Business Name - Enter your franchise group name here.
Company Name (Optional) - Enter your individual business name here. This is generally accepted as the name you trade under.
Vat Reg # - Enter your VAT registration number here, this is for legality purposes.
Telephone # - Enter the store contact number here.
Trade Until - Select a time in the morning before you begin trading.
This feature helps to separate one day's trading from the next by marking the time at which the current day's trading begins. Anything done before that time will be displayed on the previous day's trading information.
5am is a recommended time as it gives ample time for stores that sometimes trade past midnight, and leaves enough of a time margin for opening in the morning.
Delivery Time - Enter a default travel time for delivery orders. If a delivery area has a travel time set up, Invoicing will use that time, if not it will revert to the default time set here.
Default Dialing Code (Optional) - Enter the dialing code for your store's area here.
Branch - Enter the unique identifying branch name here. This is generally accepted as the area or shopping centre that your store is in.
Vat Rate - Enter the value added tax rate here.
Vat Rate Not Zero - By selecting this option, Aura will prevent the aforementioned Vat Rate from being accidentally or deliberately set to a zero percentage.
Disable 'Pay' on Delivery Invoices - Outstanding orders (delivery, collect and tables) can normally be paid into the till by the operator of a till shift. Selecting this option will prevent delivery orders from being paid into the till before the driver assigned to the order has been cashed up.
Food Preparation Period - Enter the maximum time that it takes for an average item to be prepared by the kitchen staff.
Maximum Delivery Time - Enter that maximum time that a driver may take on a delivery.
Oven Cook Time\ - Enter the time required for cooking a menu item.
Show Vat Excl on Invoice (Optional) - Selecting the option displays the 'Vat Excl' line on an invoice as well as the vat and total amounts.
6.2.2 Program Settings
The Program Settings tab contains various settings relating to the running of your store. These range from display modes to options available in Invoicing.
For more information, see the relative section b elow:
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6.2.2.1 General
Note for all invoices - This message will print out at the top of the customer slip, just below your business name / logo.
Deliv Driver Message - This message will print on the customer slip for delivery orders only. Invoicing will automatically replace %1 with the driver name, and will replace %2 with the driver's deliveries count.
Min. Value for Alt Image - This is an old setting and is no longer used.
Round to: - Price rounding is the most widely accepted method for simplifying the exchange of cash and change for a customer. The rounding steps are set here as a unit value; meaning one unit of your country's standard currency.
Customer Notes - This is an old setting and is no longer in use.
Auto Restart Transaction - Select this option to start a new transaction as soon as one is completed.
Use Alternate Slip Header - If there are two till slip header images set up on the server computer, selecting this will make Invoicing use the secondary header instead of the normal header.
Enable Separate Invoicing Password (Used mainly for managers) - Allows an employee to have two separate passwords, one for general use, and a second for Invoicing only.
Save Credit Card Info - When selected, processing a credit card payment will show a credit card information screen to enter information such as credit card holder name, CRC numbers, expiry date etc. Not necessary to have this option selected.
Prompt for Cashier password for Over-Rings - Selecting this option will prevent anybody except the cashier assigned to an invoice from over-ringing the order. Preventing one person over-ringing other cashier's transactions.
Cannot print collect order on pay - Selecting this option will stop Invoicing from printing the customer's slip again when a customer comes to collect their previously placed order.
Only primary operator can open the till - In a situation where a till shift has multiple operators, selecting this will only allow the primary operator to open the cash drawer.
Enable Editing of Invoices - Enabling this option allows employees with the required access permissions to edit unsaved orders and add items to the bill.
Use Eat-In / Take-Away - By enabling this option, Aura can better separate orders based on their recipe contents. Extra recipe options can be set for an 'eat-in' or 'take-away' order.
Force Password Change Every <x> Day(s) - Forces all employees passwords to expire after the set number of days, asking them at that point to enter their current password, and select a new password in order to continue.
6.2.2.2 Invoicing
Tables
Prompt for Head Count - When starting a new table order, Invoicing will automatically display a prompt asking for a table head count.
Prevent a waiter clocking out if they have open tables - Selecting this option will not allow a waiter to clock out of the system if they have any tables that are not closed or paid into a till shift.
Transaction Screen
Alphapos Classic Keyboard Mode - This option will enable or disable the classic keyboard shortcuts in both touch screen and normal (keyboard) mode. It is recommended to keep this option selected all the time.
Auto-Prompt to Add New Till Operators - Selecting this option works in conjunction with a new feature of Aura Invoicing. If this option is selected and a non-operator on a till shift attempts to put through a counter order, Invoicing will ask if a second operator should be added. By clicking yes to that prompt, it follows the same procedure as adding an operator manually.