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        • POS processes - learn & apply
          • Configure the POS balancing feature
          • Transfer cash between POS units
          • Configure an opening mechanism for a POS unit cash drawer
          • Change a BIN from the POS sale
          • Create item addons and attach them to main items
          • Create a POS payment method
          • Create a new POS unit
          • Perform credit sales from POS
          • Apply custom configurations for item add-ons
          • Set up digital receipts
          • Generate end-of-day report
          • Group code setup
          • Insert the initial float for a POS unit
          • Set up item add-ons
          • Set up item categories
          • Add a logo to the POS screen
          • Configure master/slave POS units
          • Set up POS payment bins
          • Pay with different payment methods
          • Perform different payment operations
          • Configure period registers
          • POS info setup
          • Send email receipts from the POS sale
          • Set up POS unit groups
          • Set up price worksheet
          • Configure a receipt printout for a POS unit
          • Change responsibility center from the POS sale
          • Set up retail logo for printing
          • Conduct sales and returns on POS
          • Set up sales price
          • Set up salespeople/purchasers
          • Start the day in POS
          • Take a photo on the POS
          • Transfer cash with the POS payment BIN transfer journal
          • Set up users
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Transfer cash between POS units

You can transfer cash between two POS units by attaching the BIN_TRANSFER action to a button on the POS.

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Transfer operation between two POS unit payment bins is performed in two steps:

  1. Taking cash out of one POS unit payment bin
  2. Receiving cash into the other POS unit payment bin

To complete the transfer, make sure the prerequisites are met, and follow the provided steps:

Prerequisites

  • Create an in-transit bin with the Bin Type set to a SAFE.

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  • Create a cash in-transit account in the Chart of Accounts.

  • Create a new POS menu button on both source and target POS unit, and attach the BIN_TRANSFER action to them.

    • The bin transfer button on the source POS should have the Transfer Out parameter attached to it.
    • The button on the target POS should have the Transfer In parameter attached to it.

  • Link the cash in-transit account to the in-transit POS payment bin in the POS Posting Setup.

    chart_account_intransit

  • Populate the options in the Bin Transfer panel of the POS End of Day/Bin Tr. Profile Card.

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    In the Transfer Out section, you need to reference the IN-TRANSIT bin. and in the Transfer Out section, you need to enable Require Journal for Trans. INs to receive a journal from the source POS payment bin. When you receive the cash, you need to validate the transfer journal - there’s no need to type in the details of the transfer received from the source POS unit bin.

Procedure - Source POS

  1. Open the POS which you’re going to transfer the cash out of (the source POS unit).
  2. Press the button that has the Transfer Out parameter attached to it.
    A new window is displayed.
  3. Populate the details on the bin transfer screen - select the in-transit POS payment bin in the Move to Bin No. field.

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  1. When you’re done with setting this section up, Finalize and Complete the bin transfer.
    A POS entry transaction line is created and posted. The corresponding G/L entries are created.

    posted_bin_transfer

    The cash is transferred from the POS unit payment bin/cash account into the in-transit payment bin/cash in-transit account. Follow the steps in the procedure below to receive the cash on the target POS unit.

Procedure - Target POS

  1. Open the POS which you are going to transfer the cash from.
  2. Press the button that has the Transfer In.
    A new window is displayed.
  3. Press Get Transfer Jnl. Line, and select the available bin.
  4. Finalize and Complete the bin transfer.
    A POS entry transaction line is created and posted.
    The corresponding G/L entries are created.

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See also

  • Transfer cash with the POS Payment Bin Transfer Journal
  • Transfer and post stock-take worksheet