Adding A Discount

Users can configure up too 100 discounts in Discount Maintenance. Discount Availability options allow the user to configure the dates, times, and days of the week when the discount will be available.

ClosedHow to Add a Discount
  1. Open the Back Office.
  2. Click the Maintenances icon.
  3. Click Discount Maintenance.
  4. Select an available discount number from the Discount drop down.
  5. Enter a description in the Discount Description field. This is the description that will appear in the Discounts list box on the Front End, as well as the sales receipt and reporting.
  6. Choose your discount configurations. Select a Discount Type:
    • The Percent Off Each Item option allows the user to take a specified percentage off of each item. Enter a percentage off in the % field.
    • The Dollars Off Each Item option allows the user to take a dollar amount off of each item in the sale. Enter a dollar amount in the Dollar Off field.
    • The Dollars Off Entire Check option allows the user to subtract a dollar amount from the entire check. Enter a dollar amount in the Dollar Off field.
  7. Select User Can Edit Discount Amount to allow the user to specify the discount amount when applying the discount on the Front End.
  8. Select Discount Subtracts from Taxable Totalto apply a discount after the taxes have been added to the total. Discounts will be applied prior to tax being added to the total when this box remains unchecked.
  9. Select Discount can only be Applied Exclusively to prevent the discount from being applied in conjunction with any other discount.
  10. Select Discount has own section on Sales Report to display the discount in its own section on Today's Sales Report, Yesterday's Sales Report, and the Sales By Range Register Report. The Discount section will display the number of times the discount was used and the total dollar amount discounted. A separate section will appear on the report for each discount that has this option enabled.
  11. Select Discount Reason to apply a reason code on the Discounts Report. Select either Promotional or Dissatisfaction.
  12. Enter a Discount Image if you would like to place an image on the receipt when a discount is issued to fulfill a frequent diner reward (see Frequent Diner Maintenance for more information). In addition to plain text, the print image can also contain Receipt Pseudo Variables.
  13. Enter the Max Discount amount. This is the maximum dollar amount that can be discounted either from an entire sale or an item.
  14. Enter a Security Level to allow only users with the security level entered or higher to apply discounts. For information on how to set employee security levels, see Employee Maintenance.
  15. Users can configure Discount Availability dates, times, and days of the week. Configure your Discount Availability settings as desired:
    • Select a Start Date and End Date to apply discounts only during certain times of the year. This option can be used to configure weekly, monthly or seasonal discounts.
    • Select a Start Time and End Time to apply discounts only during certain time periods.
    • Check the check boxes beside the days of the week you would like the discount to be available.
  16. When you have finished configuring your discount, click File > Save As.
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