Allegiance Parameters

After you define the loyalty program as an external component, you must set options for the Allegiance component, and indicate if the POS acts as a kiosk. See External Components for more information.

Structure

Store and Region
Screen Element	Description
Store No	Specifies the store
Region	Specifies the region in which the selected store operates

POS to act as Kiosk
Screen Element	Description
Act as Kiosk	Specifies that the POS terminal performing the Allegiance transaction should behave as a kiosk Note When this option is not enabled, the system does not convey any points' status information to the customer during the transaction. Therefore it is not necessary to define any printing or display parameters. The customer purchase is still tracked by the system in the Allegiance database. End of the note.
Customer Identifier	List of options that provide information about the customer that is used to retrieve their loyalty account information from the Allegiance database
Number of Blank Lines Between Messages	Specifies the number of blank lines to insert between messages when more than one message is printed

The receipt, journal, validation, and slip printer options specify where the POS should print the customer message. You can select one, more than one, or all.

Where to print Allegiance message
Screen Element	Description
Receipt Printer	Specifies that the POS prints the customer message at the receipt printer
Journal Printer	Specifies that the POS prints the customer message at the journal printer
Validation Printer	Specifies that the POS prints the customer message at the validation printer
Slip Printer	Specifies that the POS prints the customer message at the slip printer

Non-printer functions
Screen Element	Description
Screen Image	Specifies to display the customer message at the POS terminal

Inserts
Screen Element	Description
Discount	This option is used internally by the application for technical purposes. It indicates that PLU items that qualify for an Allegiance simple discount are put in memory by the system only when they are sold. When this setting is disabled, the entire list of eligible PLU items is put into the TLIST. The recommended setting is enabled.
Multi-Item, Single Product	This option is used internally by the application for technical purposes. It indicates that PLU items that qualify for an Allegiance Multi-Item, Single Product discount are put in memory by the system only when they are sold. When this setting is disabled, the entire list of eligible PLU items is put into the TLIST. The recommended setting is enabled.
Multi-Item, Multi-Product	This option is used internally by the application for technical purposes. It indicates that PLU items that qualify for an Allegiance Multi-Item, Multi-Product discount are put in memory by the system only when they are sold. When this setting is disabled, the entire list of eligible PLU items is put into the TLIST. The recommended setting is enabled.

Loyalty descriptions
Screen Element	Description
Allegiance Message Timeout (seconds)	Timeout in seconds for a message response from Allegiance. The default is 30 seconds.