The triggering of Total Discount Offers is the same as for other offers with one exception and that is the Step Amount selection of the Total Discount Offer and Benefits. The Step Amount is triggered against the total amount of the transaction. The discount and the distribution of the offer discount are triggered against the item lines defined in the offer. The total amount of the transaction activates the highest possible Step Amount. This means that the steps are not accumulative.
As defined on the Benefits FastTab, a Total Discount Offer can have many Types of benefits like Discounts, Items, selection from an Item-List, Member Points and Coupons. Each Step Amount can have multiple benefits and if the Step Amount triggers some offers the customer is entitled to them all. Discounts, Points and Coupons are awarded automatically but gift items have to be selected by the customer. The Total button on the POS will open a pop-up for the customer to select gift items from all available gifts on the Item-list. This is a combined gift list from all activated Periodic and Totals Discount Offers.
All valid Total Discount Offers are activated on the POS when the Total button is pressed.
Example of Total Discount Offer:
This offer gives 10% discount of Items 54700 and 54710 if the total amount exceeds 100. For total amount above 200 the discount is 20% and the customer can buy golf socks for 2 and accept balls 3 in pack as a gift.
So when the Total button is pressed the discount is calculated and an Optional Benefits pop-up appears.
If the customer accepts the optional benefit it will be added to the POS lines and the transaction is ready to be finalized.
Note: This only describes how Total Discount Offers are calculated as such. The final outcome will depend on how Total Discount Offers interact with other offers and the discount sequence calculation where combination of sequence and calculation functions can affect the final outcome.