Previous icon

Next icon

Using the Sales Entry window

Use the Sales Entry window to manage the sale of active stock items. Only active stock items can be sold to customers. A stock item may have been set to inactive on the Stock tab of Item Maintenance. See Item Maintenance - Stock tab.

This topic provides general information on using the Sales Entry window, and its fields and buttons. You should also see:

Opening the Sales Entry window

Sales Entry window - key fields and buttons

Fields

Field

Description

Sale is a Return of Goods

Select if the customer is returning goods.

See Processing customer returns.

Regular Sale / Internal GL Sale

Select to make the sale:

Item grid area unique fields

Most of the fields in the item grid area are displayed in the Sale Details area.

Field

Description

On Hand

Quantity of this item available for purchase before the current transaction.

Price Group

Price group selected for the sale of this item.

Note: Synergetic automatically selects the cheapest available price group that the customer is entitled to. You can select another price group from the Price Group grid.

Sale Details area fields

Sales Entry (sale details area)

The values in the Sale Details area relate to the highlighted stock item in the grid area.

Field

Description

Barcode

Barcode number of the stock item.

Desc

Manually enter a description for the stock item, if you want to override the default description. This replaces the item description on the sale record.

Note: You can select Enforce Manual Description in Item Maintenance if you require a unique description for the line item. See Maintaining items.

Quantity

Quantity of the stock item sold.

Unit Price

Price for each individual unit of the stock item.

For example, pens can be sold individually or as packets of 10. The unit price is based on which unit is being sold and the number of units.

Tax Code

Change the tax code if a different tax treatment is required for the item.

Tax

Amount of tax calculated based on the unit price, quantity and tax code.

Discount

Discount amount based on the percentage or dollar amount applied to the stock item.

Extended Price

Price for the number of the stock items being bought, after discount.

Price Groups grid area fields

Sales Entry (price groups area)

The Price Groups area displays all applicable price groups for the highlighted stock item, provided more than one price group is applicable.

Note: You can change the price group used for an item by selecting the price group and clicking Change button. An item in a regular sale can use any applicable price group that is not marked for internal sales, including price groups that the customer is not normally entitled to. Price groups the customer is not entitled to are displayed in grey font.

Field

Description

Price Group No

Priority of the price group.

Price Group Description

Description of the price group.

Unit Price

The unit price for this item determined by the price group.

Tax Code

The tax code for this item determined by the price group.

GL Sale

If selected, this price group is used for internal general ledger sales.

Buttons

Button

Description

Launch button

(Top left-hand side of window)

Launch into Community Maintenance if the customer has been selected before the sale is processed. See Maintaining community members in the Community manual.

Sales Entry (highlighted launch button - community maintenance)

For example, you could update the customer's contact details to include their mobile phone number, if you need to phone them when some new stock arrives.

Change button

(Top of window)

Change the sale date or the sales person.

Sale Summary Details window

Select to change the date of all subsequent sales until either you:

  • change the sales date
  • exit Synergetic.

Launch button

(Right-hand side of window)

Launch into Item Maintenance for the highlighted item. See Maintaining items.

Sales Entry (populated, Item Maintenance launch button highlighted)

Tip: Press F6 to launch into Item Maintenance.

Add (F2) button

Add a new sales item row, then either:

  • scan the barcode on the stock item and enter the quantity
  • type in the sale item in the Details area.

 

Note: If the customer purchases more than one of the same item, they either appear as separate line items or as one line item with the quantity reflecting the number being purchased.

Sales entry - sale summary region (separate line items)

Sales entry - sale summary region (summarised to one line item)

See the Adjust Quantity for Same Sale Item field on the Page 1 tab of Synergetic Financial Configuration - Business Units - Sales sub-tab in the Finance manual. This can be set independently for each business unit at your organisation.

Note: If no item is highlighted, you do not need to click Add (F2) button. Just use the drop-down fields to find the item.

Delete button

Delete the selected sales item. A confirmation window displays the details of the item to be deleted.

Confirm - about to delete item from sale entry

Price enquiry button

Check the price and the stock on hand of an item, without interrupting the current sales process.

See Performing a price enquiry.

No sale button

Open the cash drawer.

Note: If you do not have a cash drawer, the button will not be displayed.

The following window is displayed requesting the password, if it has been set.

No Sale window

Note: The password is configured using the No Sale Password field on the Page 2 tab of Synergetic Financial Configuration - Business Units - Sales sub-tab in the Finance manual. This can be set independently for each business unit at your organisation.

Last docket button

Display the docket for the last sale made.

Prior (F3) button

Move to the prior row, if not already at the first record.

Qty... (F4) button

Change the quantity for the highlighted item.

Sale Quantity window

Disc%... (F10) button

Apply a discount, expressed as a percentage off the extended price sale, for the highlighted item.

Discount Percentage window

Note: Use the Select Payment Method window to apply a discount on the entire sales invoice amount. See Selecting payment methods.

Disc$... (F10) button

Apply a discount, expressed as a dollar amount off the extended price sale, for the highlighted item.

Discount Amount window

Note: Use the Select Payment Method window to apply a discount on the entire sales invoice amount. See Selecting payment methods.

Select button

Select a stock item manually. See Selecting stock items for sale.

The Stock Item Search window is displayed if the Barcode field is blank.

Stock Item Search window

If an existing line item is selected, click Select button twice. The first time, to add a new row and the second time to display the Stock Item Search window.

Apply button

Lock in the changes made to the highlighted line item.

Change button

Change the price group used for this item to the selected price group.

Hold Sale button

Hold the sale temporarily.

To resume the held sale, see Resuming a held sale.

Note: Items in a held sale are removed from stock levels.

Customer... button

Either:

  • search for the customer, if they are a community member
  • type in their name and address if they are not a community member.

Select Customer window

Note: If the customer belongs to a price group that changes the price of the item, a warning label is displayed.

Sales Entry - Sale Details area (customer changed new price groups warning)

Delete Sale button

Delete the current sale being processed, if you have security rights to do so. A confirmation window displays the total sale amount.

Confirm - about to delete sale

Note: You can only delete a sale if your group's delete rights have been set using the Inv | InvoiceSalesEntry resource. See Group/User Security Maintenance - Groups View in the System maintenance manual.

Accept Sale (F12) button

Accept the sale details and process the payment.

See Selecting payment methods.

Close button

Exit from the sale.

Note: You only use this button if Synergetic is configured to prompt for the customer details after the sale details, and no items have been added to the sale.

Last modified: 13/08/2014 7:53:09 AM

See Also

Entering sales

Using the New Sale window

Selecting payment methods

© 2015 Synergetic Management Systems. Published 6 May 2015.

Top of page