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Object documentationPLU File: General

 

You use PLU pricing parameters to specify the information that the PLU record contains. For example, you can set the price for the PLU item, specify the required taxes, or set user and control flags, which includes the PLU item in a special promotion or other sales event.

Structure

PLU General Settings

Screen Element

Description

PLU

Identifies the PLU number

Desc

Describes the item referenced by the PLU number

Dept

Identifies the department to which the PLU merchandise item is assigned

Vendor

Identifies the vendor of this merchandise item.

This field is optional.

Price

Screen Element

Description

Retail Price

The actual retail price of an item

Original Price

The original retail price of an item that may later be discounted

Suggested Retail Price

The suggested retail price of an item

Screen Element

Description

User Flags 1 – 6

User Flag fields allow you to further classify a merchandise item for promotional or reporting purposes.

User flags are attached to PLU records and are used to create groupings for special promotions such as a ‘Back-to-school’ sale, for example. They are defined and edited in the User Flags Setup screen. You assign a user flag to a PLU by clicking on one of the available User Flag1 to 6 dropdown lists and selecting an option from the list. You can set up to six user flags for each PLU item.

Mix Match flags

Identifies the Mix Match promotion for which this PLU item is eligible

Allow in Merch. Type

Indicates that eligibility in a Mix Match promotion is determined by matching the PLU item attributes against Merchandise Type attributes set in Mix Match configuration.

Note Note

For retailers whose back-end systems do not recognize a Mix Match ID, the Mix Match information can be identified when the merchandise item is matched to a Mix Match by its product attributes. For more information, see Mix Match.

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Prompt ID

Allows you to attach a profile prompt to this PLU item

Limited Qty ID

Allows you to limit the quantity of this item that can be purchased in a single sale by selecting an option in the dropdown list

Auto Discount

Indicates that this PLU item is automatically discounted when it is entered at the POS

Quantity Desc

Text that describes the standard quantity of this PLU item. For example, for an item sold by weight, the quantity description can be kg.

General Tab Page Parameters for User Defined Transactions

Screen Element

Description

Discountable

Allows discounts to be applied to this PLU item

Qty Pricing

Allows quantity pricing to be applied to this PLU item

Returnable

Allows this PLU item to be returned

Level Pricing

Allow level pricing for this PLU item

Return Without Receipt

Allows a return for this item to be processed without the original purchase receipt

Link Non Merch. ID

Specifies the Non-Merchandise ID that is linked to this PLU item. For example, if this PLU record is for a gift card, this field provides the Non-Merchandise definition for the gift card functionality.

Use Dept ?

Indicates that a PLU item is defined by department settings rather than by item settings. See the User Flags Setup Screen for more information on department settings.

Empl Discount

Allows an employee discount to be applied to this item

Link Item

Indicates that an additional item is associated with this item. For more information about linking items, see PLU Link Item Screen.

Allow Pending Trans

Allows this item to be sold in a layaway sale or other type of pending transaction

Allow Sell

Display items sometimes have a PLU number assigned to them for tracking purposes but are not available for sale. This option allows you to make such items available for sale.

Verify PLU

Displays the price of the PLU item on the screen before adding the item into the transaction allowing the cashier to change the price if required

Scale Item

Indicates that this PLU item must be weighed

(Used for produce or bulk goods)

Allow Exchange

Allows an item to be exchanged at the POS

Use Deposit

Identifies the PLU item as a deposit fee

Use Quantity From Parent PLU

Calculates a total bottle deposit charge by allowing the bottle deposit fee PLU (linked PLU item) to inherit a quantity value from the amount of the bottle product (parent PLU item) sold in a transaction.

Note Note

You create deposit fees as distinct PLU items and link them to a bottle product through PLU Link Item configuration. The quantity value of the parent PLU item can be determined by the quantity entered when the item is sold, or through a configured standard quantity value such as case or multipack. You set this in the Sell Quantity field.

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Example Example

A cashier scans a bottle of soda (PLU 2050002144) that is configured with a link to a bottle deposit of .25 (PLU 353535) then enters a quantity of 4 bottles. The POS uses 4 as the quantity value for the bottle deposit charge and calculates a total bottle deposit fee of $1.00.

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Qty Mode

Controls how multiple quantities of the PLU item are processed by the POS. The options are:

  • Prompt for the Quantity

  • Quantity One

  • Quantity Toggle

Size

(Optional field) The standard size of the PLU item

Unit Size

(Optional field) Size value

Inventory Control Flag

Indicates whether the system tracks the current inventory levels for this PLU item at the store

Link Non Merchandise Sell Quantity

When the PLU item is a Non-Merchandise item, this option multiplies the quantity entered for the PLU by the standard quantity amount set in the Non-Merchandise definition.

Example Example

If the PLU item is a bottle deposit charge for a case of 24 soft drink bottles, and the cashier enters a quantity of 2, the Link Non Merchandise Sell Quantity option allows the POS to calculate a charge of 2 x (24 x the charge per bottle).

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Tare Weight

The tare weight is the weight of the container or packaging in which a product (in most cases, food) is sold. The system subtracts the tare weight from the total measured weight of the product so that the customer only pays for the weight of the content, not the packaging. You can associate a tare weight option with a PLU item by selecting the appropriate option in the dropdown list.

Sell Quantity

If an item is sold as part of a group, this option allows you to indicate the number of items in the group.

Item Size

In a package order, determines the quantity of items per package. For example, a carton of cigarettes contains 10 packs of cigarettes.

Active Date

Sets the date when a PLU item becomes activated