Cash Counter Master

1Overview #

Licence. Cashier is a feature of Sales, bought on its own (a module of its own until October 2026 - licences that had it keep it). Without it the Cashier pages, its dashboard and its reports are not offered.

2What is this master? #

• One record per counter. Use Find (F2) to load one, Add (F3) to create, Modify (F4) to edit, Save (F5) to store, Esc to cancel an edit.
• Opened as an embedded dialog from another screen, Use counter returns the loaded Counter ID to that screen.
• Counters appear in the Cash/Card Collection window's open-counter list only after a Cash Opening entry exists for them for your user — creating the counter here is the first step, not the whole flow.

3Step by step #

A cash counter is a till — the physical drawer opening sessions run on.

1. Press Add (F3) and give the counter its ID and name — COUNTER-1 . The ID locks after saving because sessions reference it by text.
2. Press Save (F5) and confirm. Status starts as Available.
3. Open the day on it from Cash Opening; the counter shows Open until the closing releases it.

4Fields #

• Counter ID is the counter's name (up to 50 characters, e.g. Counter-1 ), is required and is the record's key — it must be unique and can't be renamed once saved, because cash-opening sessions reference the counter by this text.
• Description is free descriptive text (up to 255 characters), e.g. the counter's physical location.
• Status comes from the fixed status pick-list ( Available / Open ). New counters start as Available ; Open is normally stamped by the cash-opening flow while a session is running, so you rarely set it by hand.

5Why is a pick-list empty? #

• The Status options come from the fixed application list (Available / Open). If it is empty, the status list rows are missing from the database — contact the administrator.
• If the voucher page's Cash/Card Collection window shows no open counter , the counter exists but no Cash Opening has been made for it for your user, or the opening tracks a different voucher type.

6Integrity rules #

• The Counter ID is unique — a second counter with the same id is refused.
• A counter that has cash-opening records can't be deleted — the delete is refused with the number of sessions found.
• User permissions (_PERM triggers) can refuse a save or delete even when the form allows it.
• Deleting a counter also clears its document links (a database trigger cleans them up automatically).