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Document Title: Process: Release Note for CSR+ Increment 2.2
Document Type: Process: Release Note
Abstract: Provides a definition of the CSR+ Increment 2.2
Acceptance Incident 376 Release for POCL
Document Status: Draft
Author: Pat Lywood & Dave Royle
Contributors: Peter Jeram
Reviewed By: Peter Jeram, Gill Jackson, M. Coombs
Comments By: 5/11/99
Comments To: Pat Lywood
Distribution: John Meagher, Andrew Simpkins, Chris French
POCL
Peter Jeram, Gill Jackson, Mike Coombs, Dave Royle,
Stephen Muchow, John Dicks ICL
Pathway
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FUJ00118156
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ICL Pathway Release Note for Cl_2.2 Ref: CS/PRD/069
Version: 0.1
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0.0 Document Control
0.1 Document History
ersionNo. (Date Reason for Issue Associated
(CP/PinICL No.
(0.1 29/10/99 First issue for internal review. Issued to}
POCL for information.
0.2 Approval Authorities
IName Position Signature Date
[Stephen Muchow ICL Pathway Customer Service
Director
0.3 Associated Documents
Reference Version [Date (Title
IPA/STR/012 4.0 [25/06/99 ICL Pathway Core System Release Contents
Description
(CR/ACD/376 Acceptance Resolution Plan for
Acceptance Incident 376
IPI/DES/002 (0.7 Logical design EPOSS / TIP Reconciliation
Controls
0.4 Abbreviations
Abbreviation Explanation
ICCN (Change Control Note
ICR (Change Request
ICSR (Core System Release
IEPOSS Electronic Point of Sale System
(OPS (Outlet Processing System
IPOCL Post Office Counters Limited
IPPD IProcesses and Procedures Description
ISSC System Support Centre
ITIP [Transaction Information Processing
[TPS [Transaction Processing Service
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ICL Pathway Release Note for Cl_2.2 Ref: CS/PRD/069
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0.5 Changes in this Version
Version (Changes
Draft None this is the first issue
0.6 Changes Expected
(Changes
llssue 1
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0.7 Table of Contents
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2
3
4 Upgrade Requirements
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6 Internal ICL Pathway documentation...
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1 Introduction
This Release Note is provided as a definition of the CSR Increment 2.2.
The principal functionality of the Core System Release (CSR) is provided by
CSR Live Trial 2 which has been implemented at the existing live Post Offices
and is being implemented via the National Rollout programme.
CSR Increment 2.2 is an enhancement release that will be applied to the
existing estate and to newly rolled out Post Offices upon re-commencement
of rollout in the New Year.
The prime purpose of this upgrade is to enhance the reconciliation facilities
for transactions performed at the Post Office counter and the accumulation
figures sent to TIP.
2 Scope
This document defines the extent of the software changes to CSR, the
platforms affected and the outline upgrade actions.
3 Release Content
The release content of CSR is defined in ICL Pathway Core System Release
Contents Description (PA/STR/012).
This enhancement release includes the following approved Change
Proposals:
CP_2186 — Additional EPOSS Reconciliation controls
CP_2254 - Removal of BES Reconciliation At CSR
The release content is supplemented by the customer acceptance incident
Al_376 that relates directly to the above Change Proposals.
« Enhancements overview
The accounting transaction data recorded by the EPOSS system on the
OPS can be reconciled with the accounting transaction data returned to
the POCL TIP system across the TIP interface.
The accounting transaction data written each day at the OPS can be
reconciled with the Cash Account data written at the OPS when the Cash
Account is produced.
The Outlet Stock Holdings generated at the end of a Cash Account Period
at the OPS can be reconciled with the Outlet Stock Holdings transferred to
TIP across the TIP Interface
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The Cash Account Line records generated at the OPS can be reconciled
with the Cash Account Line records returned to TIP across the TIP
Interface.
BES Reconciliation removed from the EPOSS End of Day service.
e Technical enhancements
Additional DB tables for TPS to support new accumulation data
New host processes to read and analyse the data
Enhanced EPOSS code to provide new data
Enhanced Agent harvester processes to read/forward the data to TPS
e Affected platforms
Main Host
Agents
Counters
e Timescales for delivery
This is planned for delivery on the live estate by the end of 1999 to
satisfy Al376
« Changes to system software ie. NT service pack
None
4 Upgrade Requirements
TPS database additions for new data at the host
RDDS database enhancements for additional reference data
EPOSS upgrade to process new data at the counters
The upgrade path/sequence of events is:
1. Apply the TPS/RDDS upgrade and the agent upgrade
2. Distribute the Reference Data
3. Distribute EPOSS software to existing outlets
4. Activate the EPOSS software at the outlets
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5 _User-related documentation
There are no updates required to the PPDs, and hence the Horizon System
User Guides, as a result of CSR Increment 2.2.
6 Internal ICL Pathway documentation
The following Operational Procedure support documents are affected by the
release.
SSC procedures for supporting discrepancies between EPOSS/TIP
reconciliation totals (and subsequent analysis)
Management support unit procedures for supporting discrepancies
between EPOSS/TIP reconciliation totals (and subsequent analysis)
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