Difficulty Level - Intermediate Impact - Organization Level

Payout Cash removed from a register for payments (paying a window cleaner, tipping a delivery person, etc.). Categories lets you manage the types of payments that may be made using cash from the register.

To access Payout Categories settings:

  1. Click on on the quick links Located at the top right corner of a page, it contains icons that allow you to quickly access important pages. bar from any page.

  2. In the Settings window:

    Settings associated to a page automatically show in the List box. If the setting that you want to access is in the List box, you can skip step a.

    1. Select Financial from the Filter drop-down list.

    2. Click on Payout Categories from the List box in the left pane.

The following information is displayed on the settings page:

ClosedCreate a New Payout Category

  1. Go to Payout Categories settings.

  2. Click on the Create button.

  3. In the Create Payout Category window:

    1. Enter the name of the category you want to create in Description.

    2. Enter a number in Sequence (this number determines the order in which the categories will appear in the drop-down list).

      • It's a good practice to avoid assigning consecutive numbers when creating categories the first time and instead use numbers with large gaps between them (for example, 10, 20, 30 and so on). That way, in the future, new categories can easily be inserted in between as required.

      • If you would like the categories to be displayed in alphabetical order, set the sequence for all categories to the same number.

    3. Click on the Create button.

A new category will automatically have Allow Pre-Entry set to Yes. This means that payouts Cash removed from a register for payments (paying a window cleaner, tipping a delivery person, etc.). with the category can be created for the day even if the previous end of day Completion of end of day tasks on the POS which results in EOD markers sent to Clearview. has not been completed. If you don't want to allow payouts Cash removed from a register for payments (paying a window cleaner, tipping a delivery person, etc.). with the new category to be created unless the previous end of day Completion of end of day tasks on the POS which results in EOD markers sent to Clearview. has been completed, edit the category created and change Allow Pre-Entry to No.

ClosedEdit a Payout Category

  1. Go to Payout Categories settings.

  2. Click on the name of the category that you want to edit.

  3. In the Update Payout Category window:

    1. Change the details as required.

    2. Click on the Update button.

If you don't want a certain category accessible to users in your organization at present, you can deactivate it by changing the Status to Inactive. You can similarly reactivate it by changing the Status to Active if and when you start using it.

ClosedDelete a Payout Category

  1. Go to Payout Categories settings.

  2. Click on the name of the category that you want to delete.

  3. Click on the Delete button in the Update Payout Category window.

  4. Click on the OK button in the confirmation request pop-up box A box with a prompt that opens up when you click certain links or buttons in Clearview..

Only categories that haven't been used for a payout Cash removed from a register for payments (paying a window cleaner, tipping a delivery person, etc.). can be deleted.

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