Sambapos v4 to v5 installations and migrations

[teantattle2014]

Hi,

I plan to buy the v5. I have a couple of question regarding migrating from v4 to v5.

Currently I’m using v4. Do I just install v5 on top of it and it will run as usual without extra configurations? All my menu and automations command remain the same?

Can I restricted my manager to just daily sales report of that day he is working? Previously they can only see the daily sales report of the day on v4 but you can actually go to ticket and they can browse any date.

Any improvement of v5 in terms of multiple terminal over wireless connection compared to v4?

Cheers!

[markjw]

@teantattle2014

Currently I’m using v4. Do I just install v5 on top of it and it will run as usual without extra configurations? All my menu and automations command remain the same?

First install V5 (it will not touch your V4 setup), then use Database Backup module on V4 and V5 to upgrade as described in this topic:

How to Upgrade v4 Database to a New V5 Database

How to migrate V4 Database to a New V5 Database using Database Backup Module : REMINDER Always backup your database to a location you know is safe before attempting anything like what is mentioned below. You can temporarily enable V4 database backup module on trial mode to create V4 backup. Step 1 Navigate to Settings > Database Backups > Settings Enable Allow overwriting database files if database names does not match during restore. option Enable Migrate after restoration. …

Note you don’t need to buy Database Backup module for V4 - it will work in trial mode to allow you to do the upgrade.

After upgrading, in V5, go to Manage > Settings > Program Settings > Maintenance, click “Update old rules”.

That is all you need to do. Everything should be transferred across successfully.

@teantattle2014

Can I restricted my manager to just daily sales report of that day he is working? Previously they can only see the daily sales report of the day on v4 but you can actually go to ticket and they can browse any date.

In Manage > Users > Roles, select the specific Role, then uncheck “Can change report date filter” and “can display old tickets”. That should do it.

@teantattle2014

Any improvement of v5 in terms of multiple terminal over wireless connection compared to v4?

One improvement that comes to mind is V5 handles dropped database connections better, so if you lose wireless connection while SambaPOS is open, in V4 it would likely freeze, but in V5 it will show a dialog giving you the option to retry the connection.