Departments

1. Log into the Percent POS with User ID and Password  

2. Locate the ‘Add Deparmtent Wizard’ button in the Manager Menu 

3. Once you click on it, it will prompt you to Enter Department Description 

Once you’ve entered Department Description, hit the Next button on the bottom of the window 

Next you will be asked to Enter High Limit 

High Limit is the maximum amount you can charge for an item in this department. This can be left blank 

Next you will be asked to Enter Low Limit 

Low Limit is the minimum price you can sell an item in this department for. This can be left blank 

Next you will be prompted to Enter Age Required 

Age Required is when you want to add the conditionality that items in this deparment require for the customer to be of a certain age (i.e. 21 for beer and cigarettes). Having an age required, the system will prompt for customer's birthdate to be entered or ID to be scanned. This can be left blank 

While adding a Department you will have the option to add/select Item Defaults that apply to this department. If Item Defaults are selected, these options will automatically be applied to an item when the department is selected.  The property options that are available are the following: 

1. 1. Is Weighed: Check this box if you want the items being added to this department to have this property automatically selected. Is Weighted is when the item is to be weighed upon scanning.

   2. Prompt Serial Number: Check this box if you want the items being added to this department to have this property automatically selected. The Prompt for Serial Number property is to prompt the user to enter the serial number of the item being sold upon scanning it.

   3. Is Flip Chart Item: Check this box if you want the items being added to this department to have this property automatically selected. The Flip Chart property is to mark the item as flip chart eligible, so it will appear on a flipchart.

   4. Is Hot Item: Check this box if you want the items being added to this department to have this property automatically selected. The Hot Item property is to mark the item as Hot item flip chart eligible, so it will appear on the Hot Item flipchart.

   5. Allow Layaway: Check this box if Items within this Department will be allowed to be sold on Layaway transactions. 

   6. Allow Fractional Quantity: selections will allow items to be sold in fractions. EX: Meat Market Items, Fruits and Vegetables, Weighed Goods. 

   7. Allow Negative Quantity: selection will allow for the cashier to enter a negative quantity for the item in the event of manual returns or exchanges. 

   8. Tax Inclusive: Check this box if Items in this Department will have the taxes included within the Unit Price. (Ex: Item is 7.00 with X tax Amount included in $7.00 Unit Price instead of $7.00 unit price + x tax amount). 

   9. Taxes:  Under the taxes, you will see the Tax 1, Tax 2, and Tax 3 fields with their corresponding checkboxes to the left. If the items in this department are taxable, select the tax that should be applied to this department. To find out what your taxes are set to, navigate to the Store Configuration in the Setup tab and on the left you will see the Tax 1, Tax 2, and Tax 3 tabs that have their corresponding information such as their name, type of tax and rate. 

   10. Food Stamp: Check this box if you want the items being added to this department to have this property automatically selected. The Food stamp property is to mark the item as food stampable, which makes it eligible to be paid with food stamps.

   11. Open Item: Check this box if you want the items being added to this department to be classified as Open Items that will prompt for price at the time of sale 

Lastly, you will be prompted to add Remote Printers to the department. Adding a remote printer will allow for items in that departments to be printed at a remote printer when sold. 

When done, select Finish