Promotions

Promotions Maintenance allows you to define the promotional sales you wish to offer to your customers.

	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 Free Form Text record.

Match

Enter the amount or quantity of items that must match before the discount is applied.

If the "Match Amount" option is enabled, the value entered will be treated as an amount. Entering a value of 1 in the "Match" field indicates that $1.00 of the item or items linked to the promotion must be sold before the promotion is applied. Entering a value of 2 indicates that $2.00 must be sold. Etc. The discount applied when the promotion is triggered will also use this amount when calculating total percentage discounts.

If the "Match Amount" option is disabled, the value entered will be treated as a quantity or item count. Entering a value of 1 in the "Match" field indicates that only one item linked to the promotion must be sold before the promotion is applied. Entering a value of 2 indicates that two items must be sold. Etc.

	Discount
	Enter the discount percentage or amount. If the Discount is a percentage option is selected, the value entered will be treated as a percentage, otherwise it will be treated as an amount.

	Start Date
	Enter or select the date the promotion should start. Required field. Must be on or before the end date if the end date is defined.

	End Date
	Enter or select the date the promotion should end. If defined, the end date must be on or after the start date. The promotion will be valid from the start date to the end date inclusively. If not defined, the promotion will never end. Press on Clear to remove the end date.

Match Amount

When enabled, this option will trigger the promotion once the specified amount has been reached. If disabled, the promotion will be activated only when the quantity specified has been reached. Please note that unless the promotion has been flagged as "One Match", the promotion will trigger every time the Amount or Quantity specified has been reached. This means that all multiples of amount and quantity will trigger the promotion. When triggered, any remainders of amount or quantity will be carried forward.

One Discount per Transaction

Enabling this option will limit this promotion to one discount per transaction. Other promotions may trigger within the same transaction, but this promotion will only be triggered once.

Exact Match

Select this option if you wish to enter a subset of items that are currently linked to the promotion. This list will be used to trigger the promotion. All items in the defined list must be a part of the current transaction and the amount or quantity of items entered in the "Match" field must also be met for each individual item in the list before the promotion is trigger.

If the "Match Amount" option is enabled, the value entered in the "Match" field will be treated as an amount. Entering a value of 1 in the "Match" field indicates that $1.00 of each item in the list must be sold before the promotion is applied. Entering a value of 2 indicates that $2.00 of each item in the list must be sold. Etc.

If the "Match Amount" option is disabled, the value entered in the "Match" field will be treated as a quantity or item count. Entering a value of 1 in the "Match" field indicates that only one of each item in the list must be sold before the promotion is applied. Entering a value of 2 indicates that two of each item in the list must be sold. Etc.

Total Discount

This option determines if the discount should be applied to the promotion sub total or to the last item entered to trigger the promotion.

If "Total Discount" is enabled and"Discount is a Percentage" is enabled, the percentage entered in the "Discount" field will be applied to the price of all items in the promotion and calculate the discount based on the amount or quantity entered in the "Match" field. For example if the Match Amount is $10.00, when this limit is reached, the promotion will trigger and apply a discount to the $10.00. The remainder of the total price of all items in the promotion will be carried forward.

If "Total Discount" is disabled and "Discount is a Percentage" is enabled, the percentage entered in the "Discount" field will be applied to the price of the last item to trigger the promotion and calculate the discount accordingly. For example if the Match Amount is $10.00, when this limit is reached, the promotion will trigger and apply a discount to the price of the last item to trigger the promotion.

Set Price

Select this option if the promotion will have a fixed price when the promotion is triggered.

If "Total Discount" is enabled, the value entered in the "Discount" field will determine the total price of all items in the promotion based and calculate the discount based on the amount or quantity entered in the "Match" field.

If "Total Discount" is disabled, the price of the last item to trigger the promotion will be determined by the value entered in the "Discount" field and calculate the discount accordingly.

Mix & Match

Select this option if any combination of products linked to the promotion should trigger the discount. When this option is not enabled, each individual item must meet the match criteria.

	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.

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

Item List

All products in the match list must be linked to the promotion. The promotion will be triggered if and only if all products in the list are linked to the promotion and each item is contained within the transaction. The amount of each item that must be sold will be determined by the Match value entered. Entering a value of 1 in the Match field indicates that only one of each item, must be sold before the promotion is applied. Entering a value of 2 indicates that two of each item in the list must be sold. Etc.

Item PLU

Enter the PLU of the product.

Please note that the Exact Match Items List must be a subset of the products linked to this promotion.

Item SKU

Enter the SKU of the product.

Please note that the Exact Match Items List must be a subset of the products linked to this promotion.

	Promotion 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.

	Back
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