Recently added or updated topics

This is the Fiftytwo help & knowledge center change log. It's a chronologically ordered list of the most important additions and updates to topics in this help system.

This change only log lists changes to this help system. Although updates to this help system may often coincide with changes to Fiftytwo solutions, such as 52ViKING or 52UNATTENDED, changes to theFiftytwo solutions themselves aren't covered by this change log.

09 January, 2026: Updated front page layout, updated change log overview, introduced news articles, style changes
02 January, 2026: Manage tills in 52ViKING Store Management (added information about new ability to update a till's master data with or without its article data)
09 December, 2025: Manage tills in 52ViKING Store Management (added information about new ability to view a till's user interface directly from Store Management)
09 December, 2025: 52ViKING POS self-service checkouts (SCOs) (added information about 52ViKING lightweight SCO solution)
08 December, 2025: Manage discount groups in 52ViKING Store Management (updated with information about the mix discount-related fields Discount-triggering quantity, Discount-receiving quantity, and Percent discount)
28 November, 2025: 52ViKING POS (added information about how to adjust audio volume)
27 November, 2025: Monitor other tills with 52ViKING POS (new)
27 November, 2025: Manage monitoring tabs in 52ViKING POS Designer (new)
19 November, 2025: Order management (new, replaces the previous separate topics about endless aisles and order handling for click & collect)
17 November, 2025: Manage discount families in 52ViKING Store Management (added new information about adding and maintaining discount family's articles on new Articles tab)
23 October, 2025: Order handling for click & collect (new)
22 October, 2025: Loyalty (new)
20 October, 2025: Endless aisles (new)
20 October, 2025: Unified commerce (was Unified commerce with 52MASTERPRICER) (rewritten and restructured)
20 October, 2025: Fiftytwo cloud APIs (new)
20 October, 2025: Fiftytwo on-premise APIs (was 52MASTERPRICER APIs & architecture) (rewritten and restructured)
06 October, 2025: 52ViKING POS self-service checkouts (SCOs) (minor improvements)
30 September, 2025: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS and Use 52ViKING MPOS (added information about display of sold-out articles in view groups)
29 September, 2025: Use 52ViKING MPOS (improved section about receipts)
29 September, 2025: Manage articles in 52ViKING Store Management (added information about upcoming Label field and how to use the label feature with discount groups)
29 September, 2025: Manage discount groups in 52ViKING Store Management (added information about upcoming ability to select a label as reference type)
25 September, 2025: Removed topics about ViKING Client
24 September, 2025: 52ViKING transaction types (updated)
26 August, 2025: Manage discount families in 52ViKING Store Management (added information about when a discount family's discounts, which aren't time-controlled, apply)
29 July, 2025: Set up view groups (PLU buttons) in 52ViKING Store Management and Set up view group component on 52ViKING POS Designer diagram (minor simplifications and improvements)
04 July, 2025: Set up view groups (PLU buttons) in 52ViKING Store Management (new, dedicated topic that focuses on using 52ViKINGStore Management to set up template-based view groups for use on tills)
04 July, 2025: Set up view group component on 52ViKING POS Designer diagram (new, dedicated topic that focuses on initial view group template setup in POS Designer only)
28 May, 2025: Improved product naming consistency in topics about 52ViKING POS
27 May, 2025: 52ViKING POS till management (cash statements, etc.) (added information about some organizations using simplified procedures for cash statements)
21 May, 2025: Changed occurrences of the terms store controller and enterprise controller to store service and enterprise service, which is what we'll use going forward. The old names are kept in a few places that specifically describe existing on-premise installations.
21 May, 2025: Use 52ViKING MPOS (removed section about using Android device's camera as barcode scanner)
13 May, 2025: Manage store information in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
08 May, 2025: 52ViKING POS self-service checkouts (SCOs) (in Age restrictions section, added podcast and mind map)
08 May, 2025: 52ViKING POS Designer diagrams (updated Diagram theme section)
29 April, 2025: Deploy 52ViKING MPOS app with MDM (added information about new MPOS app device settings landscape and display_type; removed information about deprecated setting enable_camera_scanner)
25 April, 2025: Activate 52ViKING Emergency POS in an emergency (minor improvements)
25 April, 2025: 52ViKING POS self-service checkouts (SCOs) (minor improvements)
23 April, 2025: 52ViKING POS Designer layouts (improved topic structure and updated multiple sections)
07 April, 2025: Added multiple terms and definitions to the glossary
04 April, 2025: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (improved topic structure, improved information about selling articles without barcodes)
04 April, 2025: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (added section about articles that need to be weighed)
04 April, 2025: 52ViKING POS Designer diagrams (updated Publish package section's information about viewing which changes were made in published versions of a diagram; added information about ability to select display types (primary, secondary, etc.) when getting a package; added information about keyboard shortcuts)
04 April, 2025: 52ViKING POS Designer components (improved section about component visibility)
04 April, 2025: 52ViKING POS Designer resources (added information about how to filter resources)
04 April, 2025: 52ViKING POS self-service checkouts (SCOs) (enhanced Age restrictions section)
04 April, 2025: Manage tills in 52ViKING Store Management (added description of new User interface section on General settings tab)
04 April, 2025: Activate 52ViKING Emergency POS in an emergency and other 52ViKING Emergency POS-related topics (updated with information about per-store activation as Emergency POS activation is no longer per chain only)
20 December, 2024: Collection of useful 52ViKING tips (added links to features in section about 52ViKING Store Management)
20 December, 2024: Use 52ViKING MPOS (added section about receipts)
16 December, 2024: 52ViKING general server components (minor adjustments)
09 December, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer diagrams (updated Edit POS triggers section, added Autosave section)
05 December, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer diagrams (in Publish package section, added information about adding and viewing descriptions of changes to a published diagram)
29 November, 2024: Set up 52ViKING to run MPOS (updated prerequisites section about firewall and port openings)
20 November, 2024: Updated glossary
20 November, 2024: Answers to questions about retail fraud prevention (new)
15 November, 2024: Fixed problem with missing spaces in some product names
08 November, 2024: Minimum requirements for 52ViKING (updated store controller requirements)
25 October, 2024: 52ViKING POS self-service checkouts (SCOs) (added illustrations)
23 October, 2024: Put a till in training mode (improved description of returning to normal mode)
22 October, 2024: Set up 52ViKING to run MPOS (in prerequisites section, improved example of ServerWebservices segment in the VB10 mask's #GEN text section)
21 October, 2024: Manage discount groups in 52ViKING Store Management (minor improvements in section about validity period)
16 October, 2024: Set up 52ViKING to run MPOS (added information about G1 component using port 4009, added information about web server (httpd), implemented minor structure adjustments)
11 October, 2024: 52ViKING self-scanning (simplified section about SCOs)
10 October, 2024: Manage articles in 52ViKING Store Management (improved section about discount)
03 October, 2024: Add/remove modifiers in 52ViKING POS (improved visuals)
01 October, 2024: Renamed 52ViKING Store Administration to 52ViKING Store Management
26 September, 2024: 52ViKING MPOS and Answers to questions about MPOS (updated Android version requirement to Android 10)
20 September, 2024: Manage price groups in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
20 September, 2024: Manage article lists in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
20 September, 2024: Manage discount groups in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
20 September, 2024: Manage discount families in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
20 September, 2024: Manage article groups in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: Manage departments in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: Manage customers in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: View operator balances (Z-reports) in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: View bookkeeping reports in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: Search for receipts in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: Manage services in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: Manage salespersons in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: Manage operators in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: Manage peripheral till devices in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: Manage till categories in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
19 September, 2024: Examples of shop assistant & till categories (new)
18 September, 2024: Manage tills in 52ViKING Store Management (improved description of the parameter Sales no. in transaction)
17 September, 2024: Add/remove modifiers in 52ViKING POS (new)
27 August, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer components (added information about component visibility and size properties)
23 August, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer diagrams (added description of POS triggers)
22 August, 2024: Added new terms and definitions to glossary.
22 August, 2024: Manage 52ViKING POS Designer languages (added list of supported languages)
16 August, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer diagrams (updated to match latest version)
16 August, 2024: Manage 52ViKING POS Designer languages (updated to match latest version)
15 August, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer resources (updated to match latest version)
13 August, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer components (updated to match latest version)
12 August, 2024: Minimum configuration for SCO (self-service checkout) tills (moved from Manage tills in 52ViKING Store Management to new topic of its own)
01 August, 2024: 52ViKING POS till management (cash statements, etc.) (updated Exchange section)
30 July, 2024: Block sales of an article (made it clearer that topic describes blocking in single store (which can of course be repeated for other stores))
04 July, 2024: 52ViKING MPOS (added practical tips section)
04, July 2024: Updates to 52ViKING Store Management-related topics
26 June, 2024: Put a till in training mode (new)
21 June, 2024: Manage tills in 52ViKING Store Management (updated with information about the difference between saving changes and updating master data)
21 June, 2024: Block sales of an article (new)
21 June, 2024: Manage articles in 52ViKING Store Management (updated)
17 June, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer diagrams (added information about publishing and getting a package)
04 June, 2024: Deploy 52ViKING MPOS app with MDM (added information about the parameters Activation code, E-mail, and Password)
27 May, 2024: Deactivate 52ViKING Emergency POS and recover from emergency (improved)
24 May, 2024: Answers to questions about MPOS (improved)
17 May, 2024: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (updated and improved)
16 May, 2024: 52ViKING payment methods (applied minor updates and improvements)
15 May, 2024: 52ViKING MPOS (updated and simplified)
15 May, 2024: 52ViKING Emergency POS (updated texts and illustrations)
07 May, 2024: Updated multiple 52ViKING Store Management-related topics to reflect changes in user interface
06 May, 2024: Manage tills in 52ViKING Store Management (minor updates and improvements)
26 April, 2024: Customer features in 52UNATTENDED (new)
25 April, 2024: Manage your 52UNATTENDED stores centrally (updated with information about how to handle incidents reported by customers)
22 April, 2024: Set up 52ViKING to run MPOS (minor improvements to provide a better overview)
16 April, 2024: Updated glossary
08 April, 2024: Set up 52ViKING to run MPOS (updated to reflect ability to centrally configure Softpay for multiple MPOS devices)
05 April, 2024: Updated a number of 52ViKING MPOS-related topics
05 April, 2024: Deploy 52ViKING MPOS app manually (for customers' administrators) (removed; use MDM instead)
03 April, 2024: 52ViKING payment methods (minor updates)
22 March, 2024: Deploy 52ViKING MPOS app with MDM (updated with information about deployment of .json file with cloud POS user access credentials)
22 March, 2024: Understand 52ViKING architecture (updated to new format)
13 March, 2024: Set up 52ViKING to run MPOS (updated with less focus on activation keys)
13 February, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer components (updated information about video player component)
09 February, 2024: Customer access to 52UNATTENDED stores (new)
09 February, 2024: Manage your 52UNATTENDED stores centrally (new)
09 February, 2024: 52UNATTENDED (now serves as landing page for related 52UNATTENDED topics)
16 January, 2024: Updated a number of 52ViKING MPOS-related topics with link to Softpay information about minimum requirements, supported Android devices, etc.
11 January, 2024: Deploy 52ViKING MPOS app with MDM (updated with information about host_address parameter for connection to on-premise POSs)
10 January, 2024: 52ViKING POS self-service checkouts (SCOs) (new)
10 January, 2024: Manage tills in 52ViKING Store Management (updated with information about relevant configuration parameters for SCOs)
09 January, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer (added information about diagram templates that make it easy to get started)
04 January, 2024: 52UNATTENDED (updated with information about blocking of customers who misbehave)
04 January, 2024: Answers to questions about 52UNATTENDED (updated with information about blocking of customers who misbehave)
02 January, 2024: 52ViKING POS Designer (extended benefit descriptions)
21 December, 2023: Set up 52ViKING to run Emergency POS (added prerequisite re. disk space on store controllers)
13 December, 2023: Deploy 52ViKING MPOS app with MDM (new)
13 December, 2023: Deploy 52ViKING MPOS app manually (for customers' administrators) (simplified)
13 December, 2023: Set up 52ViKING MPOS app on Android devices (added section about MDM-deployed apps)
05 December, 2023: 52ViKING Emergency POS (updated)
03 December, 2023: Set up 52ViKING to run Emergency POS (new)
03 December, 2023: Activate 52ViKING Emergency POS in an emergency (new)
03 December, 2023: Deactivate 52ViKING Emergency POS and recover from emergency (new)
13 November, 2023: Changed the term article family to discount family
10 November, 2023: Manage articles in 52ViKING Store Management (improved examples)
10 November, 2023: Answers to questions about replacing a POS solution (new)
07 November, 2023: Answers to questions about MPOS (new)
07 November, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (added information about sorting in section about sale of paint tintings)
03 November, 2023: Manage articles in 52ViKING Store Management (updated shelf label section)
24 October, 2023: Restructured menus to focus on 52ViKING and 52UNATTENDED solutions
23 October, 2023: Handle B2B customers in 52ViKING POS (added information about blocked B2B customers)
29 September, 2023: Removed 106 52eSELLER SUITE-related topics due to organizational changes
22 September, 2023: Set up 52ViKING to run MPOS (updated information about version numbering of the vik-14958 package)
21 September, 2023: Collection of useful 52ViKING tips (new, overview of tips and tricks from across the 52ViKING help)
19 September, 2023: 52ViKING Store Management (updated images)
19 September, 2023: 52ViKING Client (updated images)
13 September, 2023: 52API PROMOTION (improved examples)
11 September, 2023: 52ViKING POS Designer components (improved a number of component descriptions)
07 September, 2023: Set up 52ViKING to run MPOS (updated with feedback from use in customer environments)
04 September, 2023: 52UNATTENDED (extended with information about customer registration methods and management portal workflows)
24 August, 2023: Set up 52ViKING to run MPOS (added chain ID to mposonpremsc package names)
21 August, 2023: Optimized changelog creation and maintenance
17 August, 2023: Multiple 52ViKING MPOS-related topics (updated)
25 July, 2023: Answers to questions about 52UNATTENDED (new)
25 July, 2023: 52UNATTENDED (new)
27 June, 2023: 52ViKING POS Designer diagrams (updated with information about new Launch package feature for testing a diagram on a specific till)
27 June, 2023: 52ViKING POS Designer layouts (updated with information about new GlobalPrompt layout type)
27 June, 2023: 52ViKING POS Designer components (updated with information about new basic label types for use with cash management systems as well as new Autocomplete form component)
01 June, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (updated with fact that some countries don't allow printing of more than one receipt copy)
31 May, 2023: (updated with 52eSELLER SUITE web, Version 2.6 SB4_Rel, build 46)
12 May, 2023: Use 52ViKING MPOS (added information about the ability to connect the MPOS device to a receipt printer via Bluetooth or wi-fi)
12 May, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (updated information about how to sell paint tintings)
08 May, 2023: Manage articles in 52ViKING Store Management (updated with information about the consequences of changing the price of an article that is a member of a price group)
01 May, 2023: Manage articles in 52ViKING Store Management (updated to reflect latest changes to user interface)
18 April, 2023: Handle returns in 52ViKING POS (updated with information about registration of online order number if a returned article was bought online)
21 March, 2023: 52ViKING discount types (updated section about discount baskets' load on tills)
10 March, 2023: Manage articles in 52ViKING Store Management (updated Advanced section)
10 March, 2023: Manage campaigns in 52ViKING Store Management and Manage campaigns in 52ViKING POS (updated with information about customer getting best deal if discounts overlap)
09 March, 2023: 52ViKING Store Management (new)
23 February, 2023: 52ViKING POS Designer resources (updated with details about adding icons in .svg format and about how adding resources is different from attaching them)
23 February, 2023: 52ViKING POS Designer components (updated Notification components section)
07 February, 2023: 52ViKING POS Designer components (updated with a number of new or changed components)
03 February, 2023: Register new customer in 52ViKING POS (added descriptions of B2B customer registration scenarios)
03 February, 2023: 52ViKING MPOS (updated to cloud-based solution)
03 February, 2023: Set up 52ViKING MPOS app on Android devices (updated to cloud-based solution)
02 February, 2023: Register new customer in 52ViKING POS (added descriptions of B2C customer registration scenarios)
01 February, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (added section about automatic handling of VAT rates)
24 January, 2023: Use 52ViKING MPOS (updated sections about total purchase discount and changing price of single article)
24 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (added information about reason code selection in connection with manual discounts)
24 January, 2023: Handle B2B customers in 52ViKING POS (added information about possible time-limited extensions of account customers' credit limits)
23 January, 2023: 52ViKING discount types (added links to information about where and how to manage discounts for individual articles and for multiarticle campaigns as well as to how shop assistants can grant manual discounts)
23 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (added information about possible restrictions on selling multiple articles in one go as well as on using the repeat key)
23 January, 2023: Manage 52ViKING POS Designer languages (updated)
18 January, 2023: Handle returns in 52ViKING POS (new)
18 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (moved section about returns to new topic Handle returns in 52ViKING POS)
18 January, 2023: 52ViKING POS till management (cash statements, etc.) (new)
18 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (moved section about till management features to new topic 52ViKING POS till management (cash statements, etc.))
17 January, 2023: Re-enabled display of the following topics about on-premise APIs and added links to information about cloud APIs: 52API ACCOUNT, 52API ARTICLE, 52API BASKET, 52API BONUS, 52API GIFT CARD, 52API ORDER, 52API PROMOTION, 52API SAVE RECEIPT, and 52API VOUCHER
17 January, 2023: Fiftytwo on-premise APIs (updated with information about APIs for cloud and on-premise use)
11 January, 2023: 52ViKING POS (added information about discount stamps, about vouchers, about manual registration of gift card numbers, and about training mode)
11 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (added information about customer analyses)
10 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (added information about how to withdraw cash from tills and about doing statements where you register numbers rather than amounts)
10 January, 2023: 52ViKING POS (added information about how to register a till's start cash amount)
06 January, 2023: Manage articles in 52ViKING Store Management (new)
05 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (multiple further updates and improvements)
04 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (multiple further updates and improvements)
04 January, 2023: Handle B2B customers in 52ViKING POS (added information about payments into accounts)
03 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (multiple updates and improvements)
02 January, 2023: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (added information about articles that require a warranty certificate, added information about accessing external resources)
02 January, 2023: 52ViKING POS (added information about changing passcodes)
14 December, 2022: Removed information about 52MASTERPRICER APIs. Fiftytwo API documentation is now on https://api.fiftytwo.com/
12 December, 2022: Search for articles in 52ViKING POS (updated information about selling multiple identical articles in one go)
12 December, 2022: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (updated information about selling multiple identical articles in one go)
07 November, 2022: 52ViKING POS shop assistant roles (new)
03 November, 2022: Set up view groups (PLU buttons) in 52ViKING Store Management (52ViKING, new)
25 October, 2022: Manage campaigns in 52ViKING POS (added information about campaign administration only being available in some organizations)
25 October, 2022: Register new customer in 52ViKING POS (updated procedure to reflect fact that B2B customer registration is accessed differently depending on organizations' layout)
25 October, 2022: Search for articles in 52ViKING POS (updated procedure to reflect fact that article search is accessed differently depending on organizations' layout)
25 October, 2022: 52ViKING POS (updated description of menu in display's right side)
21 October, 2022: (updated with 52eSELLER SUITE web, Version 2.5 SB4_Rel, build 25)
18 October, 2022: 52ViKING POS (improved topic structure, added examples and information about buttons for sale of articles without barcodes)
18 October, 2022: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (added information about buttons for sale of articles without barcodes)
05 October, 2022: 52ViKING POS (updated several sections, added information about switching salespersons and signing off tills)
05 October, 2022: Handle sales in 52ViKING POS (removed information about signing off tills)
03 October, 2022: Register new customer in 52ViKING POS (new, information about how to add new B2B customers has moved to this topic from Handle B2B customers in 52ViKING POS)
26 September, 2022: 52ViKING discount types (updated)
23 September, 2022: Updated references to 52LEASING help, which has been moved to the Fiftytwo support portal
02 September, 2022: Manage campaigns in 52ViKING POS (new)
26 July, 2022: 52ViKING (updated solution description)
06 July, 2022: Fiftytwo on-premise APIs (updated architecture diagrams)
29 June, 2022: Improved display of search results
20 June, 2022: Implemented new corporate visual identity and updated product names
03 June, 2022: 52ViKING (added link to minimum hardware requirements)
02 June, 2022: Minimum requirements for 52ViKING (new)
31 May, 2022: 52ViKING (added business value section)
23 May, 2022: Small improvements to multiple 52eSELLER SUITE topics
09 May, 2022: 52eSELLER SUITE (updated feature highlights list)
01 April, 2022: Added multiple new 52eSELLER SUITE topics
25 November, 2021: 52ViKING POS (updated with information about how to toggle full-screen mode off and on)
09 November, 2021: First public version