POS Settings – Help Center

In this article, we will look at the meaning of each setting under the POS section on the Settings page.


Setting	Description
Enable gift card purchase	Once enabled, your business will be able to sell gift cards in POS. Learn more about selling gift cards here.
Enable gift card expiration	This setting is controlled at the parent level and once enabled, it cannot be disabled. This setting allows you to have your gift cards expire and set gift card expiration time. Learn more here
Choose Payment Methods	You can decide the payment methods that will be displayed in POS. Learn more about hiding payment methods here.
Activate Refund Reasons Dropdown	If enabled, you will be able to add as many refund reasons as you so desire. The reasons added will be displayed in a list to choose from when processing a refund in POS.
Require Open Register to Take Payment	If enabled, you won’t be able to take payment for a ticket unless a register is currently open. This will help reduce human errors and improve the register Closeout Report.
Always default "Save Card on File" checkbox in credit card dialogs to unchecked	If enabled, the checkbox will default to unchecked unless a membership is being purchased. If set to NO, the checkbox will default to checked if it was checked the previous time, otherwise, it will be unchecked
Automatically Close Ticket When Full Payment Is Taken By Credit Card	If enabled, a ticket will automatically close if full payment is processed by a credit card.
Allow Returns Without Receipt	If enabled, you will be able to process a return of a product even without a closed ticket. Learn more here.
Do not show the total row on Closed Tickets report	If enabled, the total row on the Closed Tickets report will be removed.
Activate VAT for pricing	If enabled, it configures the account to use VAT.
Default Tax ID number	If this field is filled in, a tax registration number will be added to printed receipts. This should be left blank if you do not want this number to be printed on receipts.
Apply Membership Value Credits	When memberships are taxed, you can select “before tax” to apply the membership value credit to the ticket before the sales tax is calculated in order to avoid double taxation. If "Before Tax" is selected then an additional input will be displayed to select the location for this setting:
Allow exporting inventory for all locations in ingest data format	If enabled, on the inventory page, you will see export/migrate as the options, and selecting export will export all inventory for all locations into a zip file. Files exported can only be imported via Ingest Data. Importing via the inventory page will not be available. Learn more here
Activate Inventory Reasons Dropdown	If enabled, you will be able to add as many inventory returns or adjustment reasons as you so desire. The reasons added will be displayed in a list to choose from when processing an inventory adjustment. Existing inventory reasons can be deleted but not edited. For more information, please see here.
Allow Updating Cost of PO After Submission	If enabled, it allows users with access permissions to edit purchase orders to change the cost up to 14 days after the PO was submitted.
Send Purchase Order to Vendors via FTP Instead of Email	This setting allows you to specify if a vendor is FTP enabled. When toggled to "Yes", you will get to add your host, port, username and password. `
Allow refunding packages even after they have been used	If enabled, you will be able to refund packages even after it has been partially or fully used.
Payment Terminal Management	This setting allows you to add your payment terminals and choose the location for your terminals.
Enable Line Item Display on Ingenico Terminals	Items added to POS tickets can now be shown to customers on the display screen of Ingenico credit card terminals. The setting is only available on Ingenico terminals that use MyTime Pay. You can see the full list of supported hardware at https://mytime.com/hardware.
POS receipt footer message	You have the ability to customize the information shown on your printed receipts. The information can be edited as many times as you'd like. Learn more here.
Use computer generated sounds for barcode scans	When the setting is enabled, "success" and "fail" sounds play from the computer's system audio when scanning barcodes. A "success" beep occurs when the barcode is recognized, and a "fail" beep otherwise.