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(7) USE GROUP BY EMPLOYEE
Determine if you wish to report GROUPS by EMPLOYEE. If you choose Yes, then you can report up to
30 of the 99 groups for each employee. See "Groups By Employee" on page 130 to select which groups
will report for each employee.
(8) CHECK TRACKING METHOD
Choose HARD or SOFT. Hard checks store only the check balances; soft check store check detail for the
number of lines determined at step 12.
(9) # OF TRACKING FILES
The norm is to have one tracking file for check tracking memory. This however can be increased to four,
each running independently, thus allowing separate tracking for multiple drive-thru lanes, phone-in
orders, etc.
There is the additional option of providing a history for closed soft checks. Tracking file 2 will store
closed checks for tracking file one and tracking file 4 will store 3. Normal tracking with not take place on
files 3 and 4 when they are allocated to store history.
(10) # OF LINES PER TRANSACTION
Determine how many lines of receipt print can be buffered for each transaction. If this number is reached
during a transaction, the message "BUFFER FULL" will display and the transaction must be finalized.
Note: Must be greater than or equal to the number of lines per soft check. Note that voided items also
use lines in a check.
(11) # OF LINES PER CHECK/INTERRUPT
This is the maximum number of product lines that can be stored per check, also when using clerk
interrupt this is the number of lines that can be stored per clerk. This field also controls the number of
history lines that can be stored for closed check tracking files before wrap round reporting begins.
(12) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHECKS
Determine the maximum number of checks for each tracking file.
(13) # OF TIME PERIODS
This is the number of time periods by which information will be analyzed. This can be either 24-hourly,
48 - 1/2 hourly, 96 - 15 minutes. Further programming allows suppression and edit of any time report
within the chosen range
(14) # OF PRODUCT MIX GROUPS
Product Mix Groups can be used to implement a simplified ingredient system for tracking only essential
ingredients associated with items (i.e. cups for beverages or number of pieces for chicken menus.) Enter
the number of Product Mix items you wish to track here.
(15) # OF PRODUCT MIX TIME PERIODS
Product mix groups report usage by time period. Determine the number of periods you wish for product
mix time reporting. The actual time for each period can be customized. .
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