How To: Create a Monetary Discount Keycode

Monetary discounts can be created that will apply the discount amount proportionally across all the items in the sales orders.

  1. Open a Promotion screen (show me how).
  2. Press Ctrl+N or click the New item icon is the button bar's NEW button .
  3. Open the [ Key Code ] tab.
  4. Enter the new Keycode Code.
  5. Enter a Description.
  6. Tick the Discount Code checkbox (Optional — if you want the discount to be applied with other keycodes to a sales order).
  7. Make sure the upper grid is active by ticking the adjacent checkbox.
  8. Click on the the NEW ITEM button has an icon that shows two sheets of paper (identified by having the top right corner folded down), arranged diagonally on the icon from top left to bottom right button.
  9. In the upper grid:
    1. Add the total discount amount in the Discount Amount field.
    2. Tick the adjacent Amt Disc Enabled checkbox to activate the discount.
  10. Make any other changes as required.
  11. Press Ctrl+S or click the disk icon is the button bar's SAVE button to save when you're ready.

Notes:

  • When using discount amounts in a sales order, the values per line can be seen if you configure the grid to Un-Hide the columns DiscH£ (N) and DiscH£ (G), see Grid Configuration.
  • The system will apply percentage discounts first before the monetary discount.
  • The total discount amount applied to a sales order from all applicable discount codes can be seen in the Discount Val field in the [ Sales Order | Additional ] tab.
  • When an item is returned that had a monetary discount applied, it will only be returned for the amount that was paid for it in the original sales order.

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