Server Summary Report Plugin

Last edited: December 15, 2003 08:17 AM

The server summary report plugin will show Checks, Guests, Net Sales, Check Avg, Guest Avg, Voids, and Overrings per Server by defined Meal Period. You may have 1, 2 or 3 defined meal periods. You may choose times and descriptions to appear as headers in the report. To avoid any discrepencies in the reporting, these periods cannot be defined as over-lapping periods. In order for this Plugin to function, you must configure it with at least one description for the first meal period. Manager will handle the date selection, execution of program and report viewing/printing. On-line help is available for report configuration.
Configuration

To define meal periods, choose ‘Configure Extra Reports’ from the File Menu of Manager. The default meal period is all day. The Start Time of Period 1 always will be the New Day Hour as defined in Global.DAT in the application directory. The Stop Time of the last defined Meal Period always will be one minute before the next Period Start Time. In order for the report to function, you must type in something in the Name field of Period 1. To use Meal Period 2 and 3, you must have the appropriate Check Box marked and something typed in the Name field.
Installation

Create a directory called Plugins on the same drive as Manager was found. If Manager was found on C: then the directory should be created on the C: drive.

Place the program files in this directory. The necessary files are:

    * ServrSum.EXE – the program executable
    * ServrSum.PID – the program definition file
    * ServrSum.RES -the program resource file for help

Technical notes

Below is an excerpt from Plugins.DOC describing the program definition file. For more detailed information about the workings of a plugin, please refer to the Plugins.DOC.
.PID File Format

The .PID file is a text file that may be created with DOS Edit or any other text editor. It contains settings that Manager will use. Below are a list of possible settings and their meanings.

The file may also contain remarks. A REM indicates that the line is a remark, and will be ignored. Blank lines will also be ignored. A remark may be placed after a setting, on the same line if it is preceeded by a ; symbol.

The following are sample settings, with remarks about each:

Version=6 ;This required line informs manager what version of TouchNet/TouchPRO the report is compatable with.

Name=A Plugin Report ;This is the name that the user will see

Wide=136 ;This is the report width (80 and 136 are common)

UseJournal=yes ;This report will not be launched without the user selecting dates first. Without this line, the /Date=YYMMDD-YYMMDD command line will not be passed.
Revisions

3/19/97 Version 6.00

  1. Initial Release

12/09/98 Version 6.02

  1. Y2K compliant.