Quick Add Department buttons

In admin mode you can define Quick Add Department buttons to handle generic items and items that are not already in your records and that you do not wish to catalogue. Sales can then be processed at the POS by selecting the appropriate Department button. These buttons behave much like traditional PLU (programmable lookup) keys on cash registers.

Hint: In addition to these Quick Add Department buttons Stock records can also be created to handle less common, fixed priced, items generically. Set up as many Stock records as needed, using a consistent naming strategy so that users can find them when needed. For example to generically track Sale items that cost 5.95 create a Stock record and fill in the title as PLU – Sale item (Programmable LookUp Button), set the price to 5.95 and the Department to Sale Items. Set up as many records as there are prices to represent. At the POS the operator can now search for title PLU and select the appropriate candidate from the list presented.

There are two type of Quick Add Department buttons:

• Variable price button - If the Department button is a variable price button the operator is prompted for the Price (and Quantity). The sale is automatically attributed to this item at the price entered by the operator.

• Fixed price button - If the Quick Add Department button has been set up as a fixed price button the item is added to the invoice without prompting the operator for a price. The price used is that set up already for this button.

• To program Quick Add Department buttons click “Modify Quick Add Department buttons” and follow the instructions. At the POS the button captions are colour coded to indicate to the operator whether they are fixed or variable. Fixed and variable buttons can be interspersed as required.