Profile Prompts: General - SAP Documentation

Profile Prompts: General

These options allow you to associate a profile prompt with a quick menu, keyboard description, print options, and display conditions.

Structure

General Options
Screen Element	Description
Quick Menu	If the profile prompt has been previously assigned to a POS menu, allows you to choose the profile prompt from the drop-down list. A POS menu can have more than one profile prompt. For more information, see Quick Menus.
Keyboard Description	Describes the profile prompt key as it appears in the keyboard table. For more information, see Keyboards.

Print Options
Screen Element	Description
Print Prompt	Allows you to print a prompt message on the receipt
Print Data	Allows you to print the results of the prompted inquiry on the receipt
Print Without Data	Allows you to print the prompt message on the receipt even if no results were obtained by the prompted inquiry

Profile Prompt Behavior
Screen Element	Description
Prompt Sequence	Allows you to determine when to display the profile prompt. You can set the prompt sequence by selecting one of the following options: Display profile after each item entry Display profile after function is completed Display profile after printing finished Display profile at Total Display profile before tendering Display profile during function Display profile when a function is triggered None
Cycle on Prompt	Allows you to enter the line number from the Prompt Lines tab to which the system should return at the end of the prompting sequence to define prompts that ask for repeating information until the cashier presses the `Total` key
Review Profile	Allows you to determine if the cashier can review the response to a profile prompt after it is entered into the system
Disallow Multi-Prompt	Allows you to force the system to display a prompt only once if the profile prompt is attached to several functions within the transaction
Allow Exit On Clear	Allows you to control the cashier’s ability to back out of the Profile Prompt by using the `Clear` key. By using an appropriately configured Profile Prompt for a given Manager Code, you can control whether or not the Manager Code can be aborted at the point of entering the data. Note This configuration option replaces the ALLOWPROFILEABORT setting in the POS.INI, which is no longer supported. If you previously used ALLOWPROFILEABORT, you must re-configure the Profile Prompts to get the same behavior as you did previously. End of the note. If you want to give the cashier the ability to cancel a User-Defined Transaction (UDT) by escaping out of a Profile Prompt (which is associated with the Manager Code used to start the UDT) without leaving the POS in a transaction, the UDT must be configured as a Start of Sale type of UDT. If the UDT is configured to be During Sale, then a transaction has already been started by the time the Profile Prompt is displayed. This setting works in conjunction with the Clear setting on individual Prompt Lines as follows: If Allow Exit On Clear is checked, then the cashier can press the `Clear` key on any prompt line that has the Clear option enabled to cancel the Profile Prompt. It is a combination of Allow Exit On Clear and the Clear option on individual prompt lines that controls the ability to escape from a Profile Prompt. A cashier can use the `Clear` key from the first prompt line of any Profile Prompt regardless of whether or not the Allow Exit On Clear option is checked. If you want to prevent the cashier from cancelling the Profile Prompt while on the first prompt line, then you must deselect Allow Exit On Clear and Clear on, at least, the first prompt line. For backwards compatibility purposes, there are some cases where the cashier cannot escape from the Profile Prompt regardless of whether or not Allow Exit On Clear is checked. This applies when customer information is required to perform a Return transaction.
Hash Count	Not used
Validate Amount on Prompt	Checks the prompt line entered (1–15) when attached to a non-merchandise item. The non-merchandise sale amount is then replaced by the profile prompt amount.
Check Total Due	Allows you to choose to display the profile prompt based on the total amount due. You set when to display the profile prompt by selecting one of the following options: Always Display Display if Total Due equals Zero Display if Total Due is greater than Zero Display if Total Due is greater than or equal to Zero Display if Total Due is less than or equal to Zero Display if Total Due is less than Zero Display if Total Due is not Zero
Prompt Display Timeout (seconds)	Times out the prompt display after a specified amount of time if no entry is made. This is used when the prompt sequence is set to Display Profile after Printing Finished.