.  Below is the result of R100 set to convert to Euro by multiplying by 2.5
19810
PMS-I203
Export Reports
Sun Export - credits should display with negative

Changed the credits on the Sun Export to reflect as negative values.
N/A
PMS-I201
Reports
Payments displaying on invoices and batch folio report

A supervisor right has been added to exclude all payments.
N/A
PMS-I194 
Reservations
Convert Grand total only on invoices

Note that all transactions and the totals are converted and the base currency value is notes below the total. A setting is added to convert grand total only.
N/A
PMS-I181
User Groups
Property Restrictions on System account users

If a user group has access to the Interface settings these are now available through the settings menu even if the user is not a system administrator (like HTI users are).
N/A
PMS-I20
Interfaces
Switch Debit and Credit on Revenue Export

An option has been added to the revenue export to allow users to switch the debit/credit column for either payments or charges.
N/A
PMS-I15
Administration
Support Ticket URL's added

The "Support" links have been changed/updated to break away to the Zoho ticket logging page.
The changes were made on the login page and in the communication center. 
A "Support Query" item has also been added to the "help" (?) menu.
N/A
PMS-I14
Reports
Add payments/charges only option to department audit report

The settings for both Department Audit as well as Department Audit (New) show the option but it only works on Department Audit (New) - the older format isn't capable of sorting this way.
N/A
PMS-I10
Services
Add services to post on arrival

Properties set to post on arrival post services like accommodation on arrival, with the correct dates as booked / built.
N/A
PMS-I9
Reports
Banking Audit Report 

A Banking Audit Report has been added. User roles will need to be allowed access to the report. It allows for multiple dates and users to be reported on at once.
Please note that the employee name displayed is the first name on the employee profile, if it has not been added it displays "null".
N/A
PMS-I3
Reservations
Convert Grand Total only

An option has been added to invoices to show a converted total below the rest of the totals.
The currency to be converted to must be selected and the setting to convert the grand total only must be selected.
N/A
NV-1237
Interfaces
Debit/Credit column added to Revenue Export format

A Debit/Credit column has been added to the revenue export format options to indicate whether a transaction is a debit or a credit if necessary such as it is for SageOne.

In addition to the change the following has also been done:
1. A field limit setting for the transaction description has been added so that users can change the description field limit if they need to.
2. The "Export" button will be unavailable for 5 seconds once clicked to prevent users clicking it multiple times while waiting for the export.
3. The Account column will export up to 20 characters instead of 6. The GL number field limit where the number is added is 20.
N/A
NV-1229
Reports

Option exclude Tax column on invoices


A checkbox has been added to show the Tax column from the batch invoice reports.
14776
NV-1228
Reports

Batch Folio Report and Debtors Batch


Batch Folio Report and Debtors Batch Folio report sort by arrival date.
14730
NV-1185
Reservations

Exclude Debtors Payments from invoices


A check box was added to invoice printing settings to include debtors payments, it is checked by default but if the user chooses to remove it debtors payments are excluded.
11933
NV-1184
Reports
Debtors Batch Folio report

A batch folio report has been added for debtors. user rights have been added for the report and so has a supervisor right to force original invoices. The report excludes debtors payments posted so that the invoice balance due can be seen.
11987
NV-1182
Reports
Reservation name and guest country on batch folio

Batch folio report now has a format selection option. When the agent format is selected the agent details and country are used on the invoices on the report.
11923
NV-1181
Reports
Filter added for master invoices, guest invoices (POS Invoice) and all invoices on Batch Folio Report

A filter option has been added to the batch folio reports (Front office as well as debtors) to report on master invoices only.
Please note that the request included a second filter to exclude master invoices
N/A
NV-1149
Interfaces
Itinerary Detail export

An itinerary detail export has been added to the reservation reports menu. It creates a .csv file with reservation details.
The sequence of the columns can be changed by dragging them to the required position and a right-click option is available through which the sorting order can be changed and columns can be included/excluded.
Employees will require the appropriate rights in order to access this functionality.
N/A
NV-1120
Reservations
Transferring transactions with references longer than 250 characters

When transactions with more that 250 characters as reference were transferred an error occurred.
N/A









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