Departments Maintenance

 

Departments Maintenance allows you to setup your departments and specify the options of each department.

 

Back

Press Back to return to the GoPOS Home Menu.

Search text

Press in the search field to activate the android keyboard. Enter the text you wish to search for and press on the Search button. All records containing the entered text in the name field will be displayed.

Search

Press on this button to search the Name field for the entered search text. All records containing the search text in the name field will be displayed. Pressing on the Search button will also hide the android keyboard when activated.

Add New Record

Press on this button to add a new Department.

 

 

Department Id

Display only. When adding new records,  the next available Id value will be displayed.

Name

Enter the department name. Required field. Max 25 characters.

Second Name

Enter the department second name. Max 25 characters. This caption will be displayed on printers that have been defined to use second captions.

Group

Enter the Id of the group you which to link to this department. Grouping Departments will allow you to generate reports where all sales under each Department sharing the same group may be grouped together.

Links

By default, all products will inherit product links from their specified department. This can only be overridden at the product level if Setting 1 - "Individual Options for Products" has been enabled. On GoPOS, linked items are automatically included as part of the transaction when the item is sold.

Price Limit

Enter the maximum price allowed or 0 (zero) for no price limit.

A price limit of $0.00 will indicate that there is no maximum price on an open department sale for this department. Any price entered on GoPOS during an open department sale will be permitted.

A positive, non-zero price limit will ensure that the price entered on an open department sale is less than or equal to the price limit.

Please note that open department sales will only be permitted on GoPOS if the Open Department option has been enabled.

By default, all products will inherit the Price Limit from their specified department. This can only be overridden at the product level if Setting 1 - "Individual Options for Products" has been enabled.

Tare Weight

Tare weight may be entered to define the tare of all products for the department. If defined, the total price will be calculated based on the weight measured by the scale or entered by the clerk minus the tare weight.

Minimum Age

Enter a minimum age or 0 (zero) if you do not want to link a minimum age restriction to this department. If a minimum age restriction has been entered, GoPOS will prompt the user to enter the date of birth of the customer. If the calculated age is less than the minimum age restriction, the sale will not be allowed. By default, all products will inherit the minimum age restriction from their specified department. This can only be overridden at the product level if Setting 1 - "Individual Options for Products" has been enabled

Options

Select one or more of the following department options. By default, all products will inherit options from their specified department. This can only be overridden at the product level if Setting 1 - "Individual Options for Products" has been enabled.

 

Zero Prices Not Allowed

Select this option if all product items must have a non-zero price to be sold. If this option is enabled, items may be defined with zero prices but will no longer be allowed to be sold. This applies to each price level. It the user attempts to sell the item on GoPOS a warning message indicating that "Zero prices are not allowed" will pop up and the item sale will not be allowed. To sell the item with this option enabled, you must choose a price level with a non-zero price or change the item price to a non-zero value. The user must also enter non-zero prices for open department sales.

Prices are Negative

All product item prices are entered as positive values but subtracted from the transaction total.This also applies to Open Department sales.

Scalable

Items sold in bulk or weight should be marked as scalable. The total price will be calculated based on the weight measured by the scale. A warning message will be displayed if no scale has been defined in hardware maintenance.

Print Weight/Volume Info Line

If chosen, the weight or volume of the item will be included in the pricing printed on the receipt. Products may be sold by weight (Scalable) or by volume (Price 3 decimals), but not both. The base weight and base volume measurements defined in the Setting options will be used. Setting 18 - "Base Weight Unit" and Setting 75 - "Base Volume Unit" 

Single Item

Entering a single item product automatically begins and ends the transaction with the item entry. The first tender declared will be used.

Manager Required

Select this option if the user requires managerial rights. On GoPOS, any user without Managerial rights will get a "Manager Required" warning message and will not be allowed to make an open department sale, sell any items under the department or display the PLU list for the specified department. Managerial override may be accessed by pressing the USR key and temporarily logging in as a user with managerial rights. "Mo" will be displayed at the top of the register to indicate managerial override mode. The register will return to regular mode once the entry has been completed or the CLEAR key has been pressed.

No Decimal Point Entry

If this option is enabled, department products can only be sold in whole units. When the option is disabled, decimal values are allowed and products may be sold in partial units. For example, when decimal point entry is allowed, the user may enter 1.5 x Item on GoPOS to sell one and a half of the item. The total price will be calculated as 1.5 times the unit price. If decimal point entry is not allowed, entering 1.5 x Item will display a warning message indicating that "Decimal point entry is not allowed".

Price 3 Decimals

Items sold by volume should be marked as Price 3 Decimals. Enabling this option will indicate that the products are measurable and a volume may be entered when entering transactions. Products may be sold by weight (Scalable) or by volume (Price 3 decimals), but not both. If this option is enabled, department product prices will be displayed with three decimal places. This setting will override Setting 6 - "Number of Decimal Digits". 

Open Department

Select this option to enable open department sale. Users are allowed to enter a price followed by the department key without identifying the product sold. Please note that if the Manager Required option has been enabled, users without managerial rights will not be allowed to make open department sales. 

PLU List Function

Select this option to display a pop up list of all products defined under the chosen department. The height of each row in the PLU List is controlled in Setting 70 - "PopupList Item Height". When displayed, you may scroll through the list by using your finger to swipe the list up or down. You may also sort the list alphabetically in ascending order, alphabetically in descending order, or by product Id by pressing on the SORT button.

 

 

Please note that if the Manager Required option has been enabled, users without managerial rights will not be allowed to display the department PLU list.

Food Stamp

Select this option to allow department sales to be tendered using food stamps. 

Hash department

If enabled, open department sales will not be included in total sales and will not affect revenue.

Open Price on Products

Select this option to enable open product sales. Users are allowed to enter a price before selecting the product to "override" the price without having to hit the "Price Override" function. If this option is disabled, entering an amount before pressing on the product will treat the amount as a multiplier. When this option is enabled, you must enter the amount and press on the multiplier (X) symbol before pressing on the the product to treat the amount as a multiplier.

One Quantity Ticket on KP

Select this option if you wish to print Account and Table transactions as one single ticket when printing to the Kitchen printer. If this option is disabled, all transactions for a single Account or Seat will be sent to the kitchen printer as separate tickets.

Stockable Products

Select this option if you wish to enable inventory tracking for the products in this department.

 

Print On

All printers and customer displays defined in Hardware Maintenance will be shown. Select one or more of the listed printers. At least one printer must be selected. By default, all products will inherit printer options from their specified department. This can only be overridden at the product level if Setting 2 - "Individual Print Options for Products" has been enabled.

Print Font

Select one of the supported printer fonts.

 

Font A Standard

      

Font A Double Width

Font A Double Height

Font A Double Width and Double Height        

Font B Standard

Font B Double Width

Font B Double Height

Font B Double Width and Double Height

Font A Standard

Font A Double Width

Font A Double Height

Font A Double Width and Double Height        

Font B Standard

Font B Double Width

Font B Double Height

Font B Double Width and Double Height

Kitchen Printer Font

Select one of the supported printer fonts.

 

Font A Standard

      

Font A Double Width

Font A Double Height

Font A Double Width and Double Height        

Font B Standard

Font B Double Width

Font B Double Height

Font B Double Width and Double Height

Font A Standard

Font A Double Width

Font A Double Height

Font A Double Width and Double Height        

Font B Standard

Font B Double Width

Font B Double Height

Font B Double Width and Double Height

Tax

All taxes defined in Tax Maintenance will be displayed. Select one or more of the applicable taxes for the chosen department. By default, all products will inherit tax options from their specified department. This can only be overridden at the product level if Setting 3 - "Individual Taxes for Products" has been enabled.

Modifier Groups

All modifier groups defined in the Modifier Groups Maintenance will be displayed. Select one or more of the Modifier Groups to link to the chosen department. By default, all products will inherit modifier group options from their specified department. This can only be overridden at the product level if Setting 60 - "Individual Modifier Groups for Products" has been enabled.

Promotion

Select "None" or one of the Promotions defined in the promotions Maintenance screen.

Back

Press "Back" to close the window and return to the previous screen without saving any changes.

Save

Press "Save" to close the window and return to the previous screen. All modifications made will be saved.

Hide

Press "Hide" to hide the android keyboard when displayed.

 

Department Record

Each record will be displayed as an individual row. To edit or view the record details, press and hold on one of the rows.

Delete Record

Pressing on the trash can icon will delete the current row. A dialogue window will be displayed asking you to confirm the deletion.

 

 

Press on YES to delete the selected row or CANCEL to cancel the deletion.

 

Please note that once deleted, all references to this row will be lost.