Product Release: Auto Update 144 is Now Available!
New Strict Meals Only charge policy feature
New in this release
New Features
- New! A Strict Meals Only (S) has been added that when set prohibits a student from charging an a la carte item if their balance remains negative at the end of the transaction.
- The new Strict Meals Only (S) charge policy can be found in the Default Charge dropdown on the Other Configurations tab in Administration: Site Setup, and the Charge dropdown on the Miscellaneous tab in Student: Account Setup.
- Use Account Setup to set the Charge Policy to an individual Student.
- The new Strict Meals Only (S) charge policy can be found in the Default Charge dropdown on the Other Configurations tab in Administration: Site Setup, and the Charge dropdown on the Miscellaneous tab in Student: Account Setup.
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- Selecting this Default Charge means that the student account must have a positive balance at the end of the transaction to charge milk or supplemental sales. Example: If the student’s account balance is -$2.65, and they come through the line to purchase a Reimbursable Meal for $2.30 and a Milk for ($0.80), and add $5.00 to their account, they will only be able to purchase the Reimbursable Meal ($2.30) since the balance at the end of the transaction will still be negative.
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- When the charge policy is set to Strict Meals Only (S), and a student attempts to purchase a reimbursable meal and an a la carte item (or a la carte only) with a negative balance, the following message will display.
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- New! A new Eligibility by Application Type report has been added to Student Eligibility that displays eligibility statuses by application type so users can see the detailed distribution per site.
- Security for this report has been added to System Management: Security: User Group Setup: Student Eligibility: Reports.
- This can be run for any as of date in current Fiscal Year.
- The first section will display for each site:
- # Free students
- % Free membership
- # Reduced students
- % Reduced membership
- # Paid students
- % Paid membership
- # Free and Reduced students (non-Direct Certified)
- # Direct Certified students
- # Denied students
- The second section will display Application Totals for Free, Reduced and Paid Applications and displays the following types:
- Income Application
- SNAP Application
- TANF Application
- FDPIR Application
- Homeless
- Migrant
- Runaway
- Foster
- Medicaid
- Head Start
- The third section will display Free, Reduced, and Paid statuses from Student Eligibility Totals Based on Application from the following types:
- Income based status
- SNAP based status
- TANF based status
- FDPIR based status
- Homeless
- Migrant
- Runaway
- Foster
- Medicaid
- Head Start
- The fourth section is for Direct Certified Students only will display statuses from Student Eligibility Totals Based on Direct Certification from the following types:
- SNAP based status
- TANF based status
- FDPIR based status
- Homeless
- Migrant
- Runaway
- Foster
- Medicaid
- Head Start
- The fifth section will display the total counts for the Student Eligibility Totals Based on Application and Direct Certification.
- The second section will display Application Totals for Free, Reduced and Paid Applications and displays the following types:
Other Enhancements
Menus
Meals/Menus
Reimbursable Meals
- Users will be able to edit recipes when clicking the Manage Recipe button and viewing the recipe information.
Point of Sale
Students
Account Setup
- Student’s Date of Birth has been added to the Student grid and Student Information tab.
System Management
Administration
Auto Transfer Settings
- Serving Number has been added to the PowerSchool import. It can be matched on Local Id or State Province Id.
LunchApplication.com
Website
ADA Compliant
- The website is now ADA Compliant throughout.
Corrections
Inventory
Orders
Manage Purchase Orders
- The error preventing multiple orders from being closed at one time has been corrected.
System Management
Administration
Auto Transfer Settings: VendorLink
- The error ‘Student not found for Fiscal Year 2019’ relating to the Student Number Preview field has been corrected.
- If Student Status Code exists, the mapping will be used. If no Student Status Code mappings exist, ‘D’ and ‘I’ will import as Inactive.