What this page is for
A till is a selling position in a store: a checkout lane, a bar counter or a cashier's desk. Staff open their till session on a till, and its end-of-day Z reports are numbered by its code. Tills lists every till in the branches you can see.
The columns:
- Code: the till's own short code, which numbers its Z reports.
- Name: what the till is called, such as Lane 1.
- Store: the branch and store the till sits in.
- Default order: the order type the till assumes for a new order.
- Status: Active or Deactivated.
Where you have more than one selling store, filter the list by Store.
Everyone whose role can see the business's structure sees this page. Adding or changing a till needs a role that can manage structure.
How to…
How to add a till
Press New till. See New till.
How to see what a till does
Press the row. The till's page shows its details and its switches, each with where its answer comes from.
How to set a switch for one till
Open the till, find the switch under Till switches, and choose On for this till or Off for this till. It saves at once, and the switch then reads Set here. To follow the store again, choose Use the store's setting: the till's own answer is removed and the store's, branch's or business's answer applies. Changing switches needs a role that can manage settings; without it the switches are shown but cannot be changed.
How to deactivate or reactivate a till
Open the row menu and choose Deactivate or Reactivate. A deactivated till cannot open a till session, but its sales and Z reports stay. A till cannot be reactivated while its branch is deactivated.
Worked examples
A second lane for the weekend rush
Duka La Mama adds a second checkout on Saturdays. The manager presses New till, chooses the
shop's main store, and enters the code LANE2 and the name Lane 2. A cashier can now open a
till session on Lane 2 from any till device in that store.
If something goes wrong
- That branch is deactivated, so nothing can be created or reactivated under it. — the till's branch has been closed; a till under it cannot be reactivated.