Skip to main content

The Portal

2023-05-17 | 10.78 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Digital Menu Boards

  • Drive-Thru Director

Improvements

POR-6727

The POS Integration Type option is available in both My Restaurants and Edit Digital Menu Board Content utilities.

POR-6743, POR-6744, POR-6745, POR-6746

PLU data export for Valued Brand.

POR-6780

Additional DTD background option available.

2023-04-26 | 10.77 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Pipeline Communicator

  • Sticky Printers

Improvements

POR-6689

New option to assign routing for grouped kitchen items under The Portal > Manage Misc Restaurant Options > Receipts and Printing > Route Codes Group for Grouped Kitchen Items Ticket.

POR-6383

Option to configure receipt layouts and destination icons on The Portal.

POR-6508

Updated Pipeline Communicator configuration options.

Older Releases

2023-04-12 | 10.76 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Chef

  • Drive-Thru Director

Improvements

POR-6629

Added option to label changes as a Future (no Sync) Update which allows the Portal to apply all changes during the scheduled sync.

POR-6701

Add a new, RVPN option to the config tool system for Chef and Drive-Thru Director.

POR-6724

Provided access to the Manage Misc Restaurant Options utility for necessary users.

POR-6747

Updated accepted length of top-level email domains for Portal registration.

2023-03-15 | 10.75 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director

  • Digital Menu Boards

Improvements

POR-6636

Additional Layout/Brand options available for DTD.

POR-6714

Enhanced DMB sync process to include configuration updates along with content updates. The email notification also reflects this change.

2023-02-22 | 10.74 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Drive-Thru Director

  • Omni-Channel

Improvements

POR-6673

Added new Omni-Channel partner value.

POR-6624

DTD Reports for Valued Brand display alternate site name.

POR-6633

Refined Price Cap process to account for translated abbreviations.

POR-6634

The Prices by PLU / Company utility now accepts a list of comma separated PLUs.

2023-01-11 | 10.73 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

Improvements

POR-5896

Updated Spanish and French translations for MFA email error messages.

2022-11-30 | 10.72 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Digital Menu Board

  • Menu Maintenance

  • The Portal

Improvements

POR-6451

Audit Trail utility displays date/time, user, and DMB-related change.

POR-6602

Export content displays country names alphabetically.

POR-6628

Enhanced OCU communication routing dependent on the underlying base code.

2022-11-09 | 10.71 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Database Server

Improvements

POR-4108

Created utility to manage table data, such as add, insert, and delete records.

POR-6612

Created new distribution center option for a Valued Brand.

2022-10-19 | 10.70 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Chef Kitchen Maintenance

Improvements

POR-6496

Improved internal support for Chef.

2022-10-05 | 10.69 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director

  • Chef Kitchen Management

  • The Portal

Improvements

POR-6484

With approved access, the Developer Resources site is accessible from the Help link on The Portal.

POR-6487

Added search feature to My Restaurants utility.

POR-6493

All available sites appear in the Store Selector for the Setup Pan Assignments utility.

POR-6499

Drive-Thru Director exported reporting data reflects the same data when viewed online.

2022-9-14 | 10.68 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director

Improvements

POR-6498

Enhanced Day Parts for Drive-Thru Director Monthly Summary Report.

2022-8-17 | 10.67 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

POR-6471

PLUs managed in Manage Product Availability are also available in Manage Dynamic Channel Availability.

POR-6472

Manage Dynamic Channel Price displays mixed results when an item has multiple price points listed.

POR-6478

Improved DTD health data reporting.

POR-6507

The Portal supports Pipeline communication for employee type, job codes, and labor messages.

2022-07-6 | 10.66 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

POR-6258

Improved DTD configuration search field processing.

POR-6437

Provided the ability to allow a "mass update" of configuration changes made through the Misc Restaurant Options utility.

POR-6466

Updated the Drive-Thru Timing Report auto email options for a Valued Brand.

2022-06-15 | 10.65 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director

  • Menu Maintenance

  • The Portal

Improvements

POR-6386

Created DTD Ranking Dashboard for Valued Brand.

POR-6388

Created new Save and Sync ability for DMB Content Config.

POR-6410

Enhanced Import Users utility.

POR-6465

The Button Swap utility is accessible for Valued Brand.

2022-05-25 | 10.64 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Chef Kitchen Management

Improvements

POR-5953

Food Locker QR Code configurations available under Miscellaneous Restaurant Options > Receipts and Printing.

POR-5954

Expanded Print Grill Tickets options to allow for Food Locker integration.

POR-6380

Enhanced the User Access report to include Price Group changes.

POR-6418

Improved Chef heating zone communications.

2022-05-04 | 10.63 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Chef Kitchen Management

Improvements

POR-6285

Added Force Terminal Update option for MM Portal sync for select sites.

POR-6299

The the Chef Configuration export tool now includes the Minimum On-hand Quantity configuration.

POR-6341

Updated equipment options available under Chef > Set-Up Equipment.

POR-6375

Enhanced OS4 stability when uploading PFiles.

POR-6395

Increased Price Cap for select sites.

2022-04-13 | 10.62 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Support Tools

Improvements

POR-6265

A new utility under Misc Restaurant Options provides the ability to set a wait time for Gift Card scans.

POR-6370

Support is now able to filter testing labs in health data.

POR-6022

Users are now able to customize receipt layouts through The Portal.

2022-03-23 | 10.61 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Chef

  • Loyalty

Improvements

POR-5956, POR-6077

For users in Poland, a new Manage Taxing Weights utility is available under Menu Maintenance > Products. This utility provides the ability to configure Value Meal tax weights according to the individual price group of the BOM, allowing different tax weights according to tax rules.

POR-6199

The Chef Wipe process clears previous minimum on-hand configurations, as expected.

POR-6250

A new configuration, Prompt POS Reminder PopUp, is available under Menu Maintenance > Manage terminals and Screens for the following areas:

  • Drive-Thru Tablets and Drive-Thru Terminals

  • Front Cashier Tablets and Front Cashier Terminals

This configuration provides the ability to configure a popup message to remind team members of tasks such as asking for Loyalty information.

POR-6322

Under Menu Maintenance > Misc Restaurant Options a new section Loyalty, and a new configuration Automatic Loyalty Prompt, is available. This configuration provides the ability to automatically prompt the team member to scan a Loyalty card upon initiating an order.

POR-6350

Under Chef, the Setup Pan Assignment utility allows the configuration of holding units of all sizes, as expected. Configurations include, setup, edit, copy, and save.

2022-03-02 | 10.60 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Chef

Improvements

POR-6034

Updated password reset aids to reference Xenial.

POR-6102

Chef accepts configuration downloads that do not contain Holding Units or Views.

2022-02-21 | 10.59.2 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

SPM-224

The Portal supports spreadsheet uploads of Price Cap information through the Menu Maintenance Portal and also view Price Cap reporting. Price Caps allow Valued Brands to enforce a maximum sale price for an in-store item.

POR-6308

Depending on the Valued Brand, some sites are able to opt into the new DMB combo layout through the Miscellaneous Restaurant Options on The Portal.

2022-02-09 | 10.59 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Digital Menu Board

Improvements

POR-6213, POR-6219

Internal updates to support OS4.

POR-6182, POR-6282

Provided the ability for specific DMB subscribers, to opt-in to a Late Night Menu option.

2022-01-19 | 10.58 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Drive-Thru Director

Improvements

POR-6014

The Kitchen Screen Software Type is visible for all users in the Manage Terminals and Screens utility on The Portal.

POR-6226

Added a valued brand to the DTD Layout Brand Selector.

2021-12-08 | 10.57 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Drive-Thru Director

Improvements

POR-5862

Created a new Explore Xenial Products tab, located at the top of The Portal page, that provides information about Xenial Products.

POR-6033

Drive-Thru Director now recognizes Store Operating Hours configuration on The Portal.

POR-6086

Updated DTD background options for Valued Brand.

2021-11-17 | 10.56 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Chef Kitchen Management

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Drive-Thru Director

Improvements

POR-6002

The Portal displays the holding unit size in the PHU Upgrade Utility.

POR-6016

Chef reports display the holding unit size in the PHU Upgrade Report.

POR-6059

Additional countries added to the My Restaurants utility.

POR-6067

Improved user messaging for Menu Maintenance Syncing.

POR-6075

Improved internal Switch User ++ interface.

POR-6103

Drive-Thru Summary Report displays line time for subscribed locations, as expected.

2021-10-27 | 10.55 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director

  • Chef Kitchen Management

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

POR-5133, POR-5559, POR-5782

The Mass Manage Ingredient Substitutions utility provides the ability for the GoldDB team to add, remove, and update available substitutions.

POR-5759

Improved how Drive-Thru Director determines and identifies sites that remain open after midnight.

POR-5887

Drive-Thru Director users are able to manage leaderboard configurations through The Portal.

POR-5938

CSV reports use proper encoding for languages such as Russian.

2021-10-06 | 10.54 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

POR-5771

Only applicable settings for the selected terminal appear under Default POS Behavior options.

POR-5905

Enhancements to Product Availability Check and Force Product Availability utilities.

POR-5963

Improvements to Manage User Application Access > Group Settings.

POR-5955

Enhancement to Kitchen Screen Options to include Mobile App Alert.

2021-09-15 | 10.53 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director

  • Chef Kitchen Management

Improvements

POR-5865

The Portal offers the ability to clear Chef Kitchen Management configurations from selected sites. This enables users to use the Chef Copy Configuration feature.

POR-5886

The Fast Car profile feature is available for Drive-Thru Director.

POR-5923

Reports for Drive-Thru Director display site numbers as expected.

2021-08-25 | 10.52 The Portal

Updated Components

  • DMB Portal

  • The Portal

Improvements

POR-5859

Improved Manage PLU/Price Groups Select Boxes to make editing easier.

POR-5909

Updated brand logo on The Portal logon screen for a valued brand.

2021-08-04 | 10.51 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Chef Kitchen Management

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

POR-5468

Updated Chef automatic status messaging for a Valued Brand.

2021-07-14 | 10.50.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • The Portal

Improvements

POR-5681

Provided support and configuration options for third-party payments through The PortalMenu MaintenanceMiscellaneous StoreMiscellaneous Restaurant OptionsOthers menu option.

POR-5712

Created ability to assign PLUs to specific departments for Fiscal Reporting/VAT purposes.

POR-5746

Improved user security and permissions.

POR-5750

Created the ability to configure Timeout and Polling intervals for third-party payment provider through Manage Miscellaneous Restaurant Options utility.

POR-5776

Provided the ability to configure QR Code display for payments through the Manager Terminal and Screens utility.

2021-06-23 | 10.49.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Digital Menu Boards

Improvements

SPM-62, POR-5290, POR-5309, POR-5320, POR-5385

Improvements to Force Product Availability feature that includes: email notifications about product availability and changes, updates based on the time zone of the site, and rules for sites that are closed and/or offline.

POR-5803

A DMB Health Monitor warning for the MP10 is triggered if a device reaches a temperature of above 100° C.

2021-05-26 | 10.48.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

Improvements

Xenial is implementing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in order to enhance user and data security. For more information, see https://www.xenial.com/what-is-mfa/.

2021-05-12 | 10.47.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

2021-04-21 | 10.46.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director

Improvements

POR-5432

Improved DTD Greet Time calculations to ensure more uniform reporting.

POR-5607

Provided the ability to configure DTD Pay Window visibility through The Portal.

2021-03-31 | 10.45.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

This release includes stability enhancements that do not affect the business functions of The Portal or its supported products.

2021-03-09 | 10.44.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

This release includes stability enhancements that do not affect the business functions of The Portal or its supported products.

2021-02-17 | 10.43.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Portal Reports

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

POR-5395

The Side Price Analysis Report is now labeled as Prices by PLU/Company and the Company filter is now labeled Franchisee Owner Code. Additional enhancements include: All Categories selection, Only Show Side Items checkbox, Price Filtering checkbox, and the selection of multiple PLUs and All PLUs.

POR-4205

Kitchen Screen font size is configurable through The PortalMenu Maintenance [MM]Admin OptionsManage Terminals and Screens.

2021-01-27 | 10.42.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

  • Encounter POS

  • Chef Kitchen Management

  • The Portal

Improvements

POR-4099

Improved Bump Bar functionality and configuration options.

POR-5081

Incorporated "on demand" sticky ticket printing.

POR-5297

Supports the Drive-Thru Director Additional Goal Time feature.

POR-5300

The Forced Sync Deployments Report is now available and tracks syncs associated with specific scheduled updates.

POR-5326

Created support for Xenial Suite products to utilize Encounter POS routing destinations.

POR-5378

The Portal supports Alternate Site Names for product utilities contained in Account Set Up, Set Up Menus, Admin Options, and Support Tools. These utilities include (but are not limited to): My Restaurants, Product Configurations, Health Monitor, Manage Users, Manage Devices, and The Portal Log.

POR-5403

The Chef Build To/PAR Level feature was updated to Build To/Par Level.

POR-5417

Improved user error messaging for Chef Build To/Par Level configurations.

POR-5420

Enabled network configuration screen in Default Group configuration option.

POR-5427

Updated user confirmation message for Chef Build To/Par Level configurations.

POR-5444

Created a search bar feature for the Manage Upcharge Lists utility.

2020-12-16 | 10.41.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director [DTD]

Improvements

POR-5323

For Drive-Thru Director, car counts for Menu Board 1 and Menu Board 2 are available.

2020-11-30 | 10.40.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Menu Maintenance [MM]

Improvements

POR-5327

The Portal now reflects Xenial branding.

POR-5177

A Side Price Analysis Report is available on The Portal. This report provides Prices by PLU and Site.

POR-5248

A Product Tag Association Report is available on The Portal. This report provides the Tags associated with each PLU.

POR-5413

Updated logo for a Valued Brand.

2020-11-06 | 10.39.1 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance [MM]

New Features

POR-5177

A new Side Price Analysis report is available on The Portal. This report displays the following data: Site Number, Franchisee Code, Price Group Name, and PLU Number, Name, and Price. Access the Side Price Analysis report The Portal > Menu Maintenance > Admin Options.

2020-11-04 | 10.39.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance [MM]

Improvements

POR-5231

The ICR and Revenue Report Configuration Defaults Report is available on The Portal > Menu Maintenance > Admin Options. This report displays the current configurations for the ICR and Revenue Report of each site. The configurations are managed through The Portal > Menu Maintenance > Admin Options > Manage ICR and Revenue Report Configurations.

POR-5172

A Manage Restaurant Configuration Location utility is now available for Menu Maintenance. This utility provides the ability to select if recipes and inventory management is handled through The Portal or at the site.

2020-10-27 | 10.38.1 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

POR-5349

The Kitchen Screen configurations located under the Manager Terminals and Screens edit on The Portal is available for users.

POR-5347

Available sites appear in the Restaurant List of the Manage Restaurant Groups edit, as expected.

2020-10-14 | 10.38.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance [MM]

  • Digital Menu Boards [DMB]

Improvements

POR-5154, POR-5226

Manage product prices by tags and/or product category through the Configure MM Utility and CSV import.

POR-4212

A Show Total configuration option is now available for Kitchen Screens. The Show Total configuration is located under the Kitchen Screens section of the Manage Terminals and Screens menu on The Portal.

The PortalMenu MaintenanceAdmin OptionsMiscellaneous Restaurant OptionsManage Terminals and Screens

POR-5325

The DMB Panel Preview displays exact configurations, as expected.

2020-10-01 | 10.37.1 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

SPM-62

Extended functionality of Force Product Availability. Users are now able to add new items, force product availability, schedule a sync for a specific date/time, force a terminal update for the scheduled time, and to view a report of deployments.

2020-09-23 | 10.37.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance [MM]

  • Encounter POS

  • Drive-Thru Director [DTD]

Improvements

POR-5245

Added a "Price cap enabled" flag to the Price Group weekly export.

POR-5227

Print Extra Delivery Info on Receipts is a new portal-level option located in Miscellaneous Restaurant OptionsReceipts and Printing, on The Portal.

POR-5111

Drive-Thru Director reporting now lists active sites as expected.

POR-5208

The setting for Tax Variance Options Enabled, located in Miscellaneous Restaurant OptionsSales Options on The Portal has changed to a dropbox with the following options: Ignore, Enable, Disable. The setting is implemented as expected upon performing a sync.

2020-09-14 | 10.36.1 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

Improvements

POR-5238

Adjustments made to the ICR Petty Cash out of Drawer/Safe option in the Miscellaneous Restaurant Options utility on The Portal now matches the printed ICR report as expected.

2020-09-02 | 10.36.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

POR-5169, POR-5187

Added a Brand Level Round Campaign option to the Miscellaneous Restaurant Options configuration menu on The Portal. Also implemented site-reporting for the Brand Level Round Campaign option in the Last Sync Report.

POR-5115

Enhancements to the Mass Store Pfiles Utility on The Portal.

POR-5163

Redirected "help" request to a Xenial url.

2020-08-12 | 10.35.0 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Drive-Thru Director [DTD]

  • Encounter POS

Improvements

POR-5147

Improved Portal user messaging.

2020-08-06 | 10.34.4 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance

Improvements

POR-5175

PLU’s containing ‘D L V’ are not included in the Price Cap %.

2020-07-31 | 10.34.3 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance [MM]

Improvements

POR-5166

The Price Group import now functions as expected for sites not implementing the price cap feature.

2020-07-29 | 10.34.02 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Order Confirmation Screen [OCS]

Improvements

POR-5082

Enhanced the Price Import Utility to adjust the price cap as necessary.

POR-5161

OCS image update for a Valued Brand.

2020-07-23 | 10.34.1 The Portal

Updated Components

  • The Portal

  • Digital Menu Board [DMB]

Improvements

POR-5140

Implemented email address validation for the Portal Email Utility.

POR-5116

Improved DMB Health Monitor content status reporting.

2020-07-22 | 10.34 The Portal

Updated Components

  • Menu Maintenance Portal

  • The Portal

Improvements

POR-5121, POR-5089

Implemented a delivery item price cap for specific Valued Brands.

POR-4954

The email address for the Portal Email Utility was updated to: portal-mailer@xenial.com.