To manually enter a discount for an item during a sale:
- Scan the item to be discounted or select the item from the lower portion of the screen.
- Click on the Discount Item button 20
- Enter the percent discount in the Discount box and hit Enter.
- You do not need the % sign; it is assumed.
- If you need to enter the discount as a dollar amount, enter it with the $ symbol.
- If the discount for an item is $5.00, key in $5.00 or $500 (the decimal is assumed).
- If security has been activated for manually entering discounts, you will be prompted to enter the appropriate password before proceeding.
- Some items may already be automatically placed on sale via a Sales Promotion.
- These items will display an on-sale price automatically when scanned in at POS (though the Discount box will be blank)
For assigning a discount to an entire sale, click here
If there is more than one discount for the same item
- Select the Item
- Click on the Discount Item button again
- Key in the second discount and hit enter.
- You will notice an addition discount line below the item
- If there is a third tier discount, repeat.
- Once all of the discounts for the item have been entered
- Either scan the next item or finish the sale.
- To lock in a certain discount percentage
- Click on the Discount Lock button
- This locks in the discount for all subsequent items in the sale.
- Each time an item is scanned, the Discount box will default to the discount you set.
- So if you set the discount at 20% for the first item and select the Discount Lock button, all other items you bring in during the sale will have the Discount box default to 20%.
To unlock the discount, press the Discount Lock button again.
- Continue entering items and applying discounts as applicable, then finish the transaction as always
When you scan an item, there already may be a discount associated with it.
- e.g. there might be a store sale going on, or a particular customer may have a preferred customer discount.
In the case of a customer discount, the Discount Code box will automatically fill in with the applicable code.
Generally, you would leave this alone and allow the system to assess the automated discount for that customer.
If you need to change the Discount Code for some reason, however,
- With the item selected
- Click on the binoculars icon to the right of the Discount Code box.
- A new screen displaying a list of codes will appear.
- Double click on the code you want
- You will be returned to the POS
- The Discount Code box will now display the code you just selected.
If there is no pre-existing Discount Code attached to an item or a customer, you can manually select one by using the method just described.
If there is a Discount Code, you can still enter a discount percentage in the Discount box, and vice versa.
There is no limit to the number of discounts you can apply.
If there is a pre-existing sale on the item, POS will look at the Discount parameter, and based on its setting, will automatically calculate the discount to use.
If you assign a discount to an item by accident:
- Select the item
- Delete the percent discount in the Discount box, or delete the code in the Discount Code box.
- This takes the discount away for the selected item.
If you need to erase all discounts for every item on the sale:
- Click on the Function Menu button
- Select Remove All Discounts
- All discounts will be removed from the sale.
- Be sure to do this prior to tendering the sale.