iVend Retail 6.6 - Management Console - Help Manual > Administration > Retail Configuration

Reason Code

Reason Codes are defined for capturing extra information on some selected activities at the POS and Management Console.

Reason codes for POS must be enabled in the Retail Profile that is assigned to the POS before they will be available to use at the POS.

The transaction types for which the reason code(s) can be setup are as follows:

Transaction Type

CashIn

CashOut

ShutdownTerminal

OpenCashDrawer

EditTimeClock

VoidItem

VoidSale

RefundSale

RefundItem

SaleDiscount

ItemDiscount

ItemPriceOverride

ItemTaxOverride

SaleTaxOverride

GoodsReceipt

Expense

TillCountVariance

GoodsIssue

GoodsReturn

DeleteSuspendedTransaction

SuspendTransaction

PurchaseOrder

StockTransferRequest

StockTransferShipment

InventoryRevaluation

PriceManager

LocationStockTransfer

To open the window, choose Administration > Retail Configuration > Reason Code.

Search Screen

Field	Description/Activity
Search Criteria
Code	Specify the reason code to be searched.
Description	Mention the description of the Reason Code(s) to be searched.
Type	Select one of the transaction types for which the reason code(s) is searched.
Search Results
Code	Displays the code of the reason code(s) searched.
Description	Displays the description of the reason code(s) searched.
Type	Displays the type of the reason code(s) searched.

Setup Screen

Field	Description/Activity
Code	Enter the reason code. A unique code of a maximum 20 alphanumeric characters can be entered.
Description	Enter the description for the reason code. A description of a maximum 100 alphanumeric characters can be entered.
Type	Select one of the activities for which the reason code(s) is being setup. By default none is displayed.
Active	Select the option to mark the reason codes requirement as active. By default this option is selected.
[Ok]	The button updates changes to the database and closes the screen.
[Cancel]	The button does not save any changes and closes the screen.