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To go a step further, imagine a scenario where employees are assigned as Client level 3 and they
receive 40% off the price of items linked to sub-department 1, and they purchase at your cost plus 5 %
on items linked to sub-department 2.

Are you confused yet? We understand that the ideas here may seem complicated at first. However,
when required the programming you do in this table will really improve your price control on the
Symphony POS terminals.

We have explained the major functionality of the discount table by giving a few examples. There is
more: for each of the examples given above what would happen in you were in the middle of a big sale
where much of your merchadise had already been marked down? Would you still give the same
discount rates to the customers?

Look closely at the example above. There are 4 rows where 4 different discount rates can be entered.
The different discount rates will be triggered by Symphony POS depending on which of the 4 conditions
(NO-NO, NO-YES, YES-NO, YES-YES) are met. Look to the left of the dfirst discount row in the table
above. The MPF field shows NO and the Sale column shows NO. This means that the customer will
receive 10% off the price when the MPF flag is not selected, and when the item is NOT on sale (or not
included in a currently active sale batch.) But he will only receive 5% discount off of the same items
when they are already on sale.

The MPF flag is located on the POS tab in the PLU maintenance. It is a rarely used flag that allows
you to decide a different discount rate for items in the same sub-department. Note that some import
routines created to accept data from wholesaler's system may be using the MPF flag internally. If you
are using an import routine to accept data that way it would be a good precaution to verify with your
dealer before modifying the setting of your MPF flags on PLU's on your system.

The same logic applies to the YES-NO combination between MPF and Sale conditions on PLU's. You
can set a rate when MPF is YES and Sale is NO and a different rate for items that have the MPF flag
set and when the item is on sale. (Small note: the MPF flag is often used in a pharmacy type system
where the retail operator may not be allowed to discount the DIN registered products but does want to
discount the non-DIN products. In that situation you could use the MPF as the DIN flag.

The final setting in each discount table record is to decide whether you will function at a discount from
the current active price, or whether you will function at Cost plus the rate entered for each condition. To
use Cost plus, place a check mark in the Cost column for the specific condition that should activate
cost plus.

Adding records to the discount table: The discount table operates a bit differently from other tables
because the entries are required before Symphony Pro can create the record. Enter a sub-department
number, a client level and the discount rates offered for each of the conditions (NO-NO, NO-YES, etc).
If you need cost plus, place a check mark in the cost-plus box.

Modifying records in the discount table: Locate the record to be changed and enter the new
values.

Removing records from the discount table: Locate the record to be removed and press the Delete

tool

from the menu.

To locate an existing record, double click in the sub-department field. A list of the sub-departments
currently assigned to the table will appear.

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NOTE: Account Related Maintenance is an optional module availalable from your Authorized TEC
Dealer. If this module is not purchased in addition to the Symphony Pro Software the following options