Discount Master

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The discount master screen is used to define discounts and their parameters. A discount may be a transaction discount or a line discount and may be in the form of a percentage off or a dollar amount. A discount can be very flexible in that you can set start and stop dates, start and stop times and days of the week. You can also define more limits to include or exclude stores, customers and items.

Name

The name of the discount.

Discount Type

There are two discount types to select from:

• Transaction

  Transaction discounts are given for all qualifying items in the transaction. Items may be specifically included or excluded from transaction discounts.

• Line

  Line discounts are used for individual lines in a transaction.

Description

The description of the discount.

Method

• Percent

  Used to define a percentage off discount.

• Dollar

  Used to define a dollar off discount.

Amount

Enter the amount of the percent off discount or the dollar off discount. Note If left blank the Quasar Point-of-Sale will prompt the user to enter the amount of the discount.

Account

Enter a ledger account only if the discount is to be expensed and will not affect the margin of the item. If no account is entered the discount will reduce the amount of the sale and will reduce the margin of the item.

Loyalty Points

Adding loyalty points limits this discount to be used only by customers who have accumulated enough loyalty points. Customers use their loyalty points to buy the discount at the point of sale. Enter the amount of loyalty points required to buy the discount.

Auto apply to all transactions?

For both transaction and line discounts. Toggle on or off. Toggle on to have the discount apply automatically to every transaction. Note - The application of discounts will always depend on the parameters set in the discount master and these parameters are not over-ridden by the auto apply function.

Allow discount on other discounts

Toggle on or off. Toggle on to allow the discount to be taken on other discounts. Toggle off if this discount will not be taken on other discounts.

Limits

Use this area to define the parameters or limits which will cause the discount to be applied.

• Start Date

  Enter or select the starting date for the date range that the discount is active.

• Stop Date

  Enter or select the end ending date for the date range that the discount is active.

• Start Time

  Enter the starting time for the daily time range that the discount is active. Discounts will start daily at this time for each day the discount is active.

• Stop Time

  Enter the ending time for the daily time range that the discount is active. Discounts will stop daily at this time for each day that the discount is active.

• Day of Week

  The day(s) of the week that a discount is valid. The valid days are defined individually using the "Set Days" button.

• Set Days

  Click on the set days button to set the day mask which defines which days the discount will be active.

  
  
  
  

• Sizes

  Select the sizes for the discount. By default the discount only applies to the default selling size of an item.

  • Default Selling Size

    Applies the discount only to default selling size of the items as set in the item master screen.

  • All selling sizes

    Applies the discount to all selling sizes defined in the item master for an item.

  • Custom Size:

    Enter the only size upon which the discount will be applied.

• Limits Table

  Displays limits which you can add individually using the "Add" button.

• Add

  Click on the add button to add a new limit.

  
  
  

  • Limit Type

    Either "Include" to include the limit in the discount or "Exclude" to exclude the limit from the discount. An exclude is absolute. Therefore if you exclude an entire department you cannot then later include an item from that department.

  • Data Type

    Select from store, price zone, customer, item, department, subdepartment or group.

  • Group Type

    If you select a group you will need to select the group type which will be store, customer or item.

  • Data Entry

    Depending on your data type you will need to enter the data. For example if you specify an item group, then you will be expected to enter an item group. If you enter a store as the data type, then you will be expected to enter the store.

• Edit

  Select edit to edit an existing limit.

• Delete

  Select delete to delete an exiting limit.

• Clear

  Select clear to clear all existing limits.

Inactive?

Toggle on or off. Toggle on if the discount is no longer active. Toggle off to make the discount active again.

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