An item with a quantity greater than one can be split in the journal. This feature is particularly useful when taking orders for a group of people who all want the same item with the same modifiers. After ordering the item with the desired quantity and modifiers, one or more people want to change the modifiers. By splitting the item according to the number of people who want different modifiers, you can easily adjust the modifiers for the new item that appears at the bottom of the transaction journal.
Example:
You have registered a cheese hamburger with French fries for five people. One person then decides they want sweet potato fries instead of regular fries, and another person does not want onion on their burger. By splitting the original item, automatically reducing the quantity to 4, and adding a new item with a quantity of 1 at the bottom, you can easily change the new item to include sweet potato fries instead of regular fries. By splitting the original item again, automatically reducing the quantity to 3, and adding another new item with a quantity of 1 at the bottom, you can easily change this new item to exclude the onion from the hamburger.
Restrictions on splitting a item
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The quantity of the item must be a whole number greater than 1.
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The split quantity (the quantity of the new item that will be added) must be a whole number greater than zero. It must be less than the quantity of the item to be split.
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The sale cannot be a return sale.
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The transaction must be a sales transaction.
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The item cannot be voided.
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The item cannot be an item modifier or part of a deal (that is, linked to a line).
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The item cannot be discounted.
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The item must not have any infocodes or modifiers with quantity handling other than multiply.
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If the item has been sent to the kitchen, the changing of the item must be allowed.
POS Command for splitting an item
The POS command for splitting an item is the SPLIT_ITEMORDEAL_JNL command.
Parameter:
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Split Quantity (the quantity of the new item that will be added). No numeric pad appears.
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No parameter - if the quantity of the line to be split is 2, the split quantity is set as 1. If not, a numeric pad appears where you type in the split quantity.
Location:
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The command can be on a menu button in the Sales POS. It applies to the selected line in the journal.
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The command can be in a POS menu that is shown when the line is pressed. The command JNL_LINE_EDIT is placed in a column of the journal grid. It is enabled for a non-voided item line with quantity more than 1, a sales transaction, and for an item with quantity handling multiply for its modifiers.
See also:
How to: Reorder Sales Line/s in the POS