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The two tips commands, TIPS and TIPS_SUGGESTIONS, are used to insert the received tip amounts for the transaction in the Sales POS. They are assigned to a POS menu button and use settings that depend on the active hospitality type.
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TIPS is the older version and will be obsoleted in the future, handled by LSC Hospitality POS Commands.
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TIPS_SUGGESTIONS is the new version, handled by LSC Tips Management. It uses a panel that includes the numpad buttons, thereby making it easier and faster to enter the amounts. You can add to it a #TIPSSUGGESTION menu with three tip percentage amounts to make it easier for the customer to select the tip amount to give. These suggested amounts are printed on the customer receipts.
The following list explains how to fill in the fields on the TIPS FastTab in the Hospitality Type Card page.
TIPS and TIPS_SUGGESTIONS
| Field | Information |
| Tips Income Acc. 1 | The income account that the tip amount 1 is posted to. |
| Tips Income Acc. 2 |
If inserting two tip amounts, this is the income account of the second tip amount. Note: This account must not be the same as Tips Income Acc. 1. |
| Print Tips on Pre-Receipt | The tips are printed on the pre-receipt. |
| Print Tips on Merchant Receipt | When pre-authorization is used, the merchant slip is printed out and handed to the customer for they to add the tip amount they want to give. Later on, when posting the transactions, the waiter uses the merchant slip to add the tip amount to the transaction and posts it. |
| Print Blank Tip Line | Print a blank line on the receipt (merchant and pre-receipt) so that the customer can write in the tip amount they want to add. |
| Print Blank Total Line | Print a blank line on the receipt (merchant and pre-receipt) so that the customer can write in the total amount they want to pay. |
Registering tips with an infocode
You can use the button parameter INFOCODE with both commands. The infocode registers the tips to a staff member to be able to get tip totals per staff via the infocode feature. The demo data provides the TIPS infocode for this purpose.
- In the Parameter field of the POS Menu line that the TIPS or TIPS_SUGGESTIONS command are assigned to, click on the rightmost assist button to view the POS Button Parameters page.
- Click Edit List.
- In the line with Parameter INFOCODE, enter the infocode code in the Parameter Value field.
- Close the page.
Note: The program has now automatically assigned the INFOCODE text to the Parameter field if it was empty. For the TIPS_SUGGESTIONS command, you need to clear the Parameter field. For this command, the Parameter field must be either blank or an existing Currency code, not the INFOCODE text.
TIPS
| Tips Panel ID |
The panel where you insert the tip amount(s), needs to have Codeunit 10001201, LSC Hospitality POS Commands assigned. In demo data, you have a choice between #HO-TIPS-NUMPAD and #HO-TIPS-NUMPAD2AMT. |
TIPS_SUGGESTIONS
| Tips Panel ID |
The panel where you insert the tip amount(s), needs to have Codeunit 10000897, LSCTips Management assigned. In demo data, you have the #HO-TIPS-NUMPAD-SUGG panel that includes the #TIPSSUGGESTION menu. You can remove the menu from the panel or reduce the number of buttons if you have less than three suggested tip percentages. |
| Suggested Tips Calculation |
Either Include VAT (gross amount is the base for the suggested tip amount) or Exclude VAT (net amount is the base for the suggested tip amount). |
| Suggested Tips 1 Percentage | The percentage of the transaction amount suggested (net or gross, depending on the Suggested Tips Calculation. |
| Suggested Tips 2 Percentage | The percentage of the transaction amount suggested (net or gross, depending on the Suggested Tips Calculation. |
| Suggested Tips 3 Percentage | The percentage of the transaction amount suggested (net or gross, depending on the Suggested Tips Calculation. |
Note: You can select a currency code as parameter for the TIPS_SUGGESTIONS command. This is convenient if the customers are known to give tips in another currency than the local one. You need to create a Tips button per the currency that you can receive.
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