Note: When the OPR<version Number>ORS license code is active, three radio buttons appear on the Application Settings screen that affect what Group Functions, Parameters, and Settings will be available.
- The Global radio button displays Group Functions/Parameters/Settings that will affect all properties located in all CROs in the ORS database.
- The CRO radio button displays Group Functions/Parameters/Settings that will affect all properties located in the CRO selected from the CRO LOV.
- The Property radio button displays Group Functions/Parameters/Settings that are available on the property level and will only affect the property selected in the Property LOV.
Functions
Parameters
- ALLOW DEPOSIT CANCELLATION CHANGE - Allow Changes to Deposit and Cancellation rule on Reservation screen.
- ALLOW WAITLIST MODIFICATION - Activate the Functionality to Modify Waitlisted Reservations.
- ALWAYS FIXED RATES - All reservations created or modified in the system will be stored as Fixed Rates.
- APPLY DISCOUNT TO PACKAGES - Apply discount to package elements. If this is set to N, discount percentage or amount will only apply to the rate amount.
- ALWAYS SHOW PROFILE SEARCH FOR MATCHING NAMES - While entering profile on reservation screen always force user to go to profile search screen to pick the profile, if there is at least one profile exists with matching last name and first name.
- ASSIGN UNIQUE CONFIRMATION NUMBER FOR CONNECTING ROOM RESERVATIONS - Assign unique confirmation numbers to connecting room reservations when created.
- ATTACH RATECODE TO BLOCKRESV - Allow user to select Rate Code and attach to Block Reservation during the Reservation Process.
- AUTO ATTACH ELEMENTS - Reservation auto attach elements.
- AUTO DEPOSIT COLLECTION - The deposit screen on new reservations with existing deposit schedules will automatically appear when the user saves the reservation.
- AUTO MASS CANCELLATION - Activates auto mass cancellation functionality.
- AUTO POPULATION OF ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS - Activate the Auto Population of Routing Instructions.
- BLANK ARRIVAL DATE - Set Arrival Date to Blank for New Reservation
- BLANK OUT METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR ARRIVALS - Blank out method of payment for arrivals.
- BOOKING PACE BY MARKET CODE - Activate the ability to generate Booking Pace Data by Market Code. After setting this value to Y, make the procedure POPULATERESVPACEMARKET active in Background Processor Setup.
- CANCEL WITH DEPOSIT - Ability to Cancel Reservations with Deposit Payments.
- CAPTURE CHECK IN TIME - Capture total check in time for a guest.
- CC PRE CHECK IN AUTHORIZATION - Ability to pre-authorize credit cards on reservations prior to check in.
- CHECK RESTRICTIONS ON CHECK OUT - Enables the system to validate, if the guest departs earlier or later than the original duration of the stay upon check in, whether the rate code and rate for the guests stay is still valid for the days the guest stayed. A shorter stay could result in a change in rate code.
- COMPONENT VERIFICATION - Component Verification Functionality
- CONFIRMATION LETTER - Confirmation Letter Required in Reservation
- CONFIRMATION LETTER CANCEL RESERVATION - Mark All Cancelled Reservations to Generate a Confirmation Letter.
- CONFIRMATION LETTER UPDATE RESERVATION - Mark All Updated Reservations to Generate a Confirmation Letter.
- CONNECTING ROOMS - Activate Connecting Rooms.
- COPY PROFILE RESERVATION NOTES TO RESERVATION - Profile Reservation Notes will be automatically copied onto the reservation.
- CROSS BRAND RECOGNITION - When this parameter is turned ON, Guest members (of a central loyalty membership program) will be recognized by a pop-up message when accessing their reservation. This will help the user to identify where this guest originally enrolled and treat accordingly. However, the pop-up message will only appear if the environment for the source of the membership enrollment is not equal to the environment the user is working in.
- DEFAULT NON-DEDUCT CHECK BOX - Default Non Deduct Check Box on Availability screens where separation between Non Deduct and Deduct Rooms is available.
- ENABLE CXL RULES IN WEEKS - When enabled, users can configure cancellation rules in either days or weeks, where the days value must be a multiplier of 7 days (to be converted to a week value). When enabled, GDS systems connected to Opera will receive the CXL rule message with xxW (where x is the number of days) value when the number of days exceeds 99 Days.
- EXCLUDE RATE FROM AUTH BASED ON ROUTING - Exclude Rate from authorization if the source payee name in routing instructions is not the same as the target and transaction code for accommodation exists in the routing instruction code. Also when OPP_GCA license code is on and a Comp routing is being set up to an Authorizer with accommodation transaction code for window 101 through 108, the rate would be excluded from the authorization amount.
- FORCE COMPANY PROFILE FOR CHECKED IN RESERVATIONS - Force that Company Profile Exist for all Checked In Reservations.
- GUEST PAY FILTER IN RATE INFO - Ability to see the Guest Pay Only filter within the Rate Info screen.
- INCLUDE NONDEDUCT IN AVAILABILITY - Default Non Deduct Check Box on Availability screens where separation between Non Deduct and Deduct Rooms is available.
- ITEM INVENTORY POOL - Activate the item inventory pool functionality which enables items to be sold with a maximum pool ceiling quantity.
- LAUNCH CONFIRMATION FROM CLOSING SCRIPT - When enabled, this parameter removes the Confirmation check box from RSEDIT form and places a check box on the Closing Script screen which automatically launches the confirmation form to enable users to send a confirmation to the selected parties. This check box on the Closing Script screen will be set to true by default when the parameter is activated.
- MARKET MAIN GROUP - Controls Selection List Display of Market Codes
- METHOD OF PAYMENT MANDATORY - Method of Payment is Mandatory at the Time of Reservation
- ORS RESERVATION AUDIT -Audit ORS reservation changes.
- ONLINE PRINTING OF CHANGES - Print Reservation changes after check in to on-line printer
- POPULATE PRIMARY PROFILES FOR NEW RESERVATIONS - Populate Primary Company, Travel Agent, and Source profiles for the Individual for New Reservation creation.
- PRE-REGISTRATION CHECK IN - Enables Pre Registration functionality.
- PRIMARY SHARE - Ability to indicate one reservation as the primary share. This will not allow the user to make any reservation changes or postings to the 'non-primary' share guest(s).
- PROFILE SEARCH PRIOR TO NEW RESERVATION - Present the Profile Search Screen before making New Reservations.
- PROPERTY CALENDAR - Activate the Property Calendar functionality.
- RATE CODE MANDATORY - Rate Code Mandatory for Individual Reservations.
- RATE CODE MANDATORY BLOCKS - Rate Code Mandatory for Reservations picked up from Block.
- REQUEST LOG - Activate functionality to log availability and reservation requests into request_log table. Activation of this parameter may create lots of rows into request_log table and impact performance of the system.
- RESERVATION MORE FIELDS - Activate More Fields Tab on Reservations.
- RESERVATION ROOM _FEATURES - This parameter is used in conjunction with the Room Features functionality associated with reservations and profiles. If the room feature field were added to the reservation screen through screen painting, the room features associated with a reservation would be carried over to the room availability search screen. When inactive, the room features in the room availability search screen would default to those specified on the profile.
- REVALIDATE AVAILABILITY BEFORE SAVING - Affects the reservations created from the ORS "Sales Screen" or PMS "Cross Selling" screen. When enabled, availability will be re-checked before saving the reservation to avoid silent overrides and overbooks.
- ROOM TYPE AUTO POPULATE - Enables Auto Populate check box at Property Level for Room Type Configuration. By selecting this Auto Populate check box, this room type will automatically default for all new Rate Codes in the Room Type field on the Rate Code Header screen.
- ROOM TYPE AUTO ROOM ASSIGN - Enables Auto Room Assign check box at Property Level for Room Type Configuration. By selecting this Auto Room Assign check box, Opera will auto-assign a room number to a new reservation when a reservation is made for the room type and a room has not been manually assigned for the reservation. This functionality will occur only for newly created reservations should this parameter be active.
- ROOM TYPE TO CHARGE - Implements the addition of the field called RTC on the reservation screen. With this field it is possible to have the reservation be inventoried on one room, but charged as if it was another room type.
- SELL CONTROL ITEM - Ability to restrict sells if there is not enough pre configured inventory items available.
- SEND DEPOSITS TO ORS - Send deposits to ORS when the OXI License Code OPX_ORS is active in PMS.
- SHARE RATE SPLITTING FOR FIXED RESERVATIONS - Allow Share Rate Splitting on Reservations marked as Fixed with same rate code.
- SHOW ALL COMMENT TYPES - When this parameter is turned on, only one comment type can be set in the parameter setting Reservations -> Comment Types and the comment screen will show all comment types. When this parameter is turned off, more than one comment type can be set in the parameter setting Reservations -> Comment Types and the comment screen will show only these comment types.
- SOURCE MAIN GROUP - Controls selection list display of Source Codes.
- TAX FREE GUESTS - Allow the User to make a distinction between Taxable and Tax Free Guests (by Adults & Children) that will be reported on the statistical report for stat_countrybyday as indicated on each reservation.
- TRANSPORTATION - Transportation Information
- TRAVEL AGENT RECORD LOCATOR - Allow Travel Agent Record Locator entry and search on Reservation Screen.
- UPDATE CHECKED IN RESERVATIONS - Update Checked in Reservations.
- UPSELLS BASED ON ORMS DATA - This parameter, when set to Y, allows the property to use ORMS to configure and drive the Upsell amounts. If set to N, the Upsell will be driven from the Upsell configuration screens.
Settings
- AUTHORIZED USER RESERVATION TYPE - Default Reservation type for Authorized User Reservation.
- CASHIERING PROMPT/FLOW AT CHECKIN AND/OR DURING STAY - Cashiering flow that users are taken into when checking in guests.
- COMMENT TYPES - Default Comment Types to be used.
- COMMISSION PAY - Select to Pay Commission to the Travel Agent only, Source only or both the Travel Agent AND Source attached to the Reservation.
- DEFAULT CONFIRMATION LETTER - Default Confirmation Letter.
- DEFAULT PACKAGES - Package that will be posted during the End of Day if the reservation has no rate code.
- DEFAULT SHARE PAYMENT TYPE - Default value for the payment type to be used when creating a sharer from a profile.
- DEPOSIT MATURITY PREFERENCE - Deposit Maturity Preference.
- DEPOSIT RESERVATION TYPE - Default Reservation Type for Deposit Payments
- ENHANCED PROFILE SEARCH - 3 of 5 fields inclusive of LAST, FIRST, CITY, POSTAL and PHONE required to evoke Profile Search
- EXTERNAL REF NUMBER TO DISPLAY - External Reference Number to display in reservation's "CRS No" / "ALT ID" field.
- FORCE ADVANCE BILL PRINT TYPE - Select the type of folio, bill, or receipt to be generated when the Reservations>Cashier Prompt at Check In And/Or During Stay application setting is Force Advance Bill.
- MANDATORY AR ACCOUNT FOR DIRECT BILL PAYMENT TYPE - Opera will not allow the user to create a reservation or check in the guest or both, if the payment type on the reservation is Direct Bill and no AR account is existing. In addition, when the parameter function PAYMENT TYPES PER WINDOW is active, when entering the payment type Direct Bill on window 2 or higher, the user will be prompted to create an AR account if no AR account is existing for the Payee of that window.
- MAXIMUM NUMBER OF NIGHTS - Maximum Number of Nights a Reservation or Business Block can be Booked.
- MINIMUM NIGHTS TO PAY WITH FORCE PAYMENT - When the Reservations>Cashiering Flow at Checkin/During Stay is set to FORCE PAYMENT, the user may not change the Nights value on the Payment screen to a value less than the number specified by this setting.
- ONLINE PRINTER - Printer to be used for printing changes after check in.
- OVOS LONG TERM NIGHTS - Reservations longer than or equal to the nights specified in this parameter will be consider as Long Term Reservation.
- OWNER RESERVATION TYPE - Default Reservation type for Owner Reservation.
- POPULATE PACKAGE BASED ON INVENTORY SELECTION - When inventory item has associated package, auto populate into the reservation package field.
- POPULATE PRIMARY PROFILES FOR NEW RESERVATIONS - Present the Profile Search Screen before making New Reservations.
- PRE PAYMENT PRINT TYPE - Select the type of folio, bill, or receipt to be generated when the Reservations>Cashier Prompt at Check In And/Or During Stay application setting is Force Advance Bill and Payment.
- PRE-REGISTRATION ALERT CODE - Stores the alert code that will be used for alerts created for internet checked-in reservations.
- PRE-REGISTRATION TRACE DEPT - Stores the trace department code that will be used for traces created for internet checked-in reservations.
- PROPERTY DEFAULT CONFIRMATION LETTER - Default Confirmation Letter used for this resort. If not populated then the ORS Default Confirmation letter will be used.
- PRINT REGISTRATION AT CHECK IN - Display Prompt to Print Registration Cards upon Check In.
- PURGE CONFIRMATION LETTERS - Purge customized confirmation letters a certain number of days after checkout.
- RESERVATION COLOR DEFINITION - Reservation Color Definition.
- RESERVATION DASHBOARD CALENDAR ADULTS - Number of Adults referenced in the Reservation Dashboard Calendar.
- RESERVATION DASHBOARD CALENDAR RATE CODE - Rate code referenced in the Reservation Dashboard Calendar.
- RESERVATION DASHBOARD CALENDAR ROOM TYPE - Room Type referenced in the Reservation Dashboard Calendar.
- RESERVATION FLOW - Reservation Flow.
- RESERVATION TYPE - Default Reservation Type for a New Reservation.
- RESV LOOKUP DEFAULT FIELD - This application setting sets a default field to receive the focus when the Reservation Lookup Screen is launched.
- ROLLING NOSHOW - Reservations with reservation type selected in the parameter will not be automatically no showed during End of Day. Instead the arrival date will be automatically extended to the next day until departure day.
- ROOM DISPLAY ORDER - In the room lookup screens the order of the rooms displayed can be ascending, descending or by display sequence based on the parameter set here. Where A=Ascending, D=Descending or S=Display Sequence.
- ROOM LIMIT PER RESERVATION - Maximum Number of Rooms Sold per Reservation
- ROOM ORDER PREFERENCE - When a room search is done for multiple room types (which some have rotation defined and others do not), the parameter will define the sequence the rooms will be displayed in. If ROTATION is selected, the system will first display room types with rotation setup (using rotation points), then followed by those rooms without rotation point setup based on the setting ROOM DISPLAY ORDER. If No Rotation is selected, the display will be first by rooms without any rotation and then followed by rooms with rotation points.
- ROOMING LIST/COMBINE SHARE PROFILE SEARCH - Default 'Search Guest Profile' option in the rooming list and the combine share screen.
