Fiscal Middleware – Release 1.3.1

The new version 1.3.1 of the RetailForce Fiskal Middleware is now available.

You can find the software download at: https://retailforce.cloud/downloads/.

In version 1.3.1, further stabilisation measures have been implemented. Among other things, the timeout when using an online signature creation device (HSM) in Austria was reduced to 3 seconds. If the signature web service does not respond within this time, the FiskalClient calculates an “offline signature”, compliant with the RKSV. In this case, the note “Security device failed” must be printed on the receipt. The message is, as always, returned within the FiscalResponse in the field “PrintMessage”.

In previous versions of the middleware, it happened in certain exceptional cases that the PaymentType.Cash was not resolved correctly. This bug has been fixed in the current version. We therefore recommend updating all systems in Germany to v1.3.1.

First Beta

This version 1.3.1 also includes a first beta version for Romania.

General note on updates

In general, we recommend that you always use the latest version of Fiskal Middleware and, if you are using older versions, update to the latest version Support for regular versions is discontinued after 6 months, for LTS versions after one year. LTS versions are marked as such.

Summertime is vacation time

We are proud of our team, which has done a great job over the last years and months. Therefore, we think our team has earned some time off. We kindly ask for your understanding if there are longer waiting times in the processing of your requests during the holiday season.

Thank you very much!

We wish you a great summer
Your RetailForce Team

Important Release 1.2.13

Attention: in order to continue to meet the legal requirements of the KassenSichV, all systems in Germany must be updated to the current release version 1.2.13 by 31 June 2022! The new version is available in the downloads section of the RetailForce website.

The v 1.2.13 of the Fiscal Client contains changes resulting from the DSFinV-K 2.3 – mandatory from 1 July 2022. Furthermore, the Swissbit Fiskal Cloud Connector version 4.0.1 is supported from this release. Since the certification of Swissbit’s FCC 3 is expiring, all systems using the Swissbit Cloud TSE must be updated to FCC version 4 by 31 July 2022 at the latest!

Extensions and features

Release Auditlog – with this release the so-called “Technical Event Log” is published and can now be used productively. In the countries Denmark and France, the technical event log is part of the country-specific fiscal requirements.

Swissbit Fiscal Cloud Connector 4.0.1 supported – As of this release, the Swissbit FCC is supported in the latest, certified version 4.0.1. As mentioned in the introduction, the upgrade to the new FCC version must be made by the end of July this year at the latest, as the certification of the old version 3.x is expiring.

Implementation DSFinV-K 2.3 – all changes in the DSFinV-K version 2.3, which was published on 21 April 2022, are included in the new release. The DSFinV-K is mandatory as of 1 July 2022. See also the BMF letter dated 21 April. Details on the changes can be found in the linked news article on our website.

Standard Test Client GER – The Standard Test Client, which is installed with the fiscal service, now connects to the fiskaly Test Cloud TSE again. This function was deactivated during the migration to fiskaly Cloud TSE 2.0 and is now available again.

Denmark Release Candidate – furthermore, the Fiskal Client Version 1.2.13 contains the Release Candidate for Denmark. With the next version (1.3.0), the Danish country implementation will be officially published.

Changes TrustedFiscalModule

BusinessTransactionType.Discount – from now on discounts have to be sent as part of the position item and not as a separate discount item.

Bulgaria – new fiscal document types have been added for the Bulgaria implementation. Details can be found in the release notes.

Changes TrustesFiscalService

Fiscal Country properties – country-specific information regarding fiscalisation (supported business cases, documents, payment types as well as fiscal documents) can now be queried via the Fiscal Client.

Furthermore, due to the upcoming release of the country extensions for Bulgaria, Denmark and France, the test unit coverage has been greatly increased.

Details on the enhancements and changes can be found, as usual, in the release notes of the current version of the Fiscal Client in the downloads section of our website.

New version – Fiscal Client 1.2.12

In the download area of the RetailForce website you will find the latest version of our Fiscal Client (https://www.retailforce.cloud/downloads/).
The current release 1.2.12 includes functions for the countries Denmark and Bulgaria and is probably the last beta version for the two fiscal countries.
In addition to the country integrations, several improvements have been incorporated to increase the performance of the Fiscal Client – mainly for high-load systems.

RetailForce Cloud

Some changes that have been made to the RetailForce Cloud:

  • Simultaneously with the release of the new client version, configuration objects for Denmark and Bulgaria can now be created in the Cloud Portal.
  • The export of DSFinV-K files in CSV format is now much faster.
  • An additional caption field has been added to the customer entities “Organisation” and “Company” in order to be able to enter brand names of companies.
    We recommend filling the field “Caption 1” with the official company name and “Caption 2” with the brand name.

An overview of all enhancements, improvements and bug fixes can be found in the release notes at https://www.retailforce.cloud/downloads/Version%201.2.12/ReleaseNotes1.2.12.md.

Current release 1.2.11

The latest release of RetailForce Fiscal Middleware is available in the download directory. This version is dedicated to the preparation for the country extensions that will be available soon. You will soon find more information here in the news section of our website.

The most important innovations of this version are that with version 1.2.11:

Fiscal Module

Newly added are fields for company identification, which are used, among other things, to establish the cloud connection of the Fiscal Client. The new fields are:

  • Business identification number and
  • Statistical classification number.

and must be declared as mandatory in certain countries. The identifiers listed above have different meanings for each country. Further information on this can also be found in our Solution Centre: https://support.retailforce.cloud/hc/de/articles/4405772745617.

Technical Journal / Audit Log

As of the current version, the fiscal client can manage a technical journal, also called an audit log, which is required in certain countries. Various events can be transmitted to the middleware for this purpose.

Reprint Count

Some countries require that the number of voucher reprints be recorded. The new version 1.2.11 provides for print count management.

In the course of the extensive revisions of the Fiscal Client with the present version, many test units were also newly created and existing ones revised.

All changes and improvements of this release are listed in the release notes of the current version.

New Fiscal Client Version 1.2.10

The latest version of the RetailForce Fiscal Client is ready for use. Currently, the latest versions can be found, as usual, in the downloads section of the RetailForce website. With one of the next versions, the download area will be moved to its own website.

Main Features

Essentially, this version provides the following changes:

  • Austria: the automatic generation of the annual receipt in the cloud has been revised and improved.
  • General
    • One of the integrated validations of the Fiscal Clients checks whether the sum of the gross and net totals transferred from the POS system corresponds to the receipt total. In order to avoid error messages in case of deviations in this respect, a tolerance range of e.g. a few euro cents can now be defined.
    • With the method “UpdateClientByCloud”, configuration objects changed in the cloud can be updated on the client

As usual, you will find a summary of all changes in the release notes.

Release Version 1.2.9

Version 1.2.9 of the Fiscal Client is available in the downloads section of the RetailForce website. When upgrading to this version, please note the implementation instructions, which are also available as a Word document in the Downloads directory.

Migration tool

One of the main innovations in this version is that the middleware provides a migration tool for fiscal systems in Austria. This makes it possible to take over data collection logs (DEP7/DCL7) and AES keys from other fiscal middleware systems from other manufacturers without having to take the corresponding cash registers out of operation in FinanzOnline and then register them again. When switching to the RetailForce Fiskal middleware, it is possible to continue working seamlessly with the existing DEP7 / DCL7 (data collection log according to §7 Cash Register Security Ordinance – “RKSV”). The user key (AES-256 key) is also reused.

Fiscal Client

The Fiscal Client is now also available via NuGet. The packages can be found on the website https://www.nuget.org/profiles/RetailForceDevelopment.

Furthermore, as of now a backup copy of the Fiscal Client can be created and a restore can be carried out if required. More information can be found in the RetailForce Solution Centre in the following article:https://support.retailforce.cloud/hc/en-gb/articles/4421675764497-Moving-FiscalClient-from-one-computer-to-another.

FiscalAT

Further improvements to this version mainly concern the Austria variant of the Fiscal Client:

  • Documentation of the VAT positions was revised
  • Added call “GetStartReceipt”
  • Test methods for reporting status of cash registers, signature creation unit, annual receipt improved
  • Last added line in DEP7 can be checked against FinanzOnline (Document Verification)

FiscalDE

In the German version, Fiskaly’s cloud TSE was released for productive operation.

RetailForce Cloud

Some changes and improvements have also been made to the RetailForce Cloud Portal.

In the main menu (left), the menu item “Information” now shows the essential characteristics of the different fiscal countries. Here you can see at a glance which document types must be transferred in a certain country.

For Austria versions, the date of the first or the current last DEP entry is displayed in the terminal insights. For systems in Germany, the date of the first daily closing performed on the terminal – since the RetailForce Fiscal Middleware went live – and the last daily closing created are displayed.

All changes and improvements can be found in the release notes of this version.

Current release – Fiscal Client 1.2.8.

The latest release of the Fiscal Client (version 1.2.8) is available in the downloads section of the RetailForce website. Major innovations mainly concern the German country version (FiskalDE) under Linux.

FiskalDE – swissbit Hardware TSE

As main features, the new version 1.2.8. supports the swissbit hardware TSE under Linux, via the Docker container, and under android (beta).

IntelliSense

For the nuget implementation, the IntelliSense class documentation has been added to the nuget packages, making development easier.

RetailForce Cloud Portal

The Global Search Box of the RetailForce Cloud Portal has been improved so that global search terms can now be used for search results from organisations, companies, shops as well as terminals.

Furthermore, larger files can now also be transmitted to the RetailForce Cloud. For large files, the upload continues (restart).

The complete release notes can be found in markdown in the folder of version 1.2.8 in the downloads directory: https://www.retailforce.cloud/downloads/Version%201.2.8/ReleaseNotes1.2.8.md

New Release – Fiscal Client 1.2.7.

The current version of the Fiscal Client – v. 1.2.7. – is available for download: https://www.retailforce.cloud/downloads/Version%201.2.7/. The version contains an important update for Austria (FiscalAT).

FiscalAT

Due to an error, the automatic annual receipt is not created correctly. This bug has been fixed in the current version. We recommend that all customers upgrade to the latest version so that the annual receipt can be checked correctly via FinanzOnline.

Furthermore, the reduced tax rates for all food and beverages in the catering sector, as well as services in the cultural sector, which were reduced to 5% in the course of the Corona measures, were set back to the original values of 10% and 13%.

Docker Hub

As of this version, the Docker container of the Fiscal Client can be downloaded directly from the Docker Hub. Below is the link to download: https://hub.docker.com/r/retailforce/trusted-fiscal-service.

Digital receipt

Another innovation concerns our “digital receipt” service. The delivery page for digital receipts can be adapted to the company’s own corporate design. We will be happy to support you in this. Please contact us via the contact form contact form, or send us an e-mail.

As usual, you will find all changes of version 1.2.7. in the Release-Notes.

Current release – Fiscal Client v. 1.2.5.

As of today, the new version 1.2.5. of our Fiscal Client is available for download at https://retailforce.cloud/downloads/. IIn this version we have extended and improved the integration possibilities of the Fiscal Client for different operating systems. You can also access the preview version of the licence accounting in the RetailForce portal.

Docker Container

The RetailForce Fiscal Service is now available as a Docker container for the country implementations Germany and Austria. If you are interested in the implementation via Docker, please contact us by (office at retailforce dot cloud) or via our Solution Center (RetailForce Software GmbH).

For Germany, the following technical security devices (TSE) are supported under Linux:

  • swissbit Cloud TSE
  • fiskaly Cloud TSE (v. 2.0)

From the upcoming version 1.2.6. the Docker Container will be available on Docker Hub.

Fiskal Service as nuget package

As a further integration variant, we are now providing the Fiscal Service as a nuget package. You can find the packages in the nuget-store at: https://www.nuget.org/profiles/RetailForceDevelopment.

Fiskaly 2.0

The integration of the Fiskaly Cloud TSE into the Fiscal Service has been completed and can also be used as of v. 1.2.5. If you use the automatic configuration of the Fiscal Clients (ConfigClient byCloud), the fiskaly Cloud TSEs are automatically provisioned via the RetailForce Cloud and stored in the Fiscal Client.

Preview for v 1.2.6.

In the next release, we plan to include the following features and functions, among others:

  • Support swissbit hardware TSE under Linux (Docker Container)
  • Deploy Docker Containers on Docker Hub

All detailed information about the new version can be found in the Release notes.

New release of the Fiscal Client – Version 1.2.4.

On 17.11.2021 we unscheduledly published a new release of the Fiscal Client – version 1.2.4. The version is dominated by the Swissbit hardware TSE in the USB form factor.

Seamless TSE exchange

The current update enables a seamless replacement of the swissbit Micro USB TSE if, for example, the certificate has expired. All data on the TSE can be exported. After the new TSE has been plugged in, cashiering can continue without interruption. The function is also available for defective TSEs. If no more data can be retrieved from the memory of the TSE, however, it must be confirmed to continue working without exporting data. Furthermore, improvements to the daily TAR file backup have been implemented in the current version of the middleware.

Firmware Update TSE

The new version 1.2.4. offers a function to upgrade the firmware of the swissbit Micro USB TSE to a new version. The update must be carried out intentionally.

Client recovery

Another security feature is the new Restore by Cloud function. This enables the complete recovery of a Fiscal Client after a hardware defect of the cash register.

Config by Cloud

Furthermore, we have improved the well-known function of configuring Fiscal Clients centrally in the RetailForce Cloud so that configurations can now be validated. After creating a configuration, it can be checked in the terminal view whether the configuration would run without errors when downloaded by an installed client or whether it would lead to an error.

As always, you can find an overview of all changes and improvements in the release notes for the new version at: https://www.retailforce.cloud/downloads/Version%201.2.4/ReleaseNotes1.2.4.md