Changes made to CARS+ software from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013.

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, 2010 is shown as: v12.9-100410

A date more recent than your release date is a new feature available in the latest release.

OR

12.9-YYMMDDx (where the date is shown the same as the above followed by a letter.)

For example, December 12, 2009, letter T is shown as: 12.9-091209T

A feature with a letter that is later in the alphabet than your letter is a new feature available only in a later release.


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

AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER

MENU

SYNONYM

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

ISSUE #

01-04-13

RATES
EDTPRIV
Edit Privilege Codes
New CDPID privilege that allows for authorization shortfall on selected clients
40743
01-04-13

RA
EDTEXCH
Edit Exchange Records
Added ability to delete vehicle exchange records that were entered in error
40669
01-29-13

RACTRL
EDITMISC
Edit Misc Control Fields
Added a field to turn off the 'flight info missing' prompt when saving a Reservation for a location that is an airport location but no flight info was entered on the res. 40605
01-29-13
YES
RESMENU
RES
Reservations
Added a field in Edit Misc Control Fields to turn off the 'flight info missing' prompt when saving a Reservation for a location that is an airport location but no flight info was entered on the res.
40605
01-29-13

SECURITY
EDITFEP
Edit Feature Edits Profile
Added the ability to block the edit the opening date/time on a closed RA from Edit Opening Fields.
40808
01-29-13

RATES
EDITUPSL
Edit Upsell Rules/Rates
Added the ability to remove a class from an existing upsell matrix record. Use the space bar to erase the rate for the class.
40814
01-29-13

PLAN
PRTFUT
Class Availability Report
For RV type operations only, moving units to a 'not available' type status (other than when opening a Non-Rev Movement) decreases the count of the fleet on the planning calendar from that point forward. Moving units back to an 'available' type status (other than when closing a Non-Rev Movement) increases the count of the fleet on the planning calendar from that point forward 39971
01-29-13

RACTRL
EDITMISC
Edit Miscell. Control Fields
New field to prevent renters from re-using a promo code if they cancel a reservation after it's been filled.
40800
01-29-13

HTZRPT
FRCRPT
Filled Reservations Cancelled Report
New report of reservations that were cancelled with the Res. Center after being used to open a RA.
40800
02-12-13

RACTRL
EDITCUST
Edit Customer Type Codes
Added a field referring to the renter's insurance data. When saving a reservation, a warning message will display if the insurance data has not been entered or the insurance policy expires before the return date of the reservation. When saving a RA, the insurance data, including a valid expiration date, is required or the RA cannot be saved. 40961
02-12-13

RA
OPEN
RA Open
A new search selection allows a RA to found by the PO#. This search works on RAs opened after the new CARS+ release is installed. To have it work on RAs that were opened prior to the upgrade, contact Thermeon's Customer Support Dept.
40978
02-12-13
yes
RESMENU
MANIFEST
Reservation Manifest
Added a pop-up window for Field 9, Detail Level, to list the 3 detail level choices: Detail, Summary, and Consolidated.
40878
02-12-13

DAMAGE
DMTENT
Damage Report Entry
For split screen version, added a field to show the location of the user entering the damage report.
40918
02-12-13

CORP
PRTCDP
Print Corporate Accounts
New report of the records in the Corporate Account file. (program name PRTCDP)
40833
02-12-13

CORP
PRTCON
Print Corporate Contracts
New report of the records in the Corporate Contract file. (program name PRTCON)
40833
02-12-13

SLSCTRL
PRTDOC
Print Special Documents
New report of records in the Special Document file. (program name PRSDOC)
40833
02-12-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
New search for the return location using any consecutive characters from the Location name. 40883
02-12-13
yes
RESMENU
RES
Reservations
Search of Reservations by Date/Time now defaults to the user's location. The location can be changed to any other location using the F5 key.
40801
02-12-13

OPTIONS
EDTOPTRT
Edit Option Rates
The calculation method field (CL MT) was moved from page 2 to page 1.
41012
34086
02-28-13

MAINT
CARWASH
Car Wash Entry
The odometer reading cannot be changed from this program.
41000
02-28-13

LOCCTRL
EDITLOC
Edit Locations
Added fields for requiring birth place and federal tax ID when opening a RA if additional ID is required.
40798
02-28-13

CUSMNT
CUST
Customer File Update
Added fields for customer's birth place and country issuing the additional ID.
40798
02-28-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
Added fields in the AD subwindow for birthplace and additional ID country. Also added an automatic pop up window when pressing (RET) from the drivers license field in the Main window. Used for entering additional ID, birth place, and federal ID. The pop-up window comes up only if Additional ID is required.
40798
02-28-13

RATECTRL
EDITUPSL
Edit Upsell Rules/Rates
Added ability to delete class from the Upsale matrix
40814
02-28-13

SLSCTRL
EDTPRF
Edit Incentive Ctrl Record
Added ability to exclude Multi-month RAs from the Extra Revenue Report and Incentives
40567
03-12-13

SIXT

Sixt Reservation Interface
New reservation interface with Sixt Rent A Car of Germany
31747
03-12-13

SLSCTRL
EDITDOC
Edit Special Documents
Added a field for currency when the promo is a set amount or amount per day as is in a foreign currency.
41086
03-12-13

SECURITY
EDITNTS
Edit Notes Type Codes
New control file to limit users ability to edit Notes
41121
03-12-13

FLTCTRL
EDITCLS
Edit Class Codes
New field to prevent reservations from being taken for a class at a location.
35211
03-12-13
yes
RESMENU
RES
Reservations
New field in Edit Class Codes can prevent a class from being reserved at location.
35211
03-12-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
Made some updates to the swiping logic for drivers license and credit card, among which: when swiping a drivers license or credit card and the name on the license or card does not agree to the name already loaded in Field 1, a warning message is given.
40821
03-12-13

TICPRGS
EDITTKT
Edit Ticket Charge Codes
Added a field to reprint the RA.
40836
03-12-13

RA
OPEN
CLOSE
RA Open
RA Close
If the restriction is in place that prevents options from being added to an existing RA beyond a certain number of minutes after it opens, the restriction does not apply to miscellaneous type charges. They can be added to a RA at any time.
41147
03-12-13

UTILIZE
DCREXP
Data Export for DCR
Added new screen field and column in report for "Doc. Pending" status.
40983
03-12-13

AUDIT
MISOPT
Missing Option Report
New report that lists RAs that are without the requested Option.
40980
03-12-13

OPTIONS
ADDOPT
Add New Options to Rentals
Made some updates to this program. Added fields for charge start date and replaced option.
40980
03-29-13

INCSALES
WALKRPT
Walk-up Rentals Report
Added a field to choose if multiple invoiced RAs should be included or not.
41081
03-29-13

RATES
EDITDRP
Edit Drop Charges
After deleting a record, a question is now asking if the next record should be displayed. Otherwise, the screen clears.
41265
03-29-13

LOCCTRL
EDITLOC
Edit Locations
Changed the logic on the vehicle warning date fields (except for grounding) so that a 'blank' field now means do not give a warning if the expiration date is exceeded.
41246
03-29-13

RACTRL
EDITMISC
Edit Misc Control Fields
Added a field to block access to the odometer field in Car Wash Entry.
41000
03-29-13

PURGE
PURGEVEH
Purge Vehicle File
After the vehicles are purged, a purge is now automatically made of the physical inventory records for the purged vehicles using the sale date as the cut off date.
41267
03-29-13

UCCRPT
AUDIT
Unswiped Credit Card Report
Added a field to include pre-authorizations from RA Open that are un-swiped.
41261
04-10-13

RACTRL
EDITMISC
Edit Misc Control Fields
Added a field to circumvent the standard logic which requires that the Cust. Other ID # be unique.
41347
04-10-13

LOCCTRL
EDITLOC
Edit Rental Locations
An alternate method of charging for pre-paid fuel has been added
41239
04-10-13

PLAN
EDTIDEAL
Edit Ideal Fleet
Ideal Fleet controls on one-way rentals
41354
04-10-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
Added the ability to scan the driver's license of additional drivers
41390
04-10-13

CUSMNT
CUST
Customer File Update
Added a field indicating if the customer's documents have been scanned.
40659
04-18-13

LOGS
LEASELOG
View Lease Log
New program to view manual changes to lease records.
41118
05-20-13

RESMENU
RES
Reservations
Added a feature to the Deliver and Collection Subwindow for installations on webXG. Press F1 in the subwindow to generate a worksheet for delivering the vehicle. It includes details of the customer, address, and reservation, and uses Google Maps to generate a map and directions to the delivery address. 41624
05-22-13

RATES
EDITPRIV
Edit Privilege Codes
The customer responsibility of CDPID, No Charge LDW can vary by Pricing Code
41299
05-22-13

FLEET
INV
Vehicle Inventory Control
F4 key can be used to scroll back to the previous record.
41505
05-22-13

IMPORT
IMPVEH
Import Vehicle File Records
Added insurance policy number
41512
05-22-13

IMPORT
IMPCUST
Import Customer Records
Added scanned document field.
40659
05-22-13
yes
RATES
EDITRATE
Edit Rental Rules/Rates
Tiered rates can now be fixed so that the tier rate in effect at Open is used for all subsequent tiers. New field on page 3 of the Rate Rules record for turning on 'fixed tier' logic.
41518
05-22-13

RA
OPEN
RA Open
Added ability to email RAs to the renter when doing an extension
41487
05-22-13

RACTRL
EDITMISC
Edit Misc Control File For systems that are configured to email a copy of the RA to the customer when closing the contract, a new field allows the email question to also be asked from the RA Open screen. 41487
06-05-13

LEASE


New programs developed to build in an inflation rate increase to the TIME rate on Lease contracts
40093
06-05-13




Shortfall Auth Report can add the auth pad at that time
41658
06-05-13

BUDGET


Program developed to transmit closed RAs to Budget Europe's headquarters
39118
06-26-13

DUPMENU
DEDUP
Process De-Duplication
The obsolete customer records now have the drivers license number changed so that the obsolete customer records do not have exactly the same drivers license number as the surviving record.
41729
06-26-13

RES
RESUPD
Reservations
Number of deliveries AND collections can be limited for each hour
41274
06-26-13

VEH
INV
Vehicle Inventory Control
When firewalls are turned on, new blocks are added when viewing foreign vehicles
41731
06-26-13

EDC


Added support for authorization reversals
39238
06-26-13

PRGNON
TERMCDP
Terminate Corporate Accounts
New program that can be used to enter an expiration date in the records of inactive corporate accounts.
41783
06-26-13

FLTACCT
SOLD
Vehicles Sold Report
Added a field for Class - to limit the report to units of a single class. 41394


HERTZ-SPECIFIC FEATURES

DATE

AFFECTS RENTAL COUNTER

MENU

SYNONYM

PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION

ISSUE #

01-04-13




VAW interface to OKC of open and closed RAs
40370
01-04-13

BRASIL
VAW
VAW
VAW interface to OKC of open reservations 40370
01-29-13
yes
RA
CLOSE
RA CLOSE
CRM Phase 2
39587
01-29-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA OPEN
CRM Phase 3
40415
01-29-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
User is prevented from swiping a credit card if an HCC or OTTO is already on the transaction
40870
02-01-13

RACTRL
EDITMISC
Edit Misc Control Fields
Added a field to prevent IT codes that are set as Tour Family "G" in the IT record from being entered in Reservations and RA Open by the user. The IT code must be on a reservation that is merged from the Reservation Interface program. Enter: 40799
03-12-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
In Canada corporate mode, an incident entry cannot be applied to a RA when there is a SVV on the RA.
41037
03-12-13
yes
RA
CLOSE
RA Close
In Canada corporate mode, an incident entry cannot be applied to a RA when there is a SVV on the RA. 41037
03-29-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
New Hertz style estimate layout on F8 pop-up
41085
03-29-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
Gold Service for locations outside the established four Gold regions
40659
04-18-13

HERTZ
HZEGAR
European GAR Feed
Changed the European GAR feed to send non-ghost vouchers to OKC for collection
41454
04-18-13
yes
RA
OPEN
RA Open
Operations set up with GVT record RZMRG4BR have a change in the Option pop-up window. When an option was offered to a customer while making the reservation, and the customer did not decide at the time to accept or decline the option, the option is marked with an "O" the Option pop-up window. If you changed to asterisk or "C", previously, these were automatically converted to asterisk (not taken). Now they are automatically converted to a "C" when saving the RA. 41392
05-22-13
yes
HERTZ


Hertz Menus have been re-organized.

06-26-13

RA
OPEN
RA Open
CRM Phase 4
40504
06-26-13

HERTZ
CHOICE
Gold Choice
New program for releasing vehicles from the pick-up lot
39590
06-26-13

HERTZ
GOLDRLS
Gold Choice Release report
New report for RAs completed by the Gold Choice program
39590
06-26-13

HERTZ
GLDRPT
Gold Choice Questionable RAs Report
New report of RAs that were made questionable by the Gold Choice program
39590
06-26-13


RA
OPEN
RA Open
CRM Phase 5
41339
TBA

HERTZ


New programs for importing and exporting vehicles to and from DTAG
41760