Platform Updated 5/16/22

Today, we completed a minor upgrade to the CellarPass platform that allows provides significant improvements to optimizing reservations availability

Release Notes
May 16, 2022

IMPROVEMENTS

1. Reservation Availability
   We continue to test some complicated scenarios where multiple min/max and table do-not-combine features are being utilized. Today's update includes some major improvements in this area including max orders.
   
   
2. Comp'd Tastings & Commerce7
   For comp'd Reservations, we were sending the Paid Date as the date the Reservation was originally saved since there's no payment record. Today's update moves that date to the Event Date.
   

UPCOMING- PLEASE READ

1. Admin Panel Navigational Changes
   In preparation for releasing the next generation of our platform, we will be making some significant admin panel channels related to our main menu and navigational changes. We will be completing these changes over several weeks to provide a smoother transition.
   
   
2. Major Navigational Changes
   Many of the main left-navigational menus have been eliminated or renamed in the next release:
   
   1. Dashboard button has been removed. You now click the CellarPass "fox" logo to access it.
   2. Reservations, Create & Manage is now referred to as "Experiences" in the submenu.
   3. Cancellation Policies has been moved to Reservations and renamed "Policies"
   4. Floor Plans has been moved from Settings to Reservations
   5. Sync Reservations has been moved from Exports to Reservations
   6. Export Reservations has been moved from Exports to Reservations
   7. The Export menu item has been completely removed. Associated submenus have been moved to their respective main sections, such as Reservations, Ticket, Guests, etc.
   8. Export Transactions- RSVP has been moved to Reservations
   9. Offers & Promotions has been moved from Content to a new "Marketing" menu.
   10. Ticketing, Create & Manage is now referred to as "Events" in the submenu.
   11. Settings, Member Configuration has been simplified and components have been moved.
   12. Profile Page Content has been renamed "Business Information"
   13. Profile Images has been renamed "Image Collection"
   14. Widget Code and Checkout Theme has been moved to Marketing
   15. Website URL, Club Sign-up URL and the new "Menu URL" feature has been moved from Settings, Member Configuration to Marketing
   16. Guest Tags has been moved to Marketing
   17. Logo has been moved from Profile Photos​to Business Profile, Logo.
   18. Manage Guests, Manage Users, Manage Servers and Manage Concierges has had "Manage" remove from their submenus.
   19. Business Hours has been moved from Settings, to Business Profile
   20. Holiday Manager has been renamed Holidays & Closures and has been moved to Business Profile
   21. Account Types has been moved from Settings to Business Profile
   22. Frequently-asked Questions has been moved from Profile Page Content to Business Profile
   23. Manage Membership has been moved from Settings to Business Profile renamed as Subscription & Billing
   24. Email Messages has been renamed as Notifications to prepare for expanded SMS features in a near future release.
       
       
3. Consolidation of Action Buttons
   This release will consolidate a lot of our multiple buttons on a single page to be found behind a new "More Actions" dropdown menu. In this menu, you will find all the previously-offered buttons that were once their own buttons on the page. This change is to follow latest design and UI standards.
   
   
4. Edit Buttons Redesign
   We have removed most Edit buttons in our admin panel for a new design which will use a prominent hyperlink which will be obvious when you land on the page.
   
   

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Duplicated Time Slots
   If you are running duplicative timeslots for the same Reservation event, we recommend you de-dupe those immediately to improve the performance of your booking engine. With the new Max Order and Max Capacity improvements, the need for duplicative times is no longer necessary.

UPCOMING & NEWS

We continue to get closer to providing an official launch date of our next generation platform which will include a full suite of DTC tools, including Point of Sale, Club Management, Inventory Management and much, much more.

To ease the familiarization of using the new platform, over the coming weeks, we will begin making changes to our current platform’s menus to be more inline with how the next generation will be managed. As features are moved and updated, it’s important that you read or release notes as it will help explain where you can find any feature that has been moved.

You will also find that the admin panel will be much more simplified and related features will be found much, more easily than before. The focus groups and beta testing has been providing some very positive comments that confirm we’re headed in the right direction. These improvements will be released in phases, now through end of May.