New Licences - Point of sale only and back office only

Hello all

Just a quick note to update you all on the various changes to licensing that have occurred since writing the last blog. We have recently added some more edition sub-groups to licence types, and you will need to be aware of them when talking to Amicus POS clients. Although not separate licence type edition groups (at this stage), they do heavily restrict the functionality and usability of Amicus when compared with the other edition groups.

The first type is designed for Amicus POS customers who need to be able to run Amicus for reporting / accounting purposes, but do not need point of sale (POS) functionality. Therefore we have included a Back Office Licence Type for each of the standard licences (Restaurant BO, Supermarket BO, Cafe BO, Fuel BO, General-Retail BO).

Similarly, we have created another licence type which is designed for Amicus customers who need licences for point of sale (POS) tills, but do not need the back office functionality. Again, we have created a POS Only licence for each of the standard types (Restaurant POS Only, Supermarket POS Only, Cafe POS Only, Fuel POS Only, General-Retail POS Only).

The major benefit of this is that we can offer Amicus POS customers a reduced rate for these licences, as they do not include all functionality. The obvious differences are that BO licences will not allow sale or meal order finalisation, whereas the POS licences behave more like redundancy, and have removed access to reports etc. There has also been a minor overhaul of key-mapping, with actions now linked to specific action types. This was completed to ensure that POS functionality could not be accessed via key mapping when logged in using a BO or POS licence.

It is important to note however, that all licence type edition groups (with the exception of add-ons) and now these BO and POS licences create restrictions to functionality. From the top, Standard licences have no restrictions, Express licences restrict the number of licences available to a customer, BO and POS licences restrict functionality from their standard type.