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Internal Promotions
With the holidays coming up, sales are very common. Wherever you look, stores are giving major discounts to items, increasing their sales revenue for the season. Most of these stores do so on a national level, but did you know you are able to set up internal promotions within TransActPOS with whatever items you wish?
You can set up promotions from the File Maintenance menu option within the POS section of TAPOS. The first option in this menu is Promotions. Once you are here, you will see a list of promotions in your system. To create a new one, click New.
The first step is to assign a Promo ID. You can assign the promotion an alphanumeric value of up to 15 characters and you want this Promo ID to be something that can be easily identified (Christmas sale for this year could be XMAS12). Once the ID is created, select the promo type. The default is Item Sale, meaning that the items in this promotion will be on sale for the designated amount. There are a few options here. Consult the help center for more information on the different types. You also will want to type in a description for the promotion as well as the start and end date of the sale.
The next step is to identify the items to be put on the promotion. You can do this in multiple ways. You can enter each item manually by clicking the Modify button on the right side of the item list. This will bring up an additional window in which you can click Add to enter the item from your inventory on your sale. This process could take a while, especially if you have a lot of items you wish to place on the promotion. The easier method would be to import a spreadsheet with the items listed on it. To do this, click Import Items. Once you have clicking on this button, click on the File Format button. This will let you know what information needs to be in which columns on the Excel spreadsheet. Also note that the spreadsheet must be in Excel 5.0/95 format. This spreadsheet can be created manually or much easier within the IC Report Item Listing.
Once the spreadsheet is created, click the button to the right of the "Import File Name" field to locate the spreadsheet and bring it into TAPOS. Once the correct spreadsheet has been selected, click Import File to begin the Import. Once the items are imported, you can modify individual items if necessary. Once the items look the way you want them, check the "Promo Prices Active" box (must be enabled to enable the sale) and click OK. You also have the option to Export the list of items if you wish to do so.
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For more information on creating a promotion from scratch, click here and search for "Creating a new promotion."
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Thanksgiving
We at TransActPOS hope that you all have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday.
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