February 23rd 2022, Release Note: RME: Change ALC Menu Course Order, Log In/Log Out Report, Ingredient Pack Descriptor

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Release date for all features: February 23rd 2022

Change 'A La Carte' Menu Course Order

• Enabled by Default? - Yes
• Set up by customer Admin? - No
• Enable via Support ticket? - No
• Affects configuration or data? - No
• Roles Affected - Menu Creators / Menu Managers

What's Changing?

New functionality has been added to allow the reordering of ALC ('a la carte') menu courses.

Reason for the Change

To bring greater flexibility when creating and managing menus.

Customers Affected

All customers using Menu functionality.

Release Note Info/Steps

When an 'a la carte' menu is created, it has one or more courses.

• To change the list order of these courses, use the arrow buttons to move them up or down by one step or all the way to the top/bottom

Fig. 1 - Arrows to change the order of menu courses

Fig. 2 - Desserts course has been moved from position four to position one

Fig. 3 - Dessert CourseOrder value '4' in the API response before the course is moved

Fig. 4 - Dessert CourseOrder value '1' in the API response after the course is moved

Additional Resources

'Menus' knowledge article - RME: Menus

Log in/Log out User Report

• Enabled by Default? - No
• Set up by customer Admin? - No
• Enable via Support ticket? - Yes
• Affects configuration or data? - No
• Roles Affected - Report Managers

What's Changing?

A new report has been created that lists log-in and log-out activity for all users.

Reason for the Change

To provide detailed user log-in/log-out information that was previously only available by special request.

Customers Affected

Available to all customers.  Optional and will be disabled by default.

Release Note Info/Steps

To request visibility of this new report for an organisation, please submit a request to Fourth's Support team.

Once the report has been enabled, it can be made available to users via user group permissions (see Fig.5). The report is associated with 'Admin reports'.

Fig. 5 - User Group Permissions for Admin reports

Fig. 6 - New report in the RME Reports tab

Activity on the report is organised in date order. The report includes user name, date/time captured, action (log-in or log-out). 

The maximum number of days for which the data can be retrieved is ninety-nine days in the past.

Ingredient Pack Descriptor > Make Visible when in Read Mode

• Enabled by Default? - Yes
• Set up by customer Admin? - No
• Enable via Support ticket? - No
• Affects configuration or data? - No
• Roles Affected - Ingredient Data Managers

What's Changing?

A cosmetic improvement has been made to ensure that the ingredient field 'ingredient pack descriptor' is visible in both 'read' and 'edit' modes.

Reason for the Change

Increase ease of use.

Customers Affected

All customers.

Release Note Info/Steps

The ingredient pack descriptor field will now be visible in 'read' as well as in 'edit' modes, as shown below.

Fig. 7 - Ingredient pack descriptor field in 'edit' mode

Fig. 8 - Ingredient pack descriptor field in 'read' mode