3.8.31-x
2025-03-12 | 3.8.31-9 ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management
The information provided below includes the user experience, process workflow, and infrastructure improvements and updates for this production version of ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management (XKM) API and UI.
Refer to Change Ticket: CHANGE-11696 when speaking with a ¶¶ÒõTeam Member about this release.
Improvements
XKM-7911 | Upgrade Installation | Updated database migration to allow for a successful XKM upgrade installation. |
XKM-8850 | Datasync | Technical improvement to address connectivity timeout with IRIS POS. |
2023-10-26 | 3.8.31-7 ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management
The information provided below includes the user experience, process workflow, and infrastructure improvements and updates for this production version of ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management (XKM) API and UI.
Supplemental Information
This release is not dependent on another release.
Improvements
XKM-7780 | Order-Level Comments | If all order items are filtered by their respective routing category resulting in an empty order cell, any order-level comments associated with the order are suppressed and not displayed in the cell. |
XKM-7782 | POS Datasync | Updated Event Message logging to address the generation of an unusually large number of log files that was reported after an XKM upgrade. |
2023-10-18 | 3.8.31-5 ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management
The information provided below includes the user experience, process workflow, and infrastructure improvements and updates for this production version of ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management (XKM) API and UI.
Supplemental Information
This release is not dependent on another release.
Improvements
XKM-7759 | Split Orders and Modifiers | If modifiers are added to order items after the order is split, the modifiers are now displayed with the related item on the kitchen ticket as expected. |
XKM-7760 | Split Orders | Resolved an issue that occurred in kitchen session environments with the following XKM configuration:
The user is now able to manually bump orders after the orders are split and items are moved between them. |
XKM-7761 | Claim Item and Modifiers | If modifiers are added to order items after the items are claimed via the Claim Item function, these modifiers are not highlighted as "claimed". This indicates to the user that these modifiers were added after the related items were claimed. |
2023-08-30 | 3.8.31-4 ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management
The information provided below includes the user experience, process workflow, and infrastructure improvements and updates for this production version of ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management (XKM) API and UI.
Supplemental Information
This release is not dependent on another release.
Improvements
XKM-7352, XKM-7628 | Order Watermarks | The order sequence numbers and watermarks no longer flash on subsequent pages when an order is bumped. |
2023-08-25 | 3.8.31-3 ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management
The information provided below includes the user experience, process workflow, and infrastructure improvements and updates for this production version of ¶¶ÒõKitchen Management (XKM) API and UI.
Supplemental Information
This release is not dependent on another release.
Improvements
XKM-6400 | Ingredient Summary Pane | Ingredients are now cleared from the Ingredient Summary Pane on all related upstream displays when an order is autobumped. |
XKM-6680 | Kitchen Sessions | When an order-level comment is added to an order, the comment is displayed on all the associated kitchen sessions. |
XKM-6706 | Paid Time Sorting Rule | Kitchen screens can now be configured to sort orders by their respective Paid Time. For more information about configuring sorting rules for a kitchen screen, see Sorting Rules. |
XKM-7064 | Combined Orders | Resolved an issue for XKM environments with the following configuration:
When orders entered at different POS terminals are combined, the orders are now updated and labeled as expected on the XKM. |
XKM-7170 | Child Item Update on Order Resume | When a saved order is resumed at the POS and the user updates the identical child items on the order, the order items are now updated appropriately on the XKM. |
XKM-7213 | Quick Builds | The following is related to the Quick Builds feature. With this update, XKM can now be configured to display and print negative quantities, build-inclusive quantities, and build-inclusive fractional quantities for item modifiers. It may be necessary for the kitchen staff to see the quantity of build-inclusive modifiers to prepare the order items correctly. The following identifies the related Data Management setting. Configuration Setting The following setting is located on the Ordering Application → Ordering section of the Company / Site Preferences editors:
Negative modifier quantities and quantities of 0 are NOT displayed on the Ingredient Panel. However, ingredients with a negative quantity are factored into the total ingredient count. Build-inclusive and negative quantities are not factored into the total item count when Total of All Items is selected for Total Items. |
XKM-7298 | Combined Orders | Resolved an issue for XKM environments with the following configuration:
If new items are added to the first tray of a combined order, any items that were previously bumped from that tray are no longer automatically recalled to the display. |
XKM-7337 | Combined Orders | Resolved an issue for XKM environments with the following configuration:
When orders are combined, the original orders are marked as "Deleted," and a new order is displayed with the combined items. |
XKM-7350 | Receipt Templates | Optionally print item-level and order-level user comments on kitchen chits, labels, and receipts. Receipt Template Configuration From the Options and Sorts section of the Receipt Templates editor, define optional elements for a print template. From the Extra Print Elements field, select Item Comments and Order Comments to print item-level and order-level user comments on the printout. |
XKM-7353 | Column View Scrollbar | The scrollbar at the bottom of the screen in column view now remains stationary when updates are received. |
XKM-7356 | Hold Timer | After the user refreshes configuration data from the ¶¶ÒõCloud Portal, the Hold Timer does not appear until the user bumps an order from the upstream displays. |
XKM-7366 | Order Ready Screen | Updated the Order Ready screen to respect the Order Overdue After setting that is defined for the screen in Data Management. This setting specifies the number of seconds that must pass after an order appears in the Ready column before it is removed. |
XKM-7374 | Order Ready Screen | Updated the Order Ready Screen to respect the order destination filters defined for the display. Prior to this update, orders were not properly filtered if the order destination was changed for the order at the POS after the order was sent to the kitchen. |
XKM-7378 | Prep Instructions | Resolved an issue that prevented the application from loading properly if the prep instructions for an item included a PNG image file. |
XKM-7384 | Order Ready Screen | Updated the Order Ready screen to not remove the previous order from the screen after a new order is added. This update resolves an issue with orders not consistently appearing on the Order Ready screen, which was encountered when the Orientation setting for the screen was set to "Side by Side". |
XKM-7405 | Consolidate Like Items | Resolved an issue for XKM environments with the following configuration:
If order items that are already sent to the XKM are updated at the POS, the order state now transitions as expected and any subsequent updates are received and updated on the kitchen display. |
XKM-7406 | Autobump Timer | Resolved an issue for XKM environments with the following configuration:
An order is now autobumped in its entirety if there are no updates to the order before the Autobump timer expires. |
XKM-7408 | Consolidate Like Items | Resolved an issue for XKM environments with the following configuration:
Consolidated like items now remain consolidated if the order is recalled. |
XKM-7409 | Consolidate Like Items | Resolved an issue for XKM environments with the following configuration:
Consolidated like items now remain consolidated if a modifier is added to the consolidated items at the POS. |
XKM-7412 | Sorting Rules | Resolved an issue for XKM environments with the following configuration:
Deleted items no longer affect the initial sorting of the order items in the kitchen screen cell. |
XKM-7417 | Duplicated Station Message | The user is now prompted with a "Duplicated Station" message in the event an XKM station is installed on more than one (1) device at a site. In the event of a duplicated station, now only the most recently installed station sends its status message to the Cloud. |
XKM-7420 | Order Ready Screen | Basic and/or advanced order filters can now be defined for Order Ready Screens. From the Filters page of the Kitchen Screen Settings editor in Data Management, define the filters for the Order Ready Screen. These filters determine the type of orders to route to the screen. For instructions, see Kitchen Screen Filters. |
XKM-7446 | Print Templates | Updated the Print on Bump process to ensure the appropriate print template is used for bump chits. |
XKM-7473 | Bump Bars | XKM now supports bump bars with a serial connection. Bump Bars Configuration From the General page of the Bump Bars editor in Data Management, configure the following:
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XKM-7480 | Shared Items | Resolved an issue for XKM environments with the following configuration:
When order items are shared at the POS, each related order ticket on the kitchen display is now appropriately labelled. |
XKM-7509 | Audio Playback | Implemented cached audio file retrieval for improved audio playback performance. |
XKM-7526 | Bump Events | Addressed situation where the respective BumpfromAll time was overwritten when the order was filtered from a screen where autobump was executed. With this update, XKM now only sends events for active items on online screens (excluding the Order Ready screen). |
XKM-7584, XKM-7593, XKM-7594 | Bump Upstream - Bump Events | Resolved an issue where the 'bumpedFromAll' event was sent with a 'bumped: false' value when:
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XKM-7597, XKM-7606 | Order Retention Timer | After upgrading XKM to a new version, any orders that were created with the previous version are now purged from the database in accordance with the defined Order Retention Timer settings. |
XKM-7600, XKM-7617 | Item Names with Special Characters | XKM now supports order item names that include an apostrophe ('). |