To create a new department, on the Departments tab press the add button, enter the following information, and then press Save:
- Name: New department name.
- Product code: Payment system product code.
- Min Age: Age restriction applied to all items within the department.
- Time Restricted: Select this check box to set a limitation to sales within this department after a specified period.
- Allow negative transactions: Select this check box to allow negative transactions within department.
- Allow EBT: Select this check box to enable EBT MOP for the department.
- Allow direct sale: Select this check box to allow direct sales for the department. By default, direct sales are allowed for departments.
- Allow Self-Checkout sale: Select this check box to allow sale of items from the department in the self-checkout mode of SmartPOS. By default, the self-checkout sale is disabled for the departments.
- Taxes: Select the tax from the list to assign it to the whole department.
- Fees: Select the fee from the list to assign it to the whole department.
- Transaction Quantity Limit: Enter the limit for the items quantity in the transaction for this department.
- Lottery type: Select one of the following options depending on the department type:
- None: Select this option for the non-lottery department.
- Online net sales: Select this option if this lottery department relates to this lottery type.
- Instant sales: Select this option if this lottery department relates to this lottery type.
- Instant payouts: Select this option if this lottery department relates to this lottery type.
When Instant payouts is selected, the Allow negative transactions option is selected automatically and then becomes unavailable.
