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  1. Release Notes:

    - 08 May 2020


    Airbnb Account Chain Properties
    Impact Area: Airbnb
    Description: In a account, airbnb can be connected with multiple properties having same credentials. Future fetch bookings of airbnb can also be done after migration or after connecting airbnb to the property.
    i. If there is a property which is already connected with airbnb and now, user wants to connect airbnb with another property having same credentials of Airbnb, then mark the "Is Chain" flag true on the previous connection and also on the next connection when going to connect with another properties with same credentials
    Note: "Is Chain" should be selected only when user wants to connect airbnb with another property with same credentials.


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    And "Is Chain" should not be selected, if user going to connect airbnb with different credentials in chain account

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    ii. After migration, all the listing will be disconnected from Djubo. And the "Sync Status" will be "Un-Synced" but Category name, Meal Plan and Occupancy will be shown

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    iii. Also fetch listing will be shown as "Un-Synced", but the Category name, Meal Plan and Occupancy will not be shown

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    iv. Now, map the same listing with Djubo api and click on update icon, listing status will be shown as "Sync Remove"

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    v. Select the "Sync All" from drop down

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    vi. Then Sync Status will be shown as "In=Progress" for same listing

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    vii. Open the same listing->select the details in Property Group, Property Type, Listing Type and save it

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    viii. Then Select the Default Category Image and save it

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    ix. Select the same listing for "Ready for review"

  2. Release Notes:

    - 23 Apr 2020



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    Right to edit all required information in the room setup.

    Description: Earlier the user was not able to edit required field in-room setup eg. -edit category details, room Inclusions, etc. and same in edit Booking Engine settings. Now we have fixed these issues and released it via permission-based. Any user who has this permission will able to edit room all the above details in-room setup as well as in booking engine settings.

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    Market Segmentation Details in Booking Database UI
    Impact Area: Booking DB UI
    4. Payment Tagging Issue: THE TEMPLE VIEW HOTEL.
    Description- System will show container and sub-segment label name in booking DB UI and will show data of reservation in respected column and same data will also show in downloaded excel also

  3. Release Notes:

    - 31 Mar 2020



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    1. Inside voucher Payment addition in view mode only
    Impact Area: CRS
    Description: Currently in the system, user is able to add payment from inside a voucher, or from Payment Database. From inside a voucher, he can do it in Voucher's creation mode, view mode, and edit mode. Creation mode is when user is initially creating the voucher. View mode is when voucher has been created and user has opened it for just viewing. Edit mode is when voucher is created already and user has opened it for editing by any below method:-
    With the change deployed tomorrow, user will be able to add payment from inside a voucher only in the Voucher's View mode.
    Payment addition from Payment DB will remain unchanged.

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    2. "Meal Plan" added in booking database under cockpit
    Impact Area: User should be able to select all fields in Booking Database under cockpit and same should be shown in UI and download excel
    Description: A new field "Meal Plan" has been added in Booking Database under Cockpit, same will be enabled and disable from the settings icon. System will show the meal plan against the reservation number and same will be shown in downloaded excel also

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    3. Unable to Tag Custom Payment-Smyle Inn.
    Meal Plan will also show in downloaded excel against the reservation. Reservation having multiple category with different meal plan will show all meal plan on both booking database UI and downloaded excel
    4. Payment Tagging Issue: THE TEMPLE VIEW HOTEL.
    Description- the issue was wherein the property is not able to tag the custom payment manually because paid by was missing in such cases.
    Now, this has been fixed.

  4. Release Notes:

    - 26 Mar 2020


    Feature - GSA Configuration
    Description - We have designed and developed a screen for GSA configuration to assigned a rate type name.


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    Follow the below point to assigned any rate type to any agency.
    Login with - https://beta.djubo.com/analytics-data/gsa-configure /
    below the screen will be opened when the user login with this URL, refer the below screenshot for your reference.

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    Now select the account name in the accounts tab and search tab and search the agency by name in the agency tab which is active in the selected account and assigned the rate type by selected in rate type name section and click on the submit button
    refer to the below screenshot for your reference.
    Now click on the configure button to confirm the settings.

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    Feature: Custom Fields (Market segmentation)
    Impact Area: Container edit, delete, update in MTP under "Custom Fields" tab. And data of same will be shown on reservation, booking db download excel and Insight.
    Description:
    Earlier there used to be "Arrival Departure Setting", in MTP. Now, same has been replaced with "Custom Fields"

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  5. Release Notes:

    - 17 Mar 2020


    Guest Nationality on Check-in
    Impact Area: CRS
    Description - A "Nationality" flag has been introduced at account level in MTA. By default it will be disable and checkin will work as currently working now. After marking the same flag as enable, system will alert a CheckIn validation message if any of the guest on reservation does not have nationality.


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    i. User can enable the "Nationality" flag from MTA->Reservation Setting->Nationality

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    ii. If user click on "CHECK IN" from Reservation Bin, system will alert the validation message

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    iii. If user click on "CHECK IN" from CRS Bin, system will alert the validation message
    iv. After saving the nationality details in reservation, user will be able to CheckIn successfully
    v. Validation will be shown for all reservation irrespective of single or multiple guest. i.e. all guests in reservation should have nationality.

  6. Release Notes:

    - 10 Feb 2020


    Feature - Tally Integration
    Description - This feature will help the user to download the invoice and payment excel file for Tally utility.


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    Payment Database
    Refer to the below points for download the invoice and payment excel file.
    1. Goto the payment database and enter the search criteria in the advanced search filter, and click on the search button, Now click on the download button as visible in the below screenshot.

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    Here two option is given to the user first one is downloading the normal payment database data and the second option is used for download payment database excel file for a tally utility.
    Once the user clicks on the download button of any file below the pop-up will be visible.

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    This means all our downloads files should be visible in the view downloads section.

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    Now click-on the view downloads button to download the excel file, once the user click-on the view downloads button below the screen will be visible in which download button is given for every file to download it.

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    Invoice Database
    The invoice database will also show the option to download the excel template having invoice data and the user can import the same in Tally
    i. User can download the template from Invoice Database by click on "Invoice Download for Tally"
    ii. After downloading the template, user can upload the same in Tally

  7. Release Notes:

    - 10 Feb 2020


    Enhancement - Tally Integration
    Description - User Can create 20 characters secret promo code, earlier used to create only up to 12 characters secret promo code. Now, same will be applicable during creating booking from booking engine and will be seen in reservation also


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    i.User can create 20 character secret promo code

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    ii. Same 20 character secret promo code can be applied during booking creation

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    iii. And same promo code can be seen on reservation also

  8. Release Notes:

    - 29 Jan 2020


    Airbnb Seasonal Rule Validation
    Impact Area - Create & Update Seasonal Rule
    Description -Earlier there was a restriction that users can not create the same rule type more than one, now users can create more than one same rule type. And also earlier users able to create only a maximum of four rule types while creating a seasonal rule, now the user can create more than four also.


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    i. User can create a seasonal rule by defining the same rule type multiple times
    Ex. creating seasonal rule if a threshold is set as 4, then it means if the user creating the booking more then four nights then a 30% discount is applicable.
    Same, if the threshold is seven, then it means if a user is creating a booking of more then seven nights then the 60% discount is applicable

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    ii. Map the same Seasonal Rule in a listing. Start Date and End Date will work as Booking creation date i.e as per seasonal rule if guest create the booking of more then 4 nights on any date i.e. 28th to 31st, then 30% discount will be applicable

  9. Release Notes:

    - 10 Jan 2020


    1. Payment tagging E-collect
      Impact Area - E-collect, Enquiry, Hold reservations
      Description - There has been enhancement done in e-collect tagging. Earlier if the user creates an agent inquiry/hold reservation having addon then the system used to send the whole amount of reservation to the agent. Now, the system will send the e-collect to the agent having amount which is billable to "Company" only.


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      The system will send the e-collect to an agent which are billable to "Company" only

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      ii. The same will be seen in the mail also. Net payable by Agent will show only the amount which is billable to Company only.

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      iii. Earlier payments were not getting confirmed if e-collect has been sent from CRS Bin. Now the same has been fixed also

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      iv. Online Payment Received Template
      Impact Area - Online Payment Received Template
      Description - After creating the prepaid booking engine reservation, the "Online Payment Received" template will also show the Arrival Date, Departure Date and Reference Number.

    2. Release Notes:

      - 24 Dec 2019


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