Settings > Application Settings

Main Menu > Settings > Application Settings > Global Option

Use Numeric Product ID

Set Yes to use numeric number for Product ID.

There is a concept of allotting code numbers to items where number of items is less. These codes are generally given in numbers for easy identification and data entry. In case an organization is practicing such policy, it is recommended that they set Yes here. Number code generated for product will start from 0001 and will go upto 9999. User may also specify their code and import it in this system. Set No in case you want an alpha-numeric code

Method of Communication

Select the method of communication (like Email, FTP, Instant Messaging, IP, Offline etc). User may specify all Communication parameters in Location Setup. During data synchronization, the method specified here will be used to import and export data.

Note:

If "Method of Communication = IP" the branch does not create data for other location. It send the data to HO and HO creates data for other location.

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Remote Data Service

Enter the link of your remote data service like http://192.168.3.20:6161/Fr6.

Allow Transaction Modification at other Location

We recommend you to use NO for this option. If you set this to NO then the transaction data modification will be allowed only at the location where it has been created. If you set it ‘Yes’ software will Allow modification of transaction data in other location.

Allow Mater Modification at Branch (not for IP)

Set this option ‘Yes’, if you want to allow your branches to create master through IM. You have to set IM options (in M> I> L) to use this functionality.

Digit After Decimal (Qty)

Enter the number which you want take after decimal of Quantity. This will be used in all quantity inputs across all transactions.

Use Multi Unit

Set Yes to specify Multi Unit (Alternate Unit) in stock Items , when one unit is used at Purchase and the other Unit is used at POS (e.g, Packet of 20 Pcs, Purchase in Packet, Sale in Pcs)

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Allow Active Prepaid Card in Other Location

We recommend you to use NO for this option. If you set this to NO then Active Prepaid Cards will be allowed to use only at the location for which it has been created. If you set it ‘Yes’ software will allow all other branches to use Active Prepaid Cards of other branches.

Allow Transaction in DEMO

We recommend you to use NO for this option. If you set this to NO then the transactions will be allowed only in licensed software. If you set it ‘Yes’ software will Allow transaction entry in DEMO mode.

Note: In DEMO mode transaction can be created only in the 1st and 2nd day of the current month.

Change Input Text

Default is Proper Case. In proper case software will convert the first letter of each entered words to capital letter. You can also use No Change to restrict software from automatically changing them to Proper Case.

Related Faq:

•	In RanceLab® FusionRetail™ 6 through MS Excel sheet I want to keep the input text as same as they are in MS Excel sheet.

List Style

Classic: Opens all the lists without search box

Advanced: Opens all the lists with search box.

Related Faq:

•	What is List Style in global option?

Button Style

Classic: Display all the buttons in button bar.

Advanced: Display all the buttons in a single pop up screen.

Related Faq:

•	What is Button Style in Global Option and what is its function?

Stock Value In Final Account From

Account: Calculates Stock Value In Final Account From Accounts

Inventory: Calculates Stock Value In Final Account From Inventory.

Allow Zero Rate Entry

We recommend you to use NO for this option. If you set this to NO then Zero rate entry will not be allowed in the software. If you set it ‘Yes’ software will Allow Zero rate entry.

Check FusionRetail5 Code

Default is Yes. If you set it to ‘Yes’ software will check 8 digit product codes and restrict them to use in User Defined Code. If you want to use 8 digit product codes as user defined codes set it to ‘No’

Purchase Item Value Calculation On

Purchase Cost: Calculates Purchased Item Value on Purchase Cost.

Purchase Rate: Calculates Purchased Item Value on Purchase Rate.

Related Faq:

•	I want to add transportation charges

Order and Invoice link On

Product ID: Link Order and Invoice on Product ID if you want to populate invoice data from order details.

Product Child ID: Link Order and Invoice on Product Child ID if you don’t want to populate invoice data from order details.

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Show Images in Report

We recommend you to use NO for this option. If you set this to NO then product images will not be shown in reports. If you set it ‘Yes’ you can see the product images in the reports.

Ask Report Parameters

We recommend you to use NO for this option. If you set this to Yes, software will ask for reports parameter, whenever you try to open any report in FusionRetail™ 6.

Allow User to Login in Other Location

Set No if the users are not allowed to login in the location other than specified with the USER in the USER MASTER else set Yes.

FTP Setting:

FTP Setting

FTP Address (http\\)

Enter FTP address.

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FTP User Name

Enter User Name

FTP Password

Enter Password

Port

Type 21 the default port for FTP. To establish an FTP session, clients initiate a connection to an FTP server that listens on TCP port 21 by default.

FTP SSL Authentication

Set YES for FTP Secure Socket Layer authentication else set No. Yes is recommended.

Access Directory

Type symbol (/) default for Access Directory.

Matrix Field Caption for Reports:

Matrix Field Caption for Reports

Field 1

Field 2

Field 3

List 1

List 2

List 3

Type name for the field to be displayed in the report.

Scan Start Sentinel

Scan start sentinel is used to add a symbol as prefix to the code to identify if the scanned code (data) is one of the following

Customer

Default +

Sales Person

Default /

Less Quantity

Default -

Weighing Sale

Default #

Note : The following signs are available :

+ / - # ? @ ! ~ % ^ & * < > ; : \ [ ] ( ){ }

If same sign is assigned to more than one option as scan start sentinel, the first one is activated only.

Scale Input Format

Default XEEEEEEXRRXXX

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•	Is it possible to manually adjust my weighing scale barcode denominations in RanceLab® FusionRetail™ 6?

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Example 1 : Customer

1.	Go to sale transaction screen (Scan POS) by pressing S > T > S

2.	Set the focus to product scan

3.	To select customer enter start scan sentinel + customer ID and press enter

4.	It will select the customer automatically

5.	You can encode the code starting with a + symbol to make selecting customer faster.

Example 2 : Sales Person

You can provide bar coded cards to your sale person with the of code /00001 where

•	/ = Start Sentinal and

•	00001 = Sale Person Code

•	Now if you scan the the code in the scan field in transaction like sale then the sale person will automatically selected.

Example 3 : Less Quantity

•	go to sale transaction screen (Scan POS) by pressing S > T > S

•	Set the focus to product scan

•	Select the product

•	Set the focus to product scan

•	To less quantity of product enter start scan sentinel + how many quantity user want to less * product id.

Example 4 : Weighing Sale

Weighing Scale Start Sentinel: If a barcode is scanned with Weighing Scale Start Sentinel then FusionRetail 6 tries to decode this as this Scanned Code = # CCCC WWWWW where

•	# : is a special character to identify the scale product

•	CCCC : 4 Digit Numeric Product Code

•	WWWWW : 5 Digit Weight or Pcs (e.g. 12 Pcs should be shown as 00012 and 12 Kgs will be shown as 12000)

Note: The WWWWW value will be divided by the value of Weighing Scale Conversion field of the product master.

For example if you sell Apple by Weight (Kilograms) then you should enter 1000 in the Weighing Scale Conversion in the product master.

And if you want to sell Oranges by Pcs then you should enter 1 in the Weighing Scale Conversion field of the product master.

Note: In touch pos, scan start sentinel is used for scan the product from weighing scale. It is used in register mode only.

Example 5 : Scale Input Format

Log Maintenance:

Maintain Activity Log	The default is ‘Yes’. Set it to ‘No’ if you don’t want to maintain the activity log.
Max. Log Limit	To set the maximum log lines in the log file. Default is ‘999999’

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