QuickBooks POS v18.0, R8 Improvements

QuickBooks Point of Sale Version 18.0 Improvements for Release 8.

Below are the release notes for POS v18 R8. The manual patch is currently available; customers will need to go to our download site to get it. Our auto patch will follow later in April.

MAS

• An Access Violation message will no longer display when recording an offline credit card transaction.
• Transactions that fail EMV processing in GoPayment, will not be used for mobile sync as they are a failed transaction.
• Point of Sale will now be able to take in additional Cardholder Verification Methods (CVMs) like PIN to our existing CVMs, like signature capture.
• Simplified the Gift Card service activation using single click option in the Setup Interview tab for Gift Cards.

General

• Added a new user guide with updated 60 day support for v18.
• Enhanced security with QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale V18.0 with strict compliance for TLS 1.2
• Point of Sale will now update a database seamlessly without error 195.
• Freezing will no longer happen for large database company files resulting in a “Point of Sale got stuck” message.

Sales, Purchasing and Items

• When performing a mobile sync, items with a non-taxable tax code will no longer set to a taxable tax code.
• When importing items, Reorder Point values will now import correctly.
• POS will now reflect the requested filter results correctly, when a user switches the filter options with customer order transactions.
• Point of Sale will now print the correct Sales Order after changing status of a Sales Order.
• Point of Sale will now show the correct available quantity and the status of Sales Order.
• Point of Sale will now be able to display correct order quantity after modifying the bill to/ship to address on a Purchase Order.

Originally published at BlackRock.