Aztec • Release

Created 08 July 2025 • Updated 08 July 2025

3.23.0 - Setup & Operations

The following information describes the setup and use of features within this release of Aztec.

Help Information on Insert Declarations

Information

When attempting to perform declarations for inserts in Finance → Declarations updates have been made to user messaging to advise why the action cannot be completed.

  • When days are not signed off

    If there are multiple days awaiting sign off, the message will advise of the oldest date that requires sign off
    • 'Sign off has not been completed for <Date>. Please navigate to Admin → Sign Off and perform a Sign Off for this date'

  • When user does not have permission

    • 'You do not have permission to perform declarations'

  • No sessions awaiting declaration

    • 'Unable to declare the terminal. No sessions waiting declaration

Messages are currently only shown when not configured for workflows

 

Prevent Payments from being Reversed (Refunded)

Setup

Navigate to Finance → Configuration → Payment Methods
  1. Select the required payment method

  2. Set the check box for Prevent Payment Correction

  3. Click Save

Navigate to Communications
  1. Perform a Comms Job & Send to POS to site

POS Operations

  • In the corrections screen when trying to perform a payment reversal this will be prevented

  • A message is displayed to the POS operator 'This type of payment cannot be corrected'

 

Forgotten Password Hint

Setup

Navigate to Staff & Security → Configuration → Password Policy
  1. Enter / update the required text for Forgotten Password Hint

    The default hint text shown is: 'Please ask a manager with appropriate permissions to reset your password. If the above is not possible, please contact your company IT dept. to reset your password.'
  2. Click Save

Navigate to Communications
  1. Perform a Comms Job & Send to POS to site

Onsite Operations

When clicking on the forgotten password link on the Aztec login screen the new information will be displayed.

 

Add Comments to Banking

Setup

Navigate to Finance → Configuration → Estate Settings → Banking
  1. Set the check box for Allow Banking Comments

  2. Click Save

Navigate to Communications
  1. Perform a Comms Job & Send to POS to site

Onsite Operations

Navigate to Finance → Banking
  1. Enter a banking as normal

  2. Enter any additional comments

    Any banking comments are optional, a user is not required to enter information

    The comments input is displayed with the banking references

  3. Complete the banking as normal

Additional Information
  • If Allow banking comments is disabled at a later stage, any existing comments entered can still be viewed. It is not possible, however, to edit the comments

  • When viewing a banking comments will be displayed

  • When editing a banking comments can be added or updated

 

Aztec Password Reuse

Setup

Navigate to Staff & Security → Configuration → Password Policy
  1. Set the check box for Password Reuse

  2. Set the required Number of Password Changes

    The minimum number of password changes required before a password can be reused is 2 and maximum is 24
  3. Click Save

Navigate to Communications
  1. Perform a Comms Job & Send to POS to site

Onsite Operations

When Password Reuse has been enabled and a user goes to change their Aztec password and they try and use a password that has been used within the configured number of changes, they will prompted to change their password.

If they enter a password that has been previously been used they will be prompted with 'The password entered has been used recently. Please enter a different password'.

Additional Information
  • When an employee has been terminated in Aztec, and then reinstated, none of the passwords used prior to termination will be prevented from being used

  • The passwords stored for Password Reuse configuration will not include the passwords from non-upgraded sites