This article outlines a step-by-step guide to Adding Venues, Stores and Tills in BackOffice with the addition of other management features.

Following up from the Venue, Stores, and Tills overview article, this piece explains how to add new Venues, new Stores, new Tills, and new Devices when required.

Prerequisites 

• To access Venue Settings, the applicable Operator Privileges   will need to be enabled 
• Operator Maintenance 'General' Tab
  
• System Setup: "Access Venue, Stores & Tills" Flag 
• System Setup: "Maintain Venue, Stores & Tills" Flag 

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Adding a New Venue

1. To add a new Venue, first, ensure that Global Settings is highlighted in the tree-list and then either right-click and select Add New Venue or simply select the button of the same name from the top of the tab
2. A small window will open prompting to select an existing Venue to copy
• Either double-click the desired Venue to copy or highlight and click on the Select Venue button
3. A new Venue Maintenance window will open
• The Venue Name field will be blank and must be filled prior to clicking OK to save
• Other settings will be carried over from the copied Venue

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Adding a New Store

1. To add a new Store, first, ensure that the desired Venue is highlighted in the tree-list and then either right-click and select Add Store under or simply select the Add New Store button from the top of the tab
   
2. A small window will open prompting to select an existing Store to copy
• Optionally, use the Venue drop-down to narrow the list of available Stores by selecting a VenueSet or specific Venue
  
• Either double-click the desired Store to copy or highlight and click on the Select Store button
3. A new Store Maintenance window will open
• The Store Name field will be blank and must be filled prior to clicking OK to save
• Other settings will be carried over from the copied Store

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Adding a New Till/Workstation

1. To add a new Till, first, ensure that the desired Store is highlighted in the tree-list and then either right-click and select Add WorkStation under or simply select the Add New WorkStation button from the top of the tab
   
2. A small window will open prompting to select an existing WorkStation to copy
• Either double-click the desired Workstation to copy or highlight and click on the Select WorkStation button
• Optionally, select Blank Workstation to start with settings from scratch
  
3. A prompt will appear to Name the new Workstation; enter the desired Name and click OK
4. If copying an existing Workstation, a prompt will appear asking if all of the copied Workstation's Devices should be copied as well; select Yes, No, or Cancel
   
5. A new Workstation Maintenance window will open
   
• If copied from an existing Workstation, the settings will be carried over

• Click OK to close the window and Save the Workstation

• Restart the SmartController at the Head Office server
• You should now see the Till listed in the SmartController
• Go to the Till and start the Bepoz SmartPOS
• Tap Help and choose Bepoz Diagnostics
• Go to the Bepoz Connection tab
• Find SmartController
• Choose the HO server
• Choose the new till you just created
• If it doesn’t prompt to choose a till
• Hit the Change Workstation button
• Then choose the new till you created
• Hit refresh from SmartController
• Close the Bepoz Diagnostics
• The till should now connect

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Adding a New Device

• There are a large variety of Device Types  that can be added to a Till, none of which will be covered in detail here
  

1. To add a new Device, first, ensure that the desired Till is highlighted in the tree-list and then either right-click and select Add Device under or simply select the Add New Device button from the top of the tab
   
2. A window will open prompting to select an existing Device to copy
• Either double-click the desired Device to copy or highlight and click on the Select Device button
• Optionally, select Blank Device to start with settings from scratch
  
3. A new Device and Interfaces Maintenance window will open
   
• The Device Name field will be blank and must be filled prior to clicking OK to save
  
• If copied from an existing Device, the settings will be carried over