Why do I Have to Login When I Start a Transaction?

Summary

This article explains why on some systems Platinum asks the user to login when attempting to raise a transaction.

More Information

There are cases, usually on PCs that are used by a lot of people (i.e. Till PC's) that it is useful to have the system ask for the persons initials\password when they raise a sale. This means a PC can be left logged in as 1 user but the sales can still be logged by the correct salesperson.

Changing the Setting

Go to " Reports & Settings Maintenance Options System Administrator Platinum Settings".

• Press <Page-Down> to get to the "Invoicing" Page
• Here you will see a setting for "Accept Employee before Invoice". This has 3 different settings:
  • 'Y' - This causes the system to ask for the Initials of the employee doing the sale before the invoice is raised
  • 'N' - This is the default setting, it uses the person who is logged in to stamp them against the sales. This is used in conjunction with the system timeout.
  • 'P' - This works the same as 'Y' but rather than asking for the initials of the user it asks for the password.

See also

• Why does Platinum keep asking me to log in?
• Selling parts over the counter

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Keywords AND Misspellings

inactivity logout, idle, keyboard timeout, security, till, user, username

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