Changes made to CARS+ software from January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Changes are listed in ascending date order within each table below.

Finding your release number: The release number currently in use is displayed in the upper left corner of the login screen. If already logged in to CARS+, type “LOGIN” from the OPTION field of any menu to view the login screen and see the release number.

The format of the release number is either:

v12.9-YYMMDD (where YYMMDD represents the date in the format “year month day”.)

For example, April 14, 2017 is shown as: v12.9-170414

A date more recent than your release date is a new feature that is not available in your present release but which can be installed via an upgrade. Call your CARS+ Customer Support representative to schedule an upgrade.


To find all changes to a certain program, use your browser’s “find” or “search” feature with the appropriate synonym.

Enhancements: The majority of enhancements to CARS+ do not go into effect unless a setting is changed in the system. That is, the goal is to allow current users to continue using the system just as they are using it unless they decide to use the feature.

Changes: Sometimes changes are made that affect all users. For ease in reviewing this document, changes that directly affect the rental counter are noted in the "Affects Rental Counter" column.

IMPORTANT UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

When upgrading from any release prior to 12.9-100411, the upgrade process must be done in two stages. See detailed instructions in the 2012 Jan - June Release Notice.



The Issue # in the last column below is Thermeon’s internal tracking number.


DATE

MM-DD-YY

AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER

MENU

SYNONYM

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

ISSUE #

01-19-17


BUILD
Reservation Build Report
New report that shows the rate of reservations received for a future pickup date
48240
01-19-17

IMPORT
DBREXP
DBR Revenue Export
New DBR like report that exports RA revenue in a csv file
48246
01-19-17




A vehicle unit number can now be expanded from 6 characters to up to 10 characters
Contact your Customer Support office if this change is desired.
46776
01-19-17




More than one vehicle with identical vehicle numbers can exist (they must have different owning locs)
46776
01-19-17


EDTFLI
Edit Flights for Locations
Added the ability to associate flight numbers with specific cash drawers (rental counters)
48332
01-19-17 yes
RA
VOID
Void RA
Added a question which asks if the RA authorization should be reversed.
48263
01-19-17
DLYSUB
VEHLOC
Vehicle Location Report
New report that lists vehicles at foreign locations
48576
01-19-17
MAINT
PM
Preventative Maintenance
Expanded ability to record any service code from 1-10.
48041
01-19-17



New program to import payments on multi-month RAs
48230
01-19-17
RA
OPEN
RA Open
Added ability to print a tax document for RA deposits
48302
01-19-17


Planning Calendar
Changed the logic for reporting overdue vehicles
45193
01-19-17
INCSALES
EXTRA2
Extra Revenue Report 2
Added csv export to the report
47505
01-19-17 yes
RACTRL
EDITMISC
Edit Misc Control Fields Added a field to turn off auto-loading a credit card refund when the deposit on the RA is greater than the closing charges.
48641
01-19-17 yes


Option window (shift/F5)
To see the items in a package, press Shift/F7 when the cursor is on the asterisk of the package option.
48653
02-10-17

OPTIONS
EDTOPTCD
Edit Optional Items
Added a 'Res Only' choice to the WebRes Visable field. Option is offered only in Reservations, WebRes, WebXML. Not available from RA Open or Close.
48821

02-10-17

DLYSUB
VEHLOC
Vehicle Location Rpt
Added a field to select how the data is sorted.
48750
02-10-17

RESMENU2
RSDIRP
Res Discount Edit Rpt
Added more selections to the reservation status field.
48808
06-01-17

INCSALES
DAYSALES
Today's Option Sales
New display of today's option sales at the counter (today's opened RAs.) Reports how well agents are doing on current daily option sales. 43272
06-01-17
yes


Reservations
RA Open
RA Close
W subwindow
To display a list of all Privilege Codes associated with the corporate account, press Shift/F7 from the W subwindow OPTION field.
48098
06-01-17

SLSCTRL
PRTINC
Print Employee Incentive Records
New program to print the records that are set up for Employee Incentives.
48965
06-01-17

INDSALES
INDSLS
Individual Today's Option Sales Rpt
New program for logged in employee to check current daily option sales.
43272
06-01-17

LOCCTRL
EDITLOC
Edit Locations
Added a field to turn on the logic for current daily option sales.
43272
06-01-17

SLSCTRL
EDITINCN
Edit Employee Incentives
Added a field for a daily target amount of sales for current daily option sales logic.
43272
06-01-17

PRGNON
PURGEINV
Purge Sundry Invoices
New program to purge posted Sundry Invoices.
48964
06-01-17

MENU CHANGES


Several menus were re-organized.
Daily Procedures
Daily Audit Rpts
Fuel Reports
Month End


06-01-17

OPTIONS
PROSET
Print Option Set Codes
New program to list Option Set Codes and the options within each set.
49059
06-01-17

RACTRL
EDITMISC
Edit Misc Control Fields
New field provides choices in how Vendor Commissions are calculated.
49075
06-01-17

MONTH
COMMISS
Vendor Commission Report
New field in Edit Misc. provides choices in how Vendor Commission are calculated.
49075
06-01-17

RACTRL
EDITCC
Edit Card Definitions
Credit card fee can now apply to only credit cards, only debit cards, or both.
49118
06-01-17

RACTRL
EDITCC
Edit Card Definitions
CARS+ EDC clients can be prompted for CVV code and address verification on manually entered credit card numbers
49030
06-01-17

MENU CHANGES


Moved the following programs to a new Fleet Edit Menu ( a sub-menu of the Fleet Menu):
Change Vehicle Number
Edit Vehicle Grounding
Edit Vehicle Note

06-01-17

FLEET
ASSETINV
Asset Inventory Control
New program used to enter non-vehicle assets into the fleet.
48875
06-01-17

RESMENU
RESYLD
Reservation Yield Report
Added a field to chose if the revenue reported should be time and mileage only or if it should include all charges.
49169
06-01-17
yes
RACTRL
EDITCC
Edit Card Definitions
New field allows you to define how many days a pre-authorization is valid. In RA Open if the length of rental exceeds this value the card cannot be used to pre-auth the rental, it must be used as a deposit.
49215
06-01-17
yes
DAILY
DUE
Vehicles Due In Report
Indicates open RAs whose pre-authorization is due to expire
49215
06-01-17
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
A Credit card cannot be used to secure a rental whose length exceeds the life of that card's auth
49223
06-01-17
yes
RA
CLOSE
RA Close
An auth that has expired cannot be used on a payment at the time of close
49223
06-01-17

RA
RCVPAY

BCHPAY
Receive RA Payments

Batch Receive RA Payments
Added field for Settle Flag to indicate transaction was manually settled outside of EDC.
49177
06-01-17

MAINT
CARWASH
Car Wash Entry
Added field for current status, and can be changed.
49254

NEW ADD-ON FEATURES

DATE

AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER

MENU

SYNONYM

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

ISSUE #

01-19-17 yes


RA Open and RA Close
Added interface to Telefonica vehicle transponders to RA Open and RA Close
47692


BRAND-SPECIFIC FEATURES

DATE

BRAND
AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER

MENU

SYNONYM

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

ISSUE #

01-19-17 Hertz

RESMENU
RES
Reservations
A reservation cancelled by OKC cannot be manually re-opened. It must be re-transmitted by OKC.
48495
01-19-17 Sixt



Reservation Interface
Added the ability to receive reservations for more than one country
48291
06-01-17
Hertz

HTZRPT
RVSRPT
Revenue Share Report
Changed selection of records from DBR date to RA Charge DBR date.
48750
06-01-17
Hertz

HTZCTRL
EDTRZ4
Edit Res Merge Option Codes
Added a field to turn on a feature: when a merged reservation is loaded in RA Open, a pop-up window will display listing the options that were reserved on the reservation. 48875
06-01-17
Hertz

ARCTRL
EDITASST
Edit Asset Codes
Added a field to distinguish between devices with and without Neverlost features.
48875
06-01-17
RV

ITCTRL
EDITIT
Edit IT Codes
Added a field to turn on multi-rate logic for the voucher as per the Flex RateTable.
49120
06-01-17
Hertz

RESMENU
RESYLD
Reservation Yield Report
Added the RQ rate code when a template rate is used.
49179
06-01-17
Hertz
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
Portable Neverlost devices
48875