How to setup a barcode for a sales person card

User can have his/her account linked to a Sales person card which can be scanned or entered manually, when doing a transaction in POS.

Example:

Sales persons card numbers are e.g. 7 characters and all start with the four digits 7911.The three last digits represent the user login or ID. If you would for example scan or enter manually card number 7911101 then the POS looks up user with ID or login number 101. To set the card numbers up as barcodes do the following:

1. Go to Bar code Mask Setup View
2. Add a new barcode mask by clicking the Add button
3. New bar code mask setup dialog is displayed
4. Enter Sales person card as description
5. Select Sales person as type of mask
6. Select EAN8 as symbology
7. Enter 7911 as the mask
8. Prefix gets automatically the same value as the mask and mask length is 4
9. In the lower view click the Add button to add a barcode mask segment
10. Enter 1 as segment number
11. Select Sales person as type
12. Set segmentChar as R
13. Enter 3 as length
14. Click the OK button to save the mask segment - the mask length is now 7
15. Click the OK button to save and close the barcode mask dialog
16. Open the Barcode setup view
17. Click the Add button to add a new barcode setup for sales person card
18. Enter a description e.g. Sales person card
19. A barcode setup view opens up
20. Select EAN8 as barcode type
21. Select Sales person card as mask
22. Close the view

 

Display sales person card information in POS

You have now setup a barcode for a sales person and are able to scan the barcode or enter manually the card number into the POS. The sales person ID and name can now be displayed in the receipt panel and on the customer receipt printout.

 

See also

• How to setup a sales person card for a card reader
• Changing the receipt panel
• Sales person operations

 

Last updated:	27th October 2016
Version:	LS One 2016.1