MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Module: Itinerary enhancements
MXP #
Client
Description:
Itinerary Maintenance – Save Cruise/Template to Excel:
669

Update of layout and functionality of existing save cruise/template to excel button
(from the upper grid).
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Field ‘Disclaimer’ has been changed to a lookup field (with a show text function)
and is linked to the new lookup field ‘Itinerary Disclaimer’.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
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Added batch function to export cruises/templates by date range. Menu option:
Itinerary Maintenance / Tasks / Batch cruise excel function. Below selection and
update criteria’s are available. To navigate to the location where the files shall be
exported the ‘Folder’ button needs to be selected. To permanently save the
directory the ‘Heart’ button can be selected.
Itinerary Maintenance – Navigation grid:
Added the fields ‘Expected Berthing Method’ and ‘Code’ to the navigation grid. The
expected berthing method is used for general itinerary planning. The existing ‘Actual
Berthing’ field is used for the actual berthing method at the day of call.
A configuration switch has been added in the Organizational structure. When the setting
is set to true the planned berthing method will be force updated, if the berthing method
has been entered within the navigation default tab. If the setting is disabled, the defaults
will be pulled in. But once overwritten in the itinerary the updated value will remain when
recalculating.
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Remark: When the switch "Itinerary: Force update expected berthing method" is set to
true, the fields are locked and user security is overridden; when the switch is disabled,
user security applies.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Itinerary Maintenance – Navigation grid:
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The field ‘ETA’ has been added to the projected band, to calculate the earliest
potential arrival time, based on the ships average speed.
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The value of the actual average speed and/or SBE will be displayed in red if it is
higher than the projected average speed (depending on personal preference
setting).

The colouring can be switched on/off for potential arrival time and average speed
based on ‘My preference’ setting (see General enhancements MXP #005):
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Itinerary Maintenance:
Templates - Navigation grid:
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Field ‘Route’ and ‘Distance’ is locked for 1st record of templates and for records
that are not used for calculation
Templates – Template Departures tab:

Checkbox "Do not assign the last port" has been removed.
Template Departures:
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When creating cruises from templates the last day of a cruise will display the first
day of the next cruise (if a next record is found).
Cruises:

When creating cruises the last record of the cruise will display the first record of
the next cruise (if a next record is found). This record is indicated as well with the
‘Day’ sequence 1 in the navigation grid and if checked with the ‘Turnaround’
check box. Wherever this record gets updated, it will get updated simultaneously
for the other cruise.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Cruises and Templates:
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If multiple information messages apply to an itinerary change, one combined
message will be displayed when recalculating:
Itinerary Maintenance – Batch update cruise dates:
Added new function for batch updating cruise dates for the selected date range.
Menu option Itinerary Maintenance / Tasks / Batch Update cruise dates. Below screen
will be displayed, offering vessel and date range to update as selection criteria. Selecting
from the calendar drop down the update criteria ‘With new itinerary date’ the new date
will get defined.
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Export itineraries by month and ships to Excel / Export itineraries by date to Excel:
Updated reports to be able to select installations and three different selection criteria as
shown in below screenshot:
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
Show all itinerary records: All itinerary records are displayed.

Show all port records: Itinerary records which are flagged as ‘Display as sea day
on itinerary’ are not being displayed.

Show only 1 port with longer stay: If multiple ports on the same day are entered
in the itinerary only the port with the longest stay in port (ETA-ETD) will be
displayed.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Itinerary Maintenance, Port Booking and Port Cost screen:
If the date is a public holiday (entered in MXP / Maintenance / Holidays by country) the
‘Date’ will show in blue on Cruises and Cruise Templates level.
When changing to another port the ‘Date’ field will turn to red while leaving the Location
field, if the new port has a public holiday record on this date.
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Itinerary Maintenance, Berthing and Pier indication:
If a ship is changing the berth or pier on the same day while using the same port, the
system will no longer recognize this as an overnight. To have the average speed and fuel
calculation work a separate route needs to be setup. Below example shows an itinerary
where the ship is shifting from Anchorage to Dock with an additional overnight:
2005
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2 itinerary records on the same day with the same location

Selecting the applicable Berthing and/or Pier value

Entering the distance (e.g. 0.4 miles) and creating a route (example 2 nd
screenshot), entering the manoeuvring times on the route level

Based on individual configuration setup, default times are pulled and/or can be
manually updated.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Itinerary Maintenance – Routes and Distance Matrix:
Template only - If the first itinerary record is selected:
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No route is shown in the distance matrix floating window screen

No route can be added in the distance matrix floating window screen
Route and distance fields are locked for all occasion where inserting a value would be
meaningless (sea days, no valid previous call, first records of templates).
Itinerary Maintenance – Template Departures:
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When adding a template departure record and creating the cruise (green button), the
systems checks if another cruise with the same start date is found. If yes, a confirmation
message is showing.
Selecting ‘No’ the cruise will not be created and another cruise start date can be
selected.
Selecting ‘Yes’ the cruise will get created with the same start date.
Itinerary Maintenance – Port booking:
Cruise level:
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Status colours have been implemented in the lower navigation grid
o
Requested and Tentative
 yellow
o
Confirmed
 green
o
Cancelled and Unavailable  red

Field ‘Port’ has been added in the upper itinerary grid, calculating all itinerary
records where the check box ‘has berth reservation’ is active.

All status fields have been added to the upper itinerary grid, calculating for each
status the itinerary records
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Background colouring for the ‘Book Port’ check box has been implemented with
the following logic in the upper itinerary grid:
o
If all locations have no booking status  white
o
If one or more locations have a booking status, that is or a combination
of ‘Confirmed/Tentative/Requested’  yellow
o
If all locations have the booking status ‘confirmed’  green
o
If any of the locations have the status ‘Unavailable/Cancelled’  red
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Template level:

Status background colouring logic of Port booking check box in upper itinerary
grid has been implemented. The same logic as on cruise level applies for the
collective of all associated cruises.

Consolidated port booking column has been added to the lower navigation grid.
Following status gets displayed for the collective of all associated cruises:
 Status ‘Confirmed’
green
o
Confirmed
o
In Progress  Status ‘Tentative/Requested’
o
Warning
 Status ‘Unavailable/Cancelled’  Red
o
None
 No status at all
 yellow
 white
Cruise level - Audit Log:
The ‘Change Log / Itinerary Log’ tab has been updated with a check box ‘Show only port
booking records’. By default the check box is unchecked. When setting the check box
active only port booking audit records are displayed.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Itinerary Maintenance – Crossing the IDL:
When the crossing of the International Date Line is on the same day as a port and the
IDL function gets applied to ensure the ‘Crossing International Date Line’ is displayed in
green background color.
Two menu options have been added to the right mouse click function:
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Indicator can be set without changing any of the underlying data – only to achieve
(synchronize) the correct status. This menu option is only available when the IDL is not
applied:
While turning the flag for crossing on a warning message will notify the user:
Itinerary Maintenance – Navigation grid:
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The high speed warnings (bold red speed & red ESV/SBE) are showing as well for Sea
Days with calculations.
Remark: Settings needs to be configured in ‘My Preferences’.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Itinerary Maintenance – Cruise Cost Comparison:
Added date filter to define from which date onwards historical costs should be queried for
cruise cost comparison. The logic for pulling the data is if records for the same
installation can be found the average values are calculated. If no records are found for
the same installation the average values of the same vessel class as the selected
installation is used for the calculation.
Remark: Only port cost items which are checked as “to be included in cruise cost
comparison”
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Distance Matrix Report:
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Update of existing distance matrix report to include columns “Verified” / “Verified on” /
“Verified by”
Itinerary Management - Fuel Consumption – Template only:

Added column ‘Consumption’ to the upper navigation grid to display the total fuel
consumption for the template

Renamed labels from ‘Budget’ to ‘Ticket’

Band ‘Fuel Consumption Actual’ has been removed

Added Sea days record to the fuel consumption tab
The fuel calculation has been updated for turnaround ports to calculate the hours as
follows:
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
First itinerary record (turnaround port):
o
Hours At Sea = 0
o
Hours in port = Total time in port (hours from ETA to ETD) / 2
o
Hours Manoeuvring: Departure manoeuvring time
Last itinerary record (turnaround port):
o
Hours At Sea = FWE actual record to SBE next “port” record
o
Hours in port = Total time in port / 2
o
Hours Manoeuvring: Arrival manoeuvring time
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Module: Itinerary fixes
MXP #
Client
Description:
Itinerary Maintenance – Recalculation for grouped cruises/templates:
When cruises/templates are grouped it is not possible to batch recalculate. An
information message will pop up.
2048
HAL
2096
HAL
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Itinerary Maintenance - Navigation grid:
Remembers the cruise grid setting when switching between cruises and templates.
Itinerary Maintenance:
When creating new cruises/templates only active lookups show in the ‘Cruise Type’ field.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Module: Port / Port Cost enhancements
MXP #
Client
Description:
Cities/Ports:
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Official port: Duplicate port codes are allowed for different countries
Alias port code: No duplicates are allowed, since this field is usually used to interface to
other systems
Port booking:
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If an itinerary date is changed the port booking values are cleared. This applies for cruise
level and when pushing date changes from template to cruise level.
Port cost – Port cost estimate request (e-commerce):
Added new function for requesting port cost estimates via the e-commerce.
Menu option: Itinerary/Tour Programs / Port cost estimate requests (e-commerce)
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Remark: Only post cost items checked as “Get estimate” on a port template level will be
included in the upload. Refer to MXP #002 for further details.
User security: Existing user right setting ‘Port Cost’.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Port Booking, Port Cost screen and Itinerary Maintenance screen :
If the date is a public holiday (entered in MXP / Maintenance / Holidays by country) the
‘Date’ will show in blue.
2004
PCH
New Report:
Added new report ‘Port Agent Contacts by Continent’. New report pulls the same
information as from the existing Port Agent Contacts report. The export to excel function
will divide all queried continents into separate folders.
2008
PCH
New user right: Contacts / Port Agent contacts by continent
Port service summary form:
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PCH
New customized report “Port Service Summary”.
Menu option: Itinerary Tour Programs / Port cost management. Port cost / Invoice tab.
Open the invoice, Print Document / Port Service Summary Form
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Port cost:
Added check box ‘Turnaround’ to the port cost screen.
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Cities/Port:
Added ‘Human Resources’ tab to the City/Port screen. To select up to three airports from
the lookup field. Airport fields are linked to lookup ‘Shore Excursions/Airports’.
Airports are used for Employee Flight Interface Management.
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New user right: Ports / Human Resources
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Port booking screen:
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All drop down calendar boxes have been updated to the new format (Month and Year
scroll function) within the Port booking screen.
Itinerary Maintenance – Port booking:
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
Update to prevent entering port booking status without port booking date and
vice versa. Following message will show inform user:

An ‘Itinerary Change Log’ tab has been added to the Port booking screen. By
default the check box ‘Show only port booking records’ is checked. When
deactivating the check box all itinerary changes of the selected itinerary records
are displayed.
Port questionnaire:
The save button has been removed; an auto save function has been implemented.
Port questionnaire user security:
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The access rights for the port questionnaire e-commerce button and the contact dropdown are adjusted to be the same access rights as the port questionnaire answers.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Port Cost – Port Cost template – E-commerce:
Replaced the cost type “Fix/Optional” by the check box “Compulsory”
N/A
PCH
001
MXP
Cities/Ports:
Clearing the Country lookup field within the Port/City tab is no longer possible.
Port cost – Port cost templates:
Added three check boxes on port template level for flagging the following:
002

Get estimate: To include item in the port cost estimate e-commerce upload

Budget item: To define the item as a budget item

Include in cruise cost comparison: To consider item for calculation in cruise cost
comparison function
MXP
Port cost – Batch assign port cost invoices:
003
MXP
Added new function for batch creating port cost invoices.
Menu option: Itinerary/Tour Programs / Batch assign port cost invoices.
Wizard screen will be displayed for selecting date range, installations and ports.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
The log tab shows all created port cost invoice records by port:
Port Cost Management – Cost Detail tab:
The comment fields will open as pop up text box:
009
MXP
Port Cost Management – Cost Detail tab:
013
MXP
When manually or batch assigning port cost items to the Cost Detail screen the Item
Description gets added to the Item Name. The Item Description has been increased to
cover 300 characters.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Module: Tour Program Enhancements
MXP #
Client
Description:
New Tour Program Report – Export Tour to Word for Brochure:
Reports / Tour Programs / Export Tour to Word for Brochure.
1037

Selection criteria by date, installations, ports and tours.

Only tours where the ‘Interface’ check box (Rule tab) is true will be displayed.

‘Heart’ button to save selection criteria. Below pop message will be displayed
and the name can be entered, e.g. 2008 – 2009 Eastern Caribbean:

‘Load grid settings from database’ button to open the saved settings.

Selecting one setting and select the ‘Apply Settings’ button will load the setting.
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Automatically

Setting can be deleted by selecting the ‘Delete Settings’ button.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Example of report layout:
User Security: Reports / Tour Programs / Export Tours to Word for Brochure
Tour Program:
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(only)
Whenever tour block gets deleted, the tours will be deleted consistently and will show in
the ‘Deleted Assigned Tour Program’ tab. Tours can be deleted within the Tour Program
Itinerary Management and within the Itinerary Management, when changing or deleting
port records, deleting cruises, deleting template departures.
Tour Program Itinerary Management – Manual tour program assignment:
Added configuration switch “Tour: Manual block assign general departure times’ to the
Organizational structure. If the switch is set as active and tour programs are manually
assigned, the general departure time gets automatically populated.
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Seabourn
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Tour Program – Home screen:
When tour block gets deleted due to itinerary changes, the tours will be deleted by a
generic “Interface” user. A new screen has been created to show all deleted block
records within the MXP Home screen. User can select deleted tour records and assign
the block to another user. The assigned user can synchronize the deleted block with the
reservation software.
Existing user security to access home screen: Tour Programs / Tour program itinerary
maintenance
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Existing user security to assign ownership: Tour Programs / Tour program block
assignment (delete)
Tour Program – Assigned tab:
If the departure time gets entered/updated in the Assigned tab, it automatically populates
the general departure time accordingly (AM/PM/Evening).
Tour Cost/Retail Report:
Update to not display records for expired retail price records.
Tour Invoice screen:
If user rights are applied the columns ‘Sold’, ‘Counted’, ‘Settled’ and ‘Per Unit Cost’ can
be manually updated within the invoice screen.
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Only the ‘Settled’ value will be displayed in red if the ‘Settled’ and ‘Counted’ value differ
against the ‘Sold’ value.
Remark: When updating counts within the invoice screen, the automatic tiered
cost price calculation logic no longer applies!
Accounting Periods & Budgets – Minor Periods/Cruises:
Added tab ‘Revenue Budgets / Cruise/Minor Period’ to enter ‘Revenue Budget’ and ‘Cost
of Sales Budget’ per cruise within the Accounting Periods & Budgets screen. Records
can be added and by categories, type and amount.
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Seabourn
New user rights: Account / Revenue Budget
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Tour Program – Retailers:
Added percentage field ‘Commission’ to the Retailer tab of the Tour Program screen.
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Seabourn
Tour Program Itinerary Management – Tour Settlement tab:
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(only)
An invoice has been created, counts have been applied and the invoice gets canceled:
When applying tour counts to the new created invoice, to not check for previously
entered counts of unassigned tours.
Final Tour Settlement:
When creating tour settlements the Invoice number will display:
‘Ship_Date_sequantialNumber’.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Module: Human Resources Enhancements
MXP #
Client
Description:
Certificates and Courses – Position Maintenance and Employee Maintenance:
Changed the check box “Required” to a system lookup field. Selectable values are:
Required/Recommended/Optional. Existing values have been matched to the lookups.
The ‘Batch assign certificate/courses’ has been updated to display the lookup field
instead of the check box.
Following reports have been updated accordingly:
Certificates and Courses
Certificates and Courses with Home Address - Active
Certificates and Courses with Home Address - Active
Certificates and Courses by installation
337 /
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Employee Flight Request Management:
Added new menu option: Employees – Employee Flight Request Management.
Below screen will display all created flight request records to query and maintain
employee flight requests.
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New User Security: Employees / Employee Flight Management
Employee Maintenance - Warnings:
Layout modification of customized warning letter.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Module: Payroll Enhancements
MXP #
Client
Description:
New Report:
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PCH
Added new payroll report ‘Compare Accum/Available 1 Wage Component – CTD’.
New User Security: Reports / Payroll / Compare Accum/Available 1 Wage
Component - CTD
Payroll – US tax calculation:
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PCH
When recalculating to update the federal withholding amount and comment also if the
new calculated amount is zero.
Payroll Report – Pay slip receipt confirmation :
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PCH
Report is now grouped by department and last name. A page brake has been added
after each department.
Module: Payroll / Human resources fixes
MXP #
Client
Description:
Wire Transfers Report:
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PCH
If duplicate settlement types have been setup, to show each wire transfer record only
once.
Wire Transfers Approval – Export Wire Transfers with bank details report:
2253
PCH
Update if two contracts are valid within the same month and the same installation to
display the wire transfer record only once.
Module: General Enhancements
MXP #
Client
Description:
User Maintenance:
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Updated the access rights for the port questionnaire e-commerce button and the contact
drop-down to be the same access rights as the port questionnaire answers.
User Preferences:
Added a new menu option where user can define own preferences.
Maintenance / User Preferences. See below screenshot:
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MXP
No user security.
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
User Maintenance:
Added new tab “User” to the audit logs tab of the user maintenance screen:
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MXP
Home Screen:
Added following fields to the Home screen to enter Passenger and Crew counts:

Passenger on arrival

Passenger on departure (calculated field)
The existing “Transit” field has been changed from free numeric field to calculated field.
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Remark: To view the Itineraries screen on the Home page, the bullet ‘Yes’ needs to be
checked in the User Preferences (see MXP 005).
Home Screen – Office installation:
Update to show the Itinerary tab of all ships as well at the office installation home screen.
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MXP
Remark: To view the Itineraries screen on the Home page, the bullet ‘Yes’ needs to be
checked in the User Preferences (see MXP 005).
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MXP Release Notes Version 6.6.0.0
19-Oct-2009
Organizational Structure – Ship installations:
Added more fields to the Vessel Properties. The existing tab has been divided into two
separate tabs. See below screenshots:
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User Maintenance:
Check has been implemented to prevent adding a user from any other installation then
the master installation. Below message will get displayed:
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Organizational Structure:
Check has been implemented to prevent adding or deleting records from any other
installation then the Master installation. Below message will get displayed:
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MXP
Organizational Structure - Document counter:
Added record counter fields for ‘Invoice Proforma’ ‘Invoice tour settlement’ and ‘Invoice
port cost settlement’ within the Organizational Structure.
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Organizational Structure – Invoice Default Billing Text
An invoice default billing text fields was added. This field can be used to populate an
invoice report document.
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