123 - BreakPoint Cash Loan and Cash Pickup
The Cash Pickup operation is used to remove cash from the BreakPoint register. It is a common practice in larger retail operations to ensure that the cashiers are not holding excessive amounts of cash in the register. Accordingly, it becomes necessary to remove cash from the registers periodically. The Cash Pickup operation may be used to track the cash that is removed so that at the end of shift, the register will recognize the correct cash count.
The program the Cash Loan and Cash Pickup operations, you must perform the following steps:
- Position the CASH LOAN and/or CASH PICKUP keys on your keyboard. This step may be performed by using the KEYBOARD LAYOUT option of the ALT Programming Menu. Under CASHIER OPERATIONS, the CASH LOAN and CASH PICKUP keys are selected as Functions # 401 and 402 respectively.
- Enable any system flag options that are desired with the Cash Loan or Cash Pickup operations, such as:
Global System Flag 419 - Cash Loan Operation is Manager Controlled.To use the Cash Loan operation, type the amount of the cash loan and press the CASH LOAN key. The register will produce a receipt of the Cash Loan operation and the transaction will be recorded into the journal. Any options that are enabled through the various System Flags will appear after the CASH LOAN key is pressed.
Global System Flag 420 - Cash Pickup Operation is Manager Controlled.
Global System Flag 421 - Validation 1 Required with Cash Loan.
Global System Flag 422 - Validation 2 Required with Cash Loan.
Global System Flag 423 - Validation 1 Required with Cash Pickup.
Global System Flag 424 - Validation 2 Required with Cash Pickup.
To use the Cash Pickup operation, type the amount of the cash pickup and press the CASH PICKUP key. The register will produce a receipt of the Cash Pickup operation and the transaction will be recorded into the journal. Any options that are enabled through the various System Flags will appear after the CASH PICKUP key is pressed.
The Cash Loan and Cash Pickup amounts are reported as a standard part of the financial totals retained by BreakPoint under both first and second level reporting. These totals are presented on the Full Financial, the Drawer Financial, and the Clerk Financial reports, both as reported totals and as adjustments to Cash Over/Short calculation and reporting.