Select Maintenance > Business > Store to access the Store function. The Store function enables you to configure default system settings for your store. The system automatically creates a store record during the system installation/import process and the function separates options in this record into groups, based on the area of the Aloha POS system affected by your selections. Select the Quick Count group located at the bottom of the screen.

Quick Count group

The options in this group control how the system handles Quick Count functionality.

Group Bar: Options

Enable quick count — Activates the Quick Count functionality. Required Options: To expose this option, access Maintenance > Business > Additional Features (Corporate Administration) > Corporate Owner tab and select ‘Display quick count’ under the ‘Options to display’ group bar. Related Options: This option exposes the rest of the Quick Count options.

Rollover count totals at end-of-day — Designates all count totals to roll over to opening counts for the next day, when the EOD runs. For example, if you have 10 Waste counts when the EOD runs, then the following day you will have 10 waste counts again. Required Options: You must select ‘Enable quick count’ to enable this option. Related Options: If you select both ‘Rollover count totals at end-of-day’ and ‘Automatically calculate and set opening count,’ the system performs the Rollover Count function, unless you manually enter the closing counts in the FOH. If you manually enter the closing counts, they become the opening counts for the next day.

Automatically calculate and set opening count — Calculates closing counts for the current day, and the closing counts become the opening counts for the next day, when the EOD runs. Required Options: You must select ‘Enable quick count’ to enable this option. Related Options: If you select both ‘Rollover Count totals at end-of-day’ and ‘Automatically calculate and set opening count,’ the system performs the Rollover Count function, unless you manually enter the closing counts in the FOH. If you manually enter the closing counts, they become the opening counts for the next day.

Enable projection reports — Activates projection reporting and gives you the ability to view them on the FOH. You must add the available buttons to a panel to display on the FOH. Required Options: You must select ‘Enable quick count’ to enable this option and begin accumulating data for Quick Count reporting. The reports are not meaningful to you until you activate the feature and then accumulate approximately three weeks of historical data (dated subs).

Number of weeks to project — Indicates the number of past weeks, up to eight weeks, to use when calculating sales projections. The default value is one week. Required Options: You must select ‘Enable quick count’ to enable this option.

Minimum time interval to project in minutes — Indicates the minimum time interval (5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes) in which you want the system to calculate the FOH report. The system displays the number of items sold in the specified time interval. The smaller the interval, the longer it takes the system to build the database. We recommend using a low number for the minimum time interval, such as 5, even though it might take longer to build. You cannot change the time interval in the FOH to a smaller interval than the interval specified in this option. Required Options: You must select ‘Enable quick count’ to enable this option.

Print waste chits — Prints a waste chit each time an item waste count updates. Required Options: You must select ‘Enable quick count’ to enable this option.