Preferences Overview
Preferences enable you to configure the Prism interface and workflow to best suit the needs of your business. You can configure preferences so that they are applied at the Global, Subsidiary, Store, or Workstation level. Preferences are organized into areas and sub areas. Select a node on the left-side menu to display the available preferences for that area.
Preferences are grouped into Global and Node. Global preferences apply to all subsidiaries in the enterprise. Node preferences can be applied to a specific node (level). For example, by drilling down to a specific subsidiary in the Node Selection area and then configuring preferences, the settings will apply only to that subsidiary. When configuring preferences at the node level, care must be taken to set the preferences for the correct level so as not to overwrite settings for other locations.
Global Preferences
Preference Area | Description |
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Season | Edit existing seasons and add new seasons. You can assign seasons to price levels to implement seasonal pricing. |
Days in Transit | Define the default Days in Transit values for transfers between stores. |
Sublocations | Enable the sublocations feature and define options like the number of segments in sublocation names and the sublocations. |
Currency - General | View existing currencies and add new currencies. Currencies are copied from RIL to RP Prism during initialization. |
Currency - Exchange Rates |
Select a Base Currency and then define one or more exchange rates for individual foreign currencies. View/edit exchange rates. |
Corporate Regions |
These preferences are for Regional Inventory. |
Node Preferences
Preference Area | Description |
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Node Preferences | These preferences are applied on a Subsidiary or Store basis, based on the selected Node. |
Themes and Layouts | Change the look and appearance of the RP Prism user interface. |
Grid Formats | Define options for grid formats, including inventory, advanced item lookup and customer search. |
Language & Locale | Set the default language in which to display the RP Prism interface. |
System |
General: When Postal Code Lookup is enabled, a user can type in a ZIP Code for a customer or vendor address and Prism will fill in the corresponding City and State information. When enabling the feature, you specify which address fields should be populated with the City and State information (e.g. Address 3) |
Transactions |
Preferences related to performing transactions are organized into the following sub areas: |
Transfers | Preferences related to transfer slips. General: General settings related to transfers, such as requite a slip to reference a TO or require a slip to have a comment. Comments: Define a list of comments available for selection on transfers Resolution Rules: Define rules for resolving discrepancies on Transfers (by correcting/updating documents). |
Purchasing |
Preferences related to purchase orders and vouchers. |
Data Types | In this area, define the entries that will be available when adding addresses, emails, phone numbers, titles, and jobs. |
Merchandise |
Preferences related to merchandise are organized into the following sub areas: |
Sequencing | Options for defining document numbering sequences for various transaction and document types. |
Reporting | Preferences related to X/Z-Out reports. This includes options for using structured reports and register definition. |
Customers |
General: Customer-preferences that are not loyalty-related are in the General area. |
Taxes |
General: Most tax-related preferences are in the General area, including selecting the Tax Method (Sales Tax or VAT), tax rounding options, and special VAT options such as tax rebates and detax customers. |
Employee | General: General settings, including default associate for new transaction, time clock settings, and auto log-out settings Policy: Strong password policy settings. |
Hardware |
Hardware preferences are grouped into the following sub-areas: |
Touch Menu | A separate area of preferences for creating custom touch menus to list items on transactions with a single button push, rather than having to scan the merchandise. |