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Subject Author Date Multiple Batches Terrible TomúÚ&€c…!!롼¬~êçŠÛ« 11-09-2005  RE: Multiple Batches tm 11-09-2005  Re: Multiple Batches Jeff 11-09-2005  Re: Multiple Batches kskinne 11-10-2005  Re: Multiple Batches Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail... 11-11-2005  Re: Multiple Batches Terrible TomúÚ&€c…!!롼¬~êçŠÛ« 11-11-2005
Posted by Terrible TomúÚ&€c…!!롼¬~êçŠÛ« on November 9, 2005, 4:34 pm Please log in for more thread options We're just getting up to speed with RMS here, and yesterday we had quite a time balancing the till. This used top be (pre-RMS) a pretty quick & easy procedure but now... not so quick or easy. After I started looking into why our SHIFT & CLOSE numbers were so far apart, I discovered that we had multiple batches for the day. It seems as though exiting RMS POS closes the batch without printing a Z report. It is definitely not SOP to exit and re-launch RMS POS during the day. Normally, RMS POS would start when we open and not be closed until the end of the day. Would a ZZ Report give me all of the days' business (all shifts combined plus closing data)? Additionally (more of a Windows question here) should I consider changing my local security policy on cash registers to not allow other programs to run? Or even deny cashiers the ability to exit POS? Thanks, Tom -- The worst words in business: "We''ve always done it that way" -- Stop Fishing for eMail. Posted by tm on November 9, 2005, 4:40 pm Please log in for more thread options Closing RMS POS during the day must not close the daily batch. Only Z report is supposed to do so. If this is happening, reinstall RMS and apply the latest service pack to it (SP3). Denying the cashiers to close POS during the day is a good idea. I wouldn't recommend messing with Windows policies though - it may get out of hands. "Terrible Tom" wrote: > We're just getting up to speed with RMS here, and yesterday we had quite a > time balancing the till. This used top be (pre-RMS) a pretty quick & easy > procedure but now... not so quick or easy. > > After I started looking into why our SHIFT & CLOSE numbers were so far > apart, I discovered that we had multiple batches for the day. It seems as > though exiting RMS POS closes the batch without printing a Z report. > > It is definitely not SOP to exit and re-launch RMS POS during the day. > Normally, RMS POS would start when we open and not be closed until the end of > the day. > > Would a ZZ Report give me all of the days' business (all shifts combined > plus closing data)? > > Additionally (more of a Windows question here) should I consider changing my > local security policy on cash registers to not allow other programs to run? > Or even deny cashiers the ability to exit POS? > > Thanks, > Tom > > -- > The worst words in business: > "We''ve always done it that way" > -- > Stop Fishing for eMail. Posted by Jeff on November 9, 2005, 6:36 pm Please log in for more thread options TT, In addition to Retail Hero comments, you can also do a blind close to create multiple batches. To see a summary of all of the batches, either a zz or a Crystal reports Register analysis report. -- * We're just getting up to speed with RMS here, and yesterday we had quite a time balancing the till. This used top be (pre-RMS) a pretty quick & easy procedure but now... not so quick or easy. After I started looking into why our SHIFT & CLOSE numbers were so far apart, I discovered that we had multiple batches for the day. It seems as though exiting RMS POS closes the batch without printing a Z report. It is definitely not SOP to exit and re-launch RMS POS during the day. Normally, RMS POS would start when we open and not be closed until the end of the day. Would a ZZ Report give me all of the days' business (all shifts combined plus closing data)? Additionally (more of a Windows question here) should I consider changing my local security policy on cash registers to not allow other programs to run? Or even deny cashiers the ability to exit POS? Thanks, Tom -- The worst words in business: "We''ve always done it that way" -- Stop Fishing for eMail. Posted by kskinne on November 10, 2005, 10:19 am Please log in for more thread options Hi Tom printing the ZZ report will give you the totals for all the batches for all the z reports that have been printed since the last time you ran the zz report. so if you have people running multiple z reports on the same register each day, you could run the zz report at the end of each day for the total Kevin "Jeff" wrote: > TT, > > In addition to Retail Hero comments, you can also do a blind close to create > multiple batches. To see a summary of all of the batches, either a zz or a > Crystal reports Register analysis report. > > -- > * > We're just getting up to speed with RMS here, and yesterday we had quite a > time balancing the till. This used top be (pre-RMS) a pretty quick & easy > procedure but now... not so quick or easy. > > After I started looking into why our SHIFT & CLOSE numbers were so far > apart, I discovered that we had multiple batches for the day. It seems as > though exiting RMS POS closes the batch without printing a Z report. > > It is definitely not SOP to exit and re-launch RMS POS during the day. > Normally, RMS POS would start when we open and not be closed until the end > of > the day. > > Would a ZZ Report give me all of the days' business (all shifts combined > plus closing data)? > > Additionally (more of a Windows question here) should I consider changing my > local security policy on cash registers to not allow other programs to run? > Or even deny cashiers the ability to exit POS? > > Thanks, > Tom > > -- > The worst words in business: > "We''ve always done it that way" > -- > Stop Fishing for eMail. > > > Posted by Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt on November 11, 2005, 11:19 am Please log in for more thread options In addition to Blind Closes, if you lose DB connectivity and RMS enters OffLine Mode, a Blind Closed batch will be created. Closing POS does not close the batch. -- -- Glenn Adams Tiber Creek Consulting http://www.tibercreek.com glenn@tibercreek.com ---------------------------------------------- Please DO NOT respond to me directly but post all responses here in the newsgroup so that all can share the information > We're just getting up to speed with RMS here, and yesterday we had quite a > time balancing the till. This used top be (pre-RMS) a pretty quick & easy > procedure but now... not so quick or easy. > > After I started looking into why our SHIFT & CLOSE numbers were so far > apart, I discovered that we had multiple batches for the day. It seems as > though exiting RMS POS closes the batch without printing a Z report. > > It is definitely not SOP to exit and re-launch RMS POS during the day. > Normally, RMS POS would start when we open and not be closed until the end > of > the day. > > Would a ZZ Report give me all of the days' business (all shifts combined > plus closing data)? > > Additionally (more of a Windows question here) should I consider changing > my > local security policy on cash registers to not allow other programs to > run? > Or even deny cashiers the ability to exit POS? > > Thanks, > Tom > > -- > The worst words in business: > "We''ve always done it that way" > -- > Stop Fishing for eMail. Similar Threads Posted Multiple cash drawers - problems with batches November 30, 2005, 1:42 pm delete queued closed batches from post closed batches command? 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