3 | Manual Discount Functions

This article focuses on one of the two formats of Discount Functions - Manual Discounts. Manual Discounts requires Operators to manually enter the Discount for each individual Transaction as they are not pre-determined in BackOffice. These Discounts can be applied to individual Items or to the entire Transaction in the form of monetary amounts or as a percentage of the price. Some examples of Manual Amount Discount types are - Item % Discount, Item $ Discount, Order % Discount etc.

This article focuses on one of the two formats of Discount Functions - Manual Discounts.

Manual Discounts requires Operators to manually enter the Discount for each individual Transaction as they are not pre-determined in BackOffice.

These Discounts can be applied to individual Items or to the entire Transaction in the form of monetary amounts or as a percentage of the price. Some examples of Manual Amount Discount types are - Item % Discount, Item $ Discount, Order % Discount etc.

Prerequisites

Manual Discount is one of the two Discount / Pricing Function groups available in SmartPOS
For an Operator to be able to use this function, the Manual Amount Discounts flag must be enabled within the Operator Maintenance 'Till Privileges' Tab

Using Manual Discounts

Most Manual Discounts can be applied either to a single Product line or to the entire Transaction
To utilize a manual Discount, the Operator will need to have an active, Non-Finalized Transaction
Upon selecting the desired Manual Discount button, a window will open for the Operator to enter either the Percentage (%) or the Amount ($) depending on the specific Discount Till Function chosen

If an Individual Product line is discounted, it will change to be in teal color

When a Discount is applied to the entire Transaction, the Discount will appear as a line item beneath the Products within the Transaction Window