Recent Handy CP SQL 8.4.5 Service Pack Features
- Restricting workstations to a single instance of CounterPoint – By default, users can start more than one instance of CounterPoint SQL on a workstation. In the field we have seen this ability cause issues where some users are starting multiple sessions of CP SQL, often without being clear that they are doing this. The end result my be locked-up sessions, and user caused conflicts within the software. With the 8.4.5.1 Service Pack, you can configure each workstation (or each terminal server in a Windows Terminal Services environment) to prevent users from starting multiple instances of CounterPoint. Setting this up requires that some specific widows registry additions be made on the
workstation. - Warning users of significant cost discrepancies – Also with the CP SQL 8.4.5, you can configure CounterPoint to warn the user if he or she has entered a Unit cost on a purchase request or a Received Cost on a receiver that differs from the item’s Last cost by more than a specified percentage. CounterPoint warns the user first by changing the color of the cost field on each line with a significant discrepancy, followed by a warning message when the user attempts to save the purchase request or receiver. The user can accept the entered cost or return to the purchase request or receiver to correct the discrepancy. This is handy in detecting situations were users have inadvertently typed an item number of scanned a bar-code number into the cost field.
- Clocking in and out from the status bar – With the CP SQL 8.4.5, If the "Show Time-card Status" setting is in effect for a user’s system security code, the status bar that appears on the main menu, the Ticket Entry window, and the Touch screen Ticket Entry window indicates whether the user is clocked in or not. With this Service Pack, users can click the status bar indicator to display the
Clock-in/clock-out window, making it easier for users to clock in or out. Previously, the Show time card status check box on the Time-cards tab of the System Security Codes window (Setup > System > Security Codes) was labeled "Show time card warnings", as the corresponding status bar indicator only indicated whether a user was not clocked in.
If you need assistance with making any of the above updating your software or making the above configuration changes, please contact the CCS Retail Systems Support Department.