Digital Connect Check-In 21.12 Release Notes
Release Identification
Release Version | Type (Version, Update, or Patch) | Date | Approved by | Description of Change |
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21.12 | Version | 30 Nov 2021 |
Grzegorz Kurek, Rafal Holub |
Software updated |
Features
Digital Connect Check-In introduces new features and enhancements in the following areas:
- IATA TSA SSR DOCS add X for Unspecified Gender and U for Undisclosed Gender
- DCCI Service Update for IBM Application-Sabre BRD-V1.0
- Extension of Baggage/ Check-in Service
- Date of Birth - Enhancement of Logic for 2-digits Year Display
- Filter Other Airlines Segment
Defects
The following Digital Connect Check-In defects have been fixed for this release.
- Dedicated LNIATA for GOL Using Improper Port 30032 When DW Refresh
- //ET - PROD - Digital Connect - Check-in - Unable to Check-in Online
- Missing VCR, No Eligibility Warning
The following sections explain more details about the new items.
IATA TSA SSR DOCS add X for Unspecified Gender and U for Undisclosed Gender
Trade bodies Airlines for America (A4A) and the International Air Transport Association approved changes to booking procedures to include non-binary gender options.
Beside the M (male), F (female) gender options, Customers booking the flights must also be offered a non-binary gender option for passengers, like U (undisclosed) or X (unspecified).
Currently, Digital Connect Check-In supports genders M (Male) and F (Female). With this update, Digital Connect Check-In supports two new genders – U (Undisclosed) and X (Unspecified).
Support New Gender X and U
Digital Connect Check-In supports genders M (Male) and F(Female). With this upgrade, Digital Connect Check-in supports two more genders - U (Undisclosed) and X (Unspecified).
Prerequisites
SSCI must support gender U (Undisclosed) and gender X (Unspecified)
Limitations
None
Configuration
Property Name | Description | Example Value |
Data Type |
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s4ci.feature.document.enhancedGender.enabled = true (default false) | Determines whether the gender: U (Undisclosed) and X (Unspecified) on passport must be returned in reservation. Default is [false]. |
True |
Boolean |
DCCI Service Update for IBM Application-Sabre BRD-V1.0
Currently, Digital Connect Check-In provides aircraft IATA/ generic equipment code in seatmap service response. With multiple equipment types under the same fleet umbrella, it is a challenge to distinguish various seatmaps layouts. Digital Connect Check-In shares additional information about the aircraft type and provides the correct seatmap layout.
Enhance SeatMap Request to Obtain the Seat Map for Different Versions of the Same Equipment Type
Digital Connect Check-In enhanced the seat map request, to receive correct seat map layout for different equipment types under the same fleet umbrella.
Prerequisites
s4ci.feature.seats.shouldCallSe= false
Limitations
None
Configuration
Property Name | Description | Example Value |
Data Type |
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backwardCompatibility.seatmap.aircraftConfigNumberEnabled = true | Indicates a flag to decide if the aircraft config number must be returned. |
False |
Boolean |
Extension of Baggage/ Check-in Service
Migration of SSCI Baggage Services to v3
Digital Connect Check-In migrated the baggage services to version 3 (v3) of SSCI baggage services.
Prerequisites
None
Limitations
None
Configuration
N/A
Extension of DCCI Baggage/ Checkin Service
Digital Connect Check-In extended the baggage/ checkin service to support new, additional elements to SSCI.
Prerequisites
The migration of SSCI baggage services to v3 must be completed.
Limitations
None
Configuration
N/A
Date of Birth - Enhancement of Logic for 2-digits Year Display
Date of Birth - Enhancement of Logic for 2 Digit Display
The date of birth can be written using four digits from the year of birth, which is a recommended solution, or only the last two digits of the year of birth.
Until now, when the last two digits were provided to Digital Connect Check-In, it relied on the java datetime utilities that use the current datetime, -80 years and +20 years as the context to determine a century. This is not a perfect solution as in some cases, the year of birth can be wrongly placed in the future. Digital Connect Check-In changed the logic to avoid providing the dates in the future.
Prerequisites
N/A
Limitations
None
Configuration
N/A
Filter Other Airlines Segment
Digital Connect Check-In returns non-hosted segments in the passenger details, from the PNR. Some of the airlines prefer to avoid showing the non-hosted segments when such a segment is the first returned segment.
Filtering Other Airlines Segment
If the configuration that is used to populate the segments and, is returned in the reservation is set to PNR_BASED, then the non-hosted segments are also returned.
Some airlines prefer to filter out other airline segments when returned along with the passenger details from the PNR, as the first segment in the segments sequence.
Digital Connect Check-In has added a new validation which when turned ON for filters, such, non-hosted flights return a hosted segment as the first flight.
Prerequisites
s4ci.feature.passengerDetails.returnedSegmentsRules = PNR_BASED
Limitations
None
Configuration
Property Name | Description | Example Value |
Data Type |
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s4ci.feature.passengerDetails.skipPrecedingOaSegments Default is [false] |
Only applicable if the returnedSegmentsRules=PNR_BASED. If enabled, OA segments are returned only if they are after the first hosted segment in the PNR, according to their sequence number. |
True |
Boolean |
Dedicated LNIATA for GOL Using Improper Port 30032 When DW Refresh
Customer Tracking #: N/A |
Sabre Tracking #: CSSDC-2212 |
Description: The TA’s were in a locked out state, and were hung up in port 30032; when the TA was grabbed from the pool in CUTE, the users received “unable to display name field” “unable to connect to host”. This continued for few weeks and, started to deplete the available LNIATA’s with reports of previously mentioned error, One carrier reported this issue. |
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Resolution: Digital Connect Check-In team investigated to remove the call to FLIFO Configurable feature for skipping Flifo in DCCI /passenger/details has been added, to enable this feature it is needed to s4ci.technical.skipFlifo = true (default false). |
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Programs/Modules Affected: N/A |
/ET - PROD - Digital Connect - Check-in - Unable to Check-in Online
Customer Tracking #: N/A |
Sabre Tracking #: CSSDC-2248 |
Description: As per ET, passengers are unable to check-in online on both MOB APP And website platforms. On the mobile app, it sends a response "all segments are not eligible for online check-in"; but, on the website, it freezes after the seat selection page. |
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Resolution: The logic related to the ALL_SEGMENTS_ARE_NOT_ELIGIBLE_FOR_CHECK_IN ineligibility was adjusted. |
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Programs/Modules Affected: N/A |
Missing VCR, No Eligibility Warning
Customer Tracking #: N/A |
Sabre Tracking #: CSSDC-2246 |
Description: In the event of a PNR missing VCR information, there is no eligibility indicator reprising of the missing information. This causes the customer application to proceed to the check-in stage, and receive a NO VCR FOUND-ISSUE TKT OR COLLECT TKT ? USE TKT EDIT (since no VCR is present). |
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Resolution: This issue has been fixed by enhancing the eligibility logic. |
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Programs/Modules Affected: N/A |