OEDS Overview

Note: When the OPR<version Number>ORS license code is active, three option buttons appear on the Application Settings screen that affect what Group Functions, Parameters, and Settings will be available.

- The Global option button displays Group Functions/Parameters/Settings that will affect all properties located in all CROs in the ORS database.
- The CRO option button displays Group Functions/Parameters/Settings that will affect all properties located in the CRO selected from the CRO LOV.  
- The Property option button displays Group Functions/Parameters/Settings that are available on the property level, and will only affect the property selected in the Property LOV.

Functions

• AUTOMATIC PUBLISH - Activate Automatic Publishing Functionality.
• CHANNEL RESTRICTIONS - Activate the Channel Level Restrictions functionality.
• CHANNEL ROOM TYPE ROTATION - This parameter enables the rotation group functionality to operate through Channel Management.
• ENHANCED ROM RATE DESCRIPTION - Activates enhanced room rate descriptions in channel conversion screens.
• GLOBAL ROOM TYPE ROTATION - Activate CHANNEL ROOM TYPE ROTATION FUNCTIONALITY.
• ON REQUEST - Activates On Request functionality. The available values are Y and N (activate and inactivate).
• OPERA CHANNEL MANAGEMENT - Activates the OPERA Channel Management (OCM) functionality.

Parameters

• ADS SOURCE CODE - This parameter is used for Expedia ADS only and determines which value is to be used as the source code on the reservation.
• ADVANCED OWS PRODUCTS - Allows for separately sold packages to be configured as web bookable.
• ALLOW BLOCK BOOKING FOR GDS USING RPC - This parameter is used to sell room types from a block via the GDS, only when the block code is mapped as a channel rate code.
• ALLOW BLOCK TO OVERBOOK HOUSE - When this parameter is active, an additional check box labeled Web Overbooking is visible on the Business Block Header.
• ALLOW RESERVATION MODIFICATION FOR RESERVATION HAS ROOM NO - This parameter is used to prevent the modification of reservations which have a room number assigned.
• APPEND COMPANY NAME BEFORE RATEDESC - Parameter is used for general availability for ows to append company name with rate description
• AUDIT DETAILS - Records the details of all system activity related to online electronic distribution and provides enhanced debugging information.
• AUTO POPULATE CHANNEL ENDDATE - Auto-populate Channel End Date based on Rate Header Booking End Date.
• CACHED GENERAL AVAILABILITY - Allows the caching of general availability results in a cache schema when a request is made.
• CHECK RESTRICTIONS ON ET - Check the restriction when the travel agent ends the transaction.
• CONVERT OWS AND GDS COMMENTS AS TRACES - Convert OWS comments and GDS Service information (SIN) messages to traces in ORS when the parameter is set to Y.
• CREATE NEW PROFILE - Create a new profile if the frequent guest number is invalid.

  Note: This parameter is only created for ORS and CRO properties.

• DEPOSIT CANCEL AMOUNT CURRENCY - Parameter decides cancel and deposit amount needs to be returned for ows and gds in property currency or rate code currency.
• DYNAMIC REGIONAL AVAILABILITY SEARCH - If this parameter is set to Y, regional availability search will be done dynamically instead of searching in gds_rateroom_price table.
• ENABLE CC SECURITY CODE FOR GDS - When this parameter is active, the GDS channels are required to send the credit card verification code.
• ENABLE MONITORING FOR AVAILABILITY AND BOOKING - When this parameter is set to "Y" monitor and log the Buffer Gets, Memory Used and CPU Time used for General Availability and Regional Availability and Calendar Availability and Create Booking and Modify Booking and Fetch Booking request.
• ENABLE TRACE FOR AVAILABILITY AND BOOKING REQUEST - When this parameter is set to "Y" take a trace based on message id for General Availability and Regional Availability and Calendar Availability and Create Booking and Modify Booking and Fetch Booking request.
• ENHANCED MEMBERSHIP HANDLING - Activates the enhanced membership experience for the online user.
• GDS CHANGE PROPERTY UPLOAD - Always sends GDS property upload messages for any update in the property information.
• GDS GALILEO RATECHANGE FOR PALSRQ - If this parameter is set to N, the Property Availability response to Galileo will always be returned with the first night rate amount when a rate change occurs during the stay dates requested.
• GDS NEW PROPERTY UPLOAD - Always sends GDS property upload messages for new property creation.
• GDS SESSION INVENTORY CONTROL - This parameter enables reservations with a status of GDS-SESSION to either be deducted from inventory (Y), or not (N).
• GDS TOTAL PRICING - Enables total pricing for GDS Application.
• IATA EXCEPTION - Generate the GDS exception table if the booking is received without a valid IATA number. The available values are Y and N (enable and disable).
• MARKETING TEXT CHG - Text for Type B from the marketing table will be replaced with a guarantee code message generated by the GDS interface.
• MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT AT RESERVATION - This parameter enables to create membership at the time of booking, if the membership does not exist.
• MODIFY CANCEL GDS BOOKING FROM WEB - Enabling this parameter will allow guests to make changes that do not impact inventory or cancellations to their bookings using OWS regardless of the source of the reservation.
• PROCESS HURDLES AS RESTRICTION FOR ADS - When this parameter is enabled, restrictions due to HURDLE will be processed and uploaded to the ADS System.
• RECORD LOCATOR EXCEPTION - Generates the GDS exception table if the booking is received without a record locator.
• RETURN RP3 - Allows two lines for a rate description and one line for a room description in a GDS property availability response.
• SEARCH BY PARTIAL CONFIRMATION NUMBER - Allows a user to update or cancel a reservation based on the partial confirmation number.
• SET RECORD LOCATOR AS EXTERNAL REFERENCE - This parameter sets the GDS record locator or third party CRS number as the external reference number.
• SET RECORD LOCATOR CUSTOM REFERENCE -  A parameter value of Y populates a custom reference number for GDS and ADS with a record locator, which is the confirmation number from GDS and ADS.
• SHOW TAX INFORMATION - Inserts tax information for type A reservations.
• TRUNCATE OEDS REQUEST MONITOR - The table OEDS_REQUEST_MONITOR is used to capture and store WEB, GDS and ADS message traffic in order to trouble shoot issues with certain message requests.
• UPDATE CLIENT ID ON NEG RATES - Updates the client ID on the channel negotiated rate, based on the value entered in the Corporate ID field.
• USE ADS CONFIRMATION NO - A parameter value of Y indicates that the ORS confirmation number is comprised of the ADS confirmation number followed by first four characters of channel name.

Settings

• ADS IATA - This setting determines which IATA is attached to the ADS reservations.
• ADS MODE - This setting determines what mode the OPERA ADS interface should accept incoming reservations.
• ADS WAIT TIME - This parameter determines the fail-over wait time in minutes for these MICROS ADS services.
• AIRLINE FREQUENT GUEST MEMBERSHIP TYPE - Default airline frequent guest membership type for GDS and ODS channels.
• AIRPORT CODE - The airport code for the ORS city. this field cannot be null.
• AUTO FREQUENT GUEST MEMBERSHIP TYPE - Default auto frequent guest membership type for GDS and ODS channels.
• AVH BATCH SIZE - The number of AVH messages to consolidate at a time.
• AVH PROCESSING LIMIT - The number of AVH messages to process at a time.
• BUSINESS EVENT WAIT TIME - This parameter determines the fail-over wait time in minutes for these business event services.
• CANCEL WINDOW - The number of minutes during which reservation can be canceled without penalty, once the booking is made.
• FREQUENT GUEST MEMBERSHIP TYPE - Default frequent guest membership type for GDS and ODS channels.
• GDS MAXAVAIL ALTERNATE RESORT - Indicates the number of properties that can be returned as an alternate property when the requested property is not available.
• GDS PURGE INTERVAL - Purges old GDS data from the temporary tables once processed.
• GUEST ADDRESS PHONE UPDATE - If the guest address or phone information is changed during the modification of the booking in the GDS system, the new address/phone information is inserted, updated, or not modified based on the value.
• GUEST LOGIN SESSION TIMEOUT - This parameter will store the maximum duration (in minutes) in which the account should be activated once the guest receives the email to activate the account.
• MAX ALLOWED EXTRA - The maximum number of extra persons allowed.
• MAX ALLOWED ROLLAWAY - The maximum number of rollaway beds allowed.
• MAX AVAIL LIST ITEMS - Maximum number of rate and room records to search in order to provide available rate and room combinations in the general availability response.
• MAX RATE UPDATE - The maximum number of rate update messages.
• MAX REGIONAL RATEDAYS - The price table for regional availability, populated for a given number of days.
• OEDS FOLIO STYLE - Default Folio Style Used By OEDS When Generating Folio.
• OEDS REQUEST LOG - Disable Or Enable OEDS Performance Logging By Summary or By Each Request.
• OEDS TRACE DEPARTMENT - Enter trace department for OWS comments and GDS service information.
• OPENCOURSE WS EP - Web services end point for OpenCourse interface.
• OPENCOURSE WS PASSWORD - Password that will be used while calling OpenCourse web services interface.
• OPENCOURSE WS USERNAME - Username that will be used while calling OpenCourse web services interface.
• PROFILE NAME CASE SET - This setting allows the profile name to appear in the letter case type that the property wants displayed on the profile screen (uppercase, lowercase, or initial caps).
• PURGE ACTION - The action to apply for a session purge.
• RATE AVAIL UPDATE WAIT TIME - This parameter determines the fail-over wait time in minutes for these services.
• RATE PLAN TEXT - The description to use when updating the rate plan text.
• RATE RANGE CURRENCY CODE - Setting to allow a property to specify what currency to return to the GDS for Property and Area availability in case of multi-currency chains.
• RATE UPDATE - The GDS rate update method.
• REGIONAL ROLLOVER DATE - This is the last rollover date used to populate gds_rateroom_price table.
• SEARCH FOR MEMBERSHIP NO. - Allows for a profile match based any one of the criteria selected in addition to the profile membership number.
• SWITCH PALSRP FORMAT - Displays the Pegasus message in a structured or segmented format.
• UTILITY WAIT TIME - This parameter determines the fail-over wait time in minutes for service GWIZ Session Purge.