Store Operations

This section provides information about store operation settings in the SAP Enterprise POS Configurator. It describes store operations, such as when the stores open and close, and how the tills behave.

Note Note

All shared parameters in the Configurator and POS Manager profiles must be set to the same values.

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General
Screen Element	Description
Suspend Type	Resumes suspended transactions at the store or terminal level. You can select options as follows: Store Level or Terminal Level
Pickup Percent	Percentage of tenders with a pickup warning amount. It applies to tenders from a till or cash drawer. The tender till amount is compared with the configured pickup warning amount that is defined in the tender configuration Example If the pickup warning amount is $100.00, representing 5%, the POS status report displays an amber warning when a tender in the till is in the range of $95.00 to $99.00. If the amount is under $95.00, the status displays green, and at $100.00 and above, the status displays red. The POS status report is generated using the POS Manager application; for more information, see the SAP Enterprise POS Manager User Guide End of the example.
Cross Reference Priority	Key type (for example, SKU, UPC, and PLU) that the system uses in absence of an item key type to look up a price. You can specify the key type or enter more than one to cross references with the item price. If the system does not find the price with the first key type, it uses the second, and so on, until it finds a cross reference
Total Savings Include MSRP Difference	Adds the difference between the manufacturer's suggested retail price and the permanent price for the total transaction to the total savings and displays on the receipt
UDF to External System Logon	UDF for logging on to an external system in a given transaction
Default External System Level	Default authority level required to logon to an external system. It adds an external system authority level field in the UDF that overrides the default authority level

This section describes Open Store parameters.

Open Store Options
Screen Element	Description
Auto Open After End of Day	Opens the store automatically after the completion of an End of Day (EOD)
Transaction Rollover Number	Number at which the transaction numbers must restart on the next business day. When the transaction number goes over the specified number at the POS terminal or POS Manager, on the next business day, the transaction numbers restart at number 1
Report	Generates reports on store open. You can also save and print reports. For more information about changing Report Macro options, see Reports and Report Groups. The following Report parameters are: Macro — displays None or Default Report Macro options, which do not generate a report Action — displays Generate, Save, and Print options Copies — specifies the number of copies of a report. This field is activated when the Print option is selected
Next Business Date	Business week day that is opened after completion of the EOD Note It applies to each week day of the current business date, even if the EOD occurs on a different day of the week. For example, if a store closes after midnight and does an EOD the following morning, it applies to the previous day End of the note.

This section describes parameters for Close Store.

Close Store Options
Screen Element	Description
Perform Automatic Close Store	Performs an automatic EOD
Automatic Store Close Time	Sets the time of the day (24 hour format) when the store automatically closes. The system automatically closes the store at the configured time when you specify hours and minutes
Suspended Transactions	Specifies how to handle suspended transactions when the store is closed as follows: Leave Open — resumes the suspends on the next business day Auto Clear — deletes transactions from the system Disallow Store Close — clears outstanding suspended transactions from the POS terminal that completes the store function
Auto Close Terminals at End of Day	Automatically closes all terminals Note All cashiers must be logged off and all EOD prerequisites must be met for this parameter to work End of the note.
Report	Configures reports to generate and save on store close. Macro — displays either None or Default Report Macro so that reports are not generated. To change the Macro options, see Reports and Report Groups Action — displays Generate, Save, and Print options Copies — number of copies of the report. Note that it is activated only if you select the Print option
Till State	Balances or approves all POS terminals before the POS Manager performs an EOD when you select Ensure All Reconciled. If you select Do Not Check, the POS Manager performs the EOD while some or all POS terminals are unreconciled
Bank Deposit	Performs a bank deposit at the end of a given business day
Time and Attendance at End of Period	Specifies how the store closes at the end of a payroll period as follows: Ensure all Finalized — ensures to finalize all payroll entries before closing the store Do Not Check — ignores checks on payroll entries Time and Attendance — does not display when the store is closed Auto Finalize — automatically finalizes payroll entries and the store closes

This section describes how tenders, tills, and safes behave. Till behavior is dependant on a business day or on a specified amount of days, as is the case with rolling tills. In the first mode, the tills should be reconciled at the end of each business day. In rolling tills mode, instead of having to balance tills at the end of each business day, the cashier keeps tills operational over an extended number of days, and reconciles when necessary. Rolling tills are configured in the Configurator and POS Manager applications.

Cash Management
Screen Element	Description
Till Type	The default till type is assigned as follows: Cashier — associates the till with a cashier who takes the till from the terminal. When the POS Manager creates a new till, it requests a cashier number Terminal — requests a terminal number when the POS Manager creates a new till. This is associated with a terminal and must not be removed Both — assigns the new till created in the POS Manager to a cashier or terminal Note For any given terminal, the till's accountability type is determined by Terminal Operations. End of the note.
Use Till Identifiers	Numbers to identify tills are as follows: None — does not use till numbers Single Till — uses till numbers and assigns each cashier or terminal only one till Multiple Tills — uses till numbers to differentiate between multiple tills that are assigned to a cashier or terminal
Till Business Day Mode	Balances a till at the end of every business day when you select Single Business Day. To maintain tills over an extended period of days and reconcile when needed (referred to as, rolling tills), you must select None
Allow Free Tills	Retains a float in unassigned tills
Till Float Definition Level	Specifies if till float setup is store-wide or specific to a till. You can configure the default store wide till float setup in Tenders
Till Float Display Mode	Displays the till’s float when you select the Show option in the Till Create process at the POS Manager. You can select Hides to disable the till float display. If float setup it editable, it shows regardless of the setting
Action After Till Balance	A default state-change action taken after a till balance. Free Till sets the till to free and unassigned to a cashier, while Leave Open keeps it assigned
Action after Empty Till Balance	Specifies how a till behaves after a reconciliation. The Free Till option frees the till and is unassigned. The Leave Open option assigns the till to a cashier
Virtual Till Zero Balance	Default action taken after a till is balanced with all actual amounts set to zero. Virtual tills are automatically balanced to a zero value. Proper balancing only occurs at regular tills that are created using the POS Manager application
Till Balance Frequency	Number of days after to perform a till balance. If it remains unbalanced for more than the specified number of days, it is reported as due for balancing
Allowed Till Balance Delinquency	Number of days at which a till that is due for balancing is reported as overdue. If this parameter is set to 2 days, the tills that are due for balancing for more than 2 days are considered overdue
Show all Tenders When Balancing	Shows the totals for all tenders, including those balanced using a balance till function
Trading Week Starting Day	Specifies the organization’s week for the purposes of reconciliation. You select the day of the week as the start date for the trading week and this week becomes week number 1 Example If there are 52 weeks in a year and you designate February 1, 2009 as the starting week for the year, the week number 1 starts on Sunday February 1, 2009 and ends on Saturday February 7, 2009. Week number 52 starts on Sunday January 23, 2010 and ends on Saturday January 29, 2010. Therefore, Sunday January 30, 2010 is again defined as week number 1. For more information on how this feature affects reconciliation, safe management, and reports, see the SAP Enterprise POS Manager User Guide. This parameter is optional, if and if left blank, does not enable support for end-of-week reconciliation End of the example.
Allow Bank Deposit Without Safes	Allows a bank deposit transaction at the POS Manager if safes are not used
Auto Reference Number for Change Order	References a number with the purchase of change from a bank. For example, when a check is taken to the bank, it is used to purchase the equivalent cash

This section describes security parameters.

Note Note

Maintain the default configuration profile settings to ensure strong password security.

End of the note.

Security
Screen Element	Description
Capture Logon Attempts	Stores failed logon attempt transactions in the TLog
Excessive Logon Failure Notification	Displays a business event notification such as an e-mail, that is sent to the user when they exceed their allowed logon attempts
Logon Attempts Allowed	Number of failed logon attempts that are allowed before locking out the user logon ID
POS	Displays a POS terminal profile
POS Manager	Displays a POS Manager profile
Unique Password Period	Number of days in which a previously used password cannot be reused if it is changed
Minimum Password Length	Minimum number of characters allowed for a password
Maximum Password Length	Maximum number of characters allowed for a password
Password Rejection	Number of last used passwords that cannot be reused Example If 4 is entered in this field, the system does not allow the use of the last 4 passwords and a new unique password must be entered. End of the example.
Alphanumeric	Allows the use of numbers and letters in passwords