The information on the Front End as well as prompts on the Cashier Screen are set up here:

    • Allow Override Tare Weight - If an item has a predefined Tare Weight assigned and cashier uses the TW key on the item the Tare Weight entered will be used instead of predefined tare weight on product.
    • Ask For Card Number - Indicates if the customer should be prompted to slide card to receive electronic coupons or discounts.
    • Ask for Password on SO - When signing off the system will ask for a password.  A manager password with enough security, or the employee currently logged on will be allowed to sign off.
    • Ask for Salesperson ID - Indicates if the register will prompt for an employee number at the start of each new transaction.  The default employee number belongs to the cashier that is signed on to the Checkstand.  This field must be flagged “Yes” in order to use the Print Sales Person Productivity Report that is used to view activity by sales person.
    • Auto Signoff Time - The time the checkstands automatically sign off for the day. After this time, a cashier will be automatically signed off.
    • Cashier Override No Sale - Allow a cashier to override the No Sale security
    • Close Product Lookup on UPC - Indicates if the Product Lookup screen should close or remain open after the cashier has selected a product.
    • Continuous Transaction No. - Flag to indicate if checkstand transaction numbers will be continuous from one day to the next. If not set, the system will reset checkstand transaction numbers daily.
    • Customer Card Prefix - Prefix used to identify scanned customer card number. Default is 004.
    • Customer Prompt - If Prompt Customer Info is Enabled - when card # entered on front-end (either customer in database or not) then display the Cashier Prompt message and allow cashier to enter a free format value (up to 15 characters)
    • Display Age Override Button - Displays the Age Override Button when ringing up an age verify item
    • Display Customer Card No. - Displays the customer card number on the checkstand screen.
    • Display Customer Name - Shows the customer name on the screen.
    • Display Charge Balance - Flag to indicate if the customer’s charge balance should be displayed during a customer search on the Front End.
    • Display Customer Tax ID - Displays the customer tax ID number on the screen.
    • Display Discounts - Flag to indicate if the customer discount amount should be displayed on the Front End checkstand screen.
    • Display Savings Message - Indicates if the savings message, for example, You Saved $5!, is displayed
    • Display Weight - Indicates if the weight of the weighted items is to be displayed in the weight field of the checkstand screen
    • Display Weight Unit - Select the weight unit used in the store
    • Employee Card Range - Beginning - Starting range for card numbers use for employees. Used with Department Maintenance to give exclusive employee discounts.
    • Employee Card Range - Ending - Ending range for card numbers use for employees
    • Enable Decimal Point - Allows input of decimal points on the Front End.
    • Force Countdown - Indicates if blind till balancing should be enforced at sign-on time.  The system will force the entry of countdown amounts for cashiers if they were not entered for the previous day.
    • Force Drawer Close - Flag to indicate if the system should force the cashier to close the cash drawer before proceeding to a new order.
    • Force Resume Transaction - Force the cashier to deal with Suspended Transactions at the time of Sign Off
    • Force Signature on MI - Force a valid signature when In Store charge transactions are used.
    • Manufacturer Coupon Prefix - Prefix used to identify scanned manufacturer coupons. Default is 005
    • Max Transaction Number - Enter the maximum transaction number allowed before being reset to 1. Used in conjunction with Continuous Transaction Number. MAKE SURE THIS NUMBER EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE PROCESSED IN ONE DAY; OTHERWISE DUPLICATE TRANSACTIONS WILL BE CREATED IN THE SYSEM.
    • Media Swap Message - Text prompt for media swap between Cash and Check.
    • Open Drawer on Cash Back - Indicates if the Front End should open the cash drawer if cash back can be given for EFT or Checks.
    • Open Drawer On Sign Off - Flag to open the drawer for the cashier to remove at the end of the shift
    • PK Approval Markdown Threshold- If the markdown difference exceeds the % then a MOD approval would be required.
    • Price Includes Tax - Used in regions that include the tax in the shelf price, for example VAT
    • Price Includes Tax Dept - The department used to report the taxes, when Price Includes Tax is Yes.
    • Pricing Level Best Price - Flag to apply the Best Price, if using Pricing Levels
    • Product Point $ Value - Enter the amount to be used as a ratio to calculate points at the checkstand. For example, enter 10 to give the customer 10 points per dollar. EnablePoints=1 must be entered into the ros.ini file for points to be accumulated. Using this method to calculate points does not require Frequent Shopper Points to be flagged in Customer Maintenance. Frequent Shopper Ranges do not need to be entered. See help for “Frequent Shopper Ranges” for more information.
    • Random Weight Prefix - Prefix used to identify scanned random weight items. Default is 002
    • Resume Trans. - Print Detail - Flag to print the entire receipt when an order is resumed.
    • Show Food Stamp Total - Display the running food stamp total at the bottom of the screen
    • Show FSA Total - Display the running FSA total (Flex Spending Account used for health and medicines)
    • Show Item Count - Display the number of items at the bottom of the screen
    • Static Product Pricing - When price changes are made in the Back End, they will not be applied to the current transaction.
    • Tender Prompt Frequency -  Yes = prompt once per order, or No = prompt for every tender, when a prompt exists in Tender Maintenance, for example, Enter ZIP Code.
    • Till Audit - Flag to indicate if till audit data will be captured for all transactions. This is ONLY used in Mexico and Central America.
    • Track Scanned Items Only - Flag to indicate if a scanned item is an item that is scanned using the scanner. Otherwise, a scanned item is an item scanned or entered on the keyboard. This is used to track items in order to calculate checker percentage correctly.