New URL for menu PDFs 

You may have noticed, we have changed our URL for the menu PDFs. We no longer use a direct link to qnips.blob.windows.net, but have recently started using the cdn3.qnips.com domain. Why? Because this way you can send your PDFs (even) faster and more securely to your clientele - also worldwide.  

New PDF Templating System in use 

Our new version of the PDF Templating "V2" has been in live operation for a short time. It works cloud-based and is now even faster, more advanced and more scalable! 

Up to now, only one language could be manually defined for the news dispatch. This language was selected from the languages in which the respective news content is maintained in the dashboard. After the adjustments for sending emails and push notifications, the system now also automatically recognises the respective language of use for sending news.  

This means that languages no longer have to be explicitly selected when sending news, but are automatically sent in the corresponding language that the users have set in the dashboard account. If a user language has not yet been maintained for the corresponding content, the system automatically falls back on the primary language of the partnership. 

Advanced Brand Settings for Administrators 

As an administrator you will find a new tab in the qnips dashboard called "Brand Settings". From now on, you have the possibility to automatically activate newly registered users for the branches that are relevant for them. Based on the email domain and a defined tag, the branch is automatically assigned to and activated for the respective user during registration. 

In addition, you can individualise the prices for your meals for user groups. Accordingly, your guests will be shown different prices in the app or in the catering portal, based on the mail domain of the registered user. (This new function also only applies to newly registered users).   

Update in order reporting: Share reports & new permissions  

As an administrator, you now have the possibility to share order reports from the menu management with other dashboard users. In addition, you can now choose between a fixed or dynamic time period when creating a new report. With the fixed time period, you define a time period based on a specific date, like before. With the dynamic period, you can now choose from predefined periods such as "Tomorrow", "Last month" or "This week (from Monday)".  

In addition, you can assign individual permissions for the order reports to the dashboard users. For example, you can define which users are only allowed to read reports and which users are also allowed to select a time period for the report. 

If you have any questions, please contact your qnips contact person!

Individual tax rates for preorders

You now have the option to expand your shopping cart for orders. You can now define individual tax rates. Via an additional input field for an ID to be checked, the tax rate defined for the ID is automatically applied to the order if it is valid. For each order, the user ID stored in the user profile can be checked by the user and updated if necessary.

*Mandatory field for email address & telephone number

In addition to the enhancements regarding tax rates, you now have the possibility to define new mandatory fields for your shopping cart. Up to now, the email address could only be entered as "optional" in the shopping cart. From now on, you can make the email address and a telephone number mandatory for your shopping cart.

If you have any questions about the shopping cart or ordering processes, please contact your qnips contact person!

Since the last Deploy, the onboarding process in the apps offers even more security with the obligatory creation of a user profile. You now have the possibility to make your app completely inaccessible to external users without a profile, or to ask each user to log in before using the app.

If you have any questions about the onboarding process in the qnips apps, please get in touch with your qnips contact person or simply send us an email!

In the qnips dashboard, you will now find the tab "Order reporting" within the menu management. With the order reporting you now have the possibility to export data for evaluation across all meal plans.

For each report, you can select an individual time period and the respective menus for which a report shall be created. In addition, you can define as many data records as you like, such as "gross sales" or "number of orders per day", in order to clearly obtain exactly the data you need. This makes daily, weekly or monthly financial statements very easy!

With the latest updates the qnips feedback system was extended. You now have the possibility to collect specific feedback on the respective ordering process from your guests directly after they have placed an order.

To activate feedback for preorders, simply select "Activate order feedback" under "Preorder" in the management for the menu plan. After that, you can simply select "Manage additional questions for transactions" in the "Feedback" menu item.

Here, you now have the option to define up to 8 additional questions that you would like to ask your guests. You can choose from pre-phrased questions or simply create your own individual ones. The app users will then receive a push notification with the survey and the users who order via the catering portal will be asked for feedback directly there.

If you have questions or want more information, please contact your qnips contact person!   

With the new updates another feature has been added to the menu management - the menu card. When creating a new menu plan, you can now select a menu card in addition to daily and weekly menu plans. Additional to the usual main categories, the menu card offers you the possibility to define several subcategories. This way you can structure your menu offers even more clearly for your guests:

The most important things at a glance:

• Simplified use
• Orders from an existing assortment
• Creation of any number of subcategories
• Visibility and orderability can be set individually for each product
• Products can be subsequently reordered

If you have any further questions do not hesitate to get in touch with us!

With the help of the new qnips feature "Stock Management" you can now adjust the quantities available for sale to the production planning. To do this, you can easily store a current stock for each meal in the qnips dashboard after activating the corresponding licence.  

For this feature, the menu management has been extended by the tab " Stock management". Using this tab, you can define a current portion number for each dish directly on the menu, as well as add an availability/best-before date (from - to). As soon as all portions have been sold or pre-ordered, the dish is automatically displayed as "sold out". In addition, you have the option of displaying the current stocks on the menu to your guests both in the app and in the catering portal. 

Regardless of the licensing for stock management, you now have the possibility to manually mark dishes and meals as "sold out" in the Menu Manager. 

For more information or questions about stock management, please contact us! 

Up to now, one language could be specified manually for the email dispatch and the push notifications. The language was selected from the languages in which the respective news content is maintained in the dashboard. Since the last deploy, the system now automatically detects the respective user language for all emails sent to dashboard users. 

This means that languages no longer have to be selected manually when sending news, but are automatically sent in the corresponding language that the user has set in the dashboard account. If a user language is not yet maintained for the corresponding content, the system sends a warning and automatically falls back to either the partnership language or English as a fallback.

Automatic language recognition for sending news to users of the apps and the catering portal is already in the implementation phase as the next step. And will be available soon!