Drawer Management is easy to use in POS. (For an overview of Drawer Management, how to set it up, etc., please click here.) Using Drawer Management does not alter POS functionality. The main difference is that a drawer is assigned to a specific cashier. Therefore, the cashier must sign on to a specific drawer. Closing out of POS has a couple of unique options, as well, if Drawer Management is in use.
If just one cashier is present at a register, sign in to a drawer as follows:
When you open the POS, there will be one box (or two) at the upper left of the POS screen: "Register is Locked. Please Sign in. Drawer 1 Sign In" (If two drawers are assigned to the register, there will be a second box beneath this one, identical except it will say "Drawer 2 Sign In." If you are the only cashier at the register, the system knows your username and password already, since you have already signed in to [i] Merchant or POS. So, all you need to do is click on the top box at the upper left of the POS ("Drawer 1 Sign In"), and the register will be activated. From here, POS functionality is identical whether you use Drawer Management or not.
Note:
If you select Lock Cash Drawer from the POS Closing Menu, you will, however, be required to key in your password upon re-signing in to your drawer.
If two cashiers are present at a register:
The first cashier to sign in will follow the procedure above--click on the "Drawer 1 Sign In" box with no sign-in necessary. The second cashier will click on the second box--"Drawer 2 Sign In." A prompt will appear, asking for username and password. Simply enter the correct information. The second drawer will become available to the second cashier.
The only other things to be aware of when using Drawer Management is the POS Closing Menu. There are a couple of unique options when using Drawer Management: Lock Cash Drawer and Sign Off and Remove Drawer. Also, when two cashiers are signed in to two drawers at the same register, the End Shift and Exit, Close the Day, and Close and Start Next Day options will not be present on the POS Closing Menu. They will only display after one of the cashiers has signed off from his or her cash drawer.