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.
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.
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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 |
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| 01-19-17 |
IMPORT |
DBREXP |
DBR Revenue Export |
New DBR like report that exports RA revenue in a csv file |
48246 |
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| 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 |
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| 01-19-17 |
More than one vehicle with identical vehicle numbers can exist (they must have different owning locs) |
46776 |
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| 01-19-17 |
EDTFLI |
Edit Flights for Locations |
Added the ability to associate flight numbers with specific cash drawers (rental counters) |
48332 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
|
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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |