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Benchmarking release note – Using the Cockpit’s primary cost driver 12.25

Benchmarking now supports the same primary cost driver as the Cockpit in the Productivity Displays Benchmarking Productivity Setup sources has been updated to use the same primary cost driver as the Cockpit. This makes it easier to keep your performance analysis consistent across PMI.What’s new? New option to select the Cockpit’s primary cost...

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Enhancement for non-rooms Live forecast

Overview  This update enhances the non-room Live forecast by allowing you to view key rooms data—room nights, guest nights, and occupancy—directly within non-room departments. This provides better context for comparison and decision-making.  Improvements  Live forecast (non-room departments):  A new section has been added to View settings labeled...

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Automatic renewal of constants enhancement – 10.24

Purpose:  This enhancement allows constants to renew automatically for a set number of upcoming months.  Access:  This setting is located in Hierarchy and available only to users with the d2o role.  What’s New?  Two new chain-level settings are available in Hierarchy when the Planning module is selected in Settings:  Enable constant auto-renewal ...

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KPI targets enhancement – 10.24

Several enhancements have been added to the KPI Targets module, expanding KPI calculations with new data points in a custom, client-specific report section. PMI now displays the following values which are provided by clients: Selected Loopon scores (average scores from questions 0, 60009, and 300318) Peakon overall scores Staff turnover Benchmark...

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GoGreen manual entry enhancement – 10.24

The purpose of this enhancement is to give hotel maintenance engineers a quick overview of the months with missing manual entries in the GoGreen Cockpit and allow them to easily enter values into PMI.  What’s new?  The pop-up for making manual changes in the GoGreen Cockpit has been updated and gives a clear 12-month overview of the entries made...

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CO2 factors enhancement – 09.24

CO2 factor module has been moved The CO2 factors module is now in Advanced settings, in the main menu. It was previously in GoGreen cockpit settings. This module gives an overview of CO2 factors at chain or property-level per resource.  Image description: CO2 factors module in PMIThe view options include:  Resource: Select which resource you wish...

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Date picker enhancement – 07.24

Updated date picker style and usability There has been a small update to the style and usability of the date picker on some of the newer pages in PMI.Image description: Updated date picker in PMI. The main change is for dates where the user can select a range of multiple days or multiple months. There was previously a calendar selection box for...

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KPI targets enhancement – 07.24

Some enhancements have been made to the KPI targets module. New data points have been added to make more KPI calculations possible. Available rooms – Uses the values from the settings chosen in Rooms live forecast. Arrivals and stayovers - Departures were previously added. Covers – The content will depend on the entries in each cockpit. A...

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Update to NextGen Rooms Live forecast – 06.24

There has been a small update to the ‘Submit from Live forecast to Forecast’ tool in the new view of Rooms Live forecast. The changes only apply to the new view of Rooms Live forecast which is currently in pilot phase with selected properties. Submit to Forecast to include Period locking   Image: New Rooms Live forecast page submit tool with...

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P&L planning accounts enhancement – 06.24

Retrieving non-financial and statistical actuals from an R&P cockpit Until now, only Forecast & Budget data could be imported into the P&L and all actual data was from an imported source. It is now possible to transfer non-financial data as actuals from the cockpit. This includes total hours, productive hours and non-productive hours,...

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PMI adoption index enhancement – 05.24

An enhancement has been made to the PMI adoption index page. It is now possible to export division scores from the index page. This is available in chain, group and property views. Image: PMI adoption index page with option to export division scores  Select Export score. Select Time Period and Division, Property or Group score. Download

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Weather normalization enhancement – 05.24

A new feature has been added to the GoGreen Energy learning cockpit. It is now possible to activate the Weather normalization function.Weather normalization in PMI GoGreen allows you to compare your current year against the base year that you have set, removing any discrepancies due to weather differences to see if you are reaching your targets....

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Consolidation OTB enhancement – April 2024

Consolidation OTB enhancement An enhancement has been made to the Consolidation OTB module.Image description: View of the main screen in Consolidation OTB module.Previously, a consolidation view was only available for Rooms, but it is now enabled for all non-room organizational units that have OTB selected in the Live forecast.  Some examples of...

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PMI adoption index enhancements – April 2024

Some enhancements and updates have been made to the PMI adoption index. These enhancements simplify the page view, making it easier to understand the overall and individual scores and the actions that need to be taken for each department, property, group and chain. New featuresImage description: The updated view in the PMI adoption index page. ...

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Update to NextGen Rooms live forecast page: Personal view options, Mar 2024

The following changes only apply to the new view of Rooms live forecast which is currently in Pilot phase with selected properties.  Personal view options update  This is primarily an update to the UI and usability of the Personal view options window, which is accessed from the personal settings icon at the top of the page: Image: Personal view...

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New page view of Rooms live forecast – 12.23

This update is a new look and feel of the Live forecast page, along with some new features to help with the daily and monthly tasks of checking and updating the Rooms live forecast in PMI. This was released to pilot only in December of 2023 and will be rolled out further during 2024.  Properties that have access to this can switch between the old...

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User administration enhancements March 2024

The enhancements to the user administration module in PMI are designed to make editing user permissions and access easier. The changes are in 3 areas of the user administration module:  User list   Small changes to the design and style of tooltips  Option to filter by role. Select a role from the dropdown to view only the users assigned that...

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GM daily digest enhancement March 2024

The purpose of these enhancements is to:  Create a cleaner design to make it easier for GMs to gain useful insights quickly.   Make it possible to highlight important KPIs for the chain.  Give additional calculation options for Rev-GOP conversion calculation.  Yesterday results panel   The market indexes are removed from this widget. If data is...

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KPI targets enhancement February 2024

The main goal of this enhancement is to: Provide additional view options to allow the user to personalise their view as needed. Give access to additional details on the KPIs and the background calculations used (available for controller level access and above). See below a full list of the enhancements implemented. A globe icon has been added to...

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KPI targets enhancement – January 2024

An enhancement has been made to the KPI targets page, making it easier to see and navigate the data. Alternative hierarchy and KPIs now have their own individual columns. The vertical lines below the Expand all option allow you to see how many levels deep you are viewing.The KPI column has a filter that allows you to select only what you want to...

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User administration release note – 12.23

An enhancement has been made to the User administration module. These changes are designed to simplify and streamline the way users are edited and added to PMI. The enhancements make it easier to give users the correct access rights that correspond to their roles at the property.   For an overview of the updated User administration module,...

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PMI Index calculation updates for 2024

Enhancements to the PMI adoption index calculation methodology will be released on January 2nd, 2024.   These changes are designed to better align the index with its primary objective: addressing the crucial question, ‘How effectively is my property/department utilizing PMI to optimize resource management and enhance the probability of higher...

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Goal distribution tool enhancement – 09.23

What is the Goal Distribution Tool?The Goal distribution tool will help you set your long-term sustainability goals. Goals will be set at a chain level by the sustainability manager. Chain-level goals will be broken down into individual goals for each property, which in turn will be broken down into monthly targets. These monthly targets will be...

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GoGreen Food waste cockpit enhancement – 08.23

Food cost cockpit An enhancement has been made to the GoGreen Food waste cockpit. This update applies to all properties that import their food waste data from eSmiley or Winnow.   From the Kitchen labor cockpit, you can navigate directly to the Food cost or Food waste cockpits. In the food waste cockpit, you are now able to view your food...

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KPI upload tool enhancement – 08.23

A KPI upload tool was added to the Data Upload Centre, so you are now able to upload KPI's along with other types of data, including budgets, forecasts and actuals. This enables you to view your KPIs and work with the data within PMI. Anyone with controller rights has access to this function. For more details, please see the article How to upload...

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Activity log enhancement – 07.23

The activity log view was updated to make it easier for users to verify by whom and when edits were made to certain sections of PMI, or to track which users are actively using PMI.  Users with Admin and HQ access rights are able to view this page. For more details, please see the article Activity log overview.

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GoGreen Doing cockpit enhancement – 06.23

The GoGreen doing cockpit has been redesigned to enhance 3 key purposes: Ensure actual consumption data is being tracked correctly. Provide user easy oversight of how monthly resource consumption compares to the forecast and/or target set. Provide relevant suggestions for actions to implement in order to reduce resource consumption. Read...

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GoGreen index calculation enhancement – 04.23

On April 20, 2023 an updated version of the GoGreen index will be released. The GoGreen index view will remain the same, however you may notice changes to index scores, due to additional measurements that have been added. The main purpose of this update is to: Have a greater focus on rewarding successful resource management by comparing past and...

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KPI targets enhancement – 01.23

It is now possible to use KPI to set targets in PMI. This allows you to track the property’s performance by comparing actuals against the set KPI targets, forecast and budget.   In the future, this will also enable hoteliers to compare and benchmark, not only within a group, but also against industry average and peers.  The data is updated...

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GoGreen benchmarking enhancement – 01.23

GoGreen is now a benchmarking option in the regular benchmarking page in PMI. This feature gives you the opportunity to see how you are managing your environmental resources compared to the forecast, as well as your peers, and helps to keep you on track. Here, you can view your GoGreen index, your GoGreen CPOR (cost per occupied room), and can...

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PMI adoption index: Option to filter and export scores enhancement – 12.22

In PMI adoption index, it is now possible to filter scores by group and export scores for a Chain. To view scores per chain: Select ‘All properties’ in the navigation breadcrumb. Select ‘View all properties’ in the ‘Lowest property scores’ tile. Select the drop down by filter ‘Show’ to select a group. Only properties within the selected group...

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GM daily digest enhancements – 09.22

This release is designed to make GM daily digest more relevant, and easier to gain useful insights from. In addition to minor adjustments to the overall design and Key insights statements, there are 2 main updates: Waterfall chart Design update All bars now move from left to right of the screen Legend is reactive Click on a legend item to...

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SMART Forecast enhancement – 09.22

What is SMART v2.0? SMART v2.0 is an enhanced version of the existing SMART forecast which is a prediction of how many labor hours should be scheduled according to expected activity in the hotel. This replaces the existing SMART forecast, shown as the yellow line on the graph in the cockpits. The label remains the same (SMART forecast) What is...

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Export to Google Sheets enhancement – 08.22

It is now possible to export data from PMI directly to Google Sheets. This release is available for all properties. The feature is available for most screens in PMI, including Live forecast, Management Perspective, and the Flash report. To export to Google Sheets: Use the Print to file button via the tools and settings icon in the top right...

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