a list of common terms used in the workplace
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SkyWire POS |
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EJ- Electronic journal |
Stores sales and order info and can be used to retrieve individual checks
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Profit center/revenue center |
The lowest level of our organization structure for clients. This would be an individual outlet such as a coffee shop located in a hotel (site) for Boyd Gaming Company (Enterprise)
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Shift4 |
Our main credit card processor. Uses tokens so that we are removed from having to hold credit card info.
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FreedomPay |
our other, less used payment processor |
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SQL |
Database application used for storing all information for POS products. |
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JIRA |
Ticket system used by development to track issues/bugs |
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VRA |
- Vendor Remote Access for Boyd properties. Used when having to access Boyd computers in their environment
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SecureLink |
The software used for obtaining a VRA for Boyd
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Sync |
Also known as SymmetricDS. Used for linking the information between terminals. |
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Profit Center/Revenue Center |
An entity that produces revenue. This could be a spa location, a restaurant, bar, or store. |
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Enterprise |
The highest level entity representing the ultimate parent organization. For example, Sun Coast would be a site, belonging to an Enterprise/Corporation called Boyd. |
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User |
The operator of a device or software application. |
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GL |
GL, or General Ledger Codes are alphanumeric codes you assign to different debit or credit entries to make accounting easier and more functional |
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Tender |
A form of tender used to pay for a check with the Point of Sale. (Terminal) |
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Product |
An item that can be sold, such as a Steak. |
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Property/Site |
A site represents a physical location. An example might be a casino. A Site is the Parent entity of Business/Revenue Centers |
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Terminal |
A device that processes transactions and handles the taking in of revenue. Typically, in the form of Cash, Credit Cards, or room charges. |
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Tickets are used with your Hotel (PMS) Interface application. it allows items to be categorized by the type of revenue. For example, you may have Products, Services, Taxes, Gratuities & Services, listed as Tickets in the Spa product |
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Daypart |
The representation of a time period. “Lunch” might be a daypart that represents 10 am to 3pm. Spa might have “Morning” to represent 8 am to 10 am. |
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User |
A user is a person that interacts with the systems and has a unique set of credentials. |
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ExternalId |
A reference to the ID for the same type of data instance on an external system. This is used to map data between interfaced systems. |
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Confluence
Hubspot |
Site where we access POS updates, documentation, hotfixes, and other relevant info. Serves as one of two main knowledge bases. Our other knowledge base. Has all companies we are affiliated with listed as well as who to contact, support tickets, and links emails and notes affiliated with individual support tickets as well.
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