Events - 1.47.0
Release Date: Staging 21 June 2022 | Production 5 July 2022
Status: Released to Production
For detailed information on Events 1.47.0 release please view a section below.

SMS in Events - PPL-831
Log Manual Payments against a Booking- PPL-98

Manual Payments will only be available for provisional or confirmed bookings in the future with an outstanding balance.
Permissions
Permissions to use this feature will be set in Events Admin, under Payments, on a Estate, Brand or Site level, and disabled by default.
Logging a Manual Payment
If a site has the permission enabled there will be an option to 'log a manual payment' in the booking section of the host app:
This will open a form with the following fields:
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Payment Type (Mandatory field)
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Payment Value (Read Only)
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Payment Date (Mandatory field, the date the payment was received)
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Reference Number (Mandatory Field)
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Comment Box (Free Text)
Only 100% of the remaining value of Deposit and Prepayment can be logged.
Refunding a Manual Payment
In the Events Host app, a manual payment can be refunded in the payments section of the booking via 'view all payments':
All payments & refunds will sync to Aztec, update the guest portal and trigger any current communication functionality.
Update existing bookings after Estate Admin changes a Booking Rule (part 1) - PPL-763

An example of the prompt is below:
If Yes is selected, the booking rule change will be saved and update all existing and future bookings.
If No is selected, the booking rule change will be saved and only affect bookings created after the change.
Until the bulk booking update is complete, no further updates can be made to the edited booking rule.
As the update is running, it will be displayed in Events Admin as such:
Please be aware that only changes to the booking rule actions, as listed below, will be applied to existing bookings:
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Changing a deposit or pre-authorisation amount;
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Changing a deposit, pre-order, pre-payment or pre-authorisation due date;
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Adding a new action / requirement;
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Removing an action / requirement.
Updates to booking rule conditions, i.e. changing or adding a menu, will not be applied to existing bookings.
Changes to bookings caused by a booking rule update, will be logged in the booking history:
Rematch to booking rules after Events Host changes an occasion or covers (2nd) - PPL-805
When an Events Host user changes the number of covers or the occasion linked to a booking, if applicable, the booking rule attached will now get re-matched to match the new requirements of the booking. This will in turn update the deposit and any other requirements linked to the booking.
This re-match and automatic requirement update will be triggered in Events Host App, Tables Host App, LiveRes External API and the Guest Portal.
Retain Outlet Selection between screens - PPL-754
Add 'Back to Standard Days' button to Edit Standard Days - PPL-760
Special Day 'Available Online' check box selected by default - PPL-755
In Events Admin, in Manage Capacity > Special, the 'Available Online' check box will now be selected and enabled by default.
Add warning to Occasion outlet upload - PPL-765

Ability to take payment (deposit & pre auth) as part of booking journey (API & Widget) - PPL-718
A guest making a booking via the External API or Events Widget will have the ability to make a pre authorisation or deposit payment before confirmation of their booking. This feature will include the creation of temporary bookings, which will be cancelled dependant on an booking expiry timer.

Zonal ID | Description |
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348484 |
Events API - Default Capacity Groups can be deleted |
356586 | Events Admin - No preorder created after bulk update. |

Zonal ID | Description |
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342672 |
Events Admin - View information on special day Creates & Edits |
341836 | Load Test - Add External API - booking Journey tests |