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:
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 → → → → 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 → → → . |
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. → → → → |
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 → , 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 → 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. |