If you will be using multiple cash registers, it is advisable to plan how these cash registers will be used with respect to common products, their prices and, if applicable, warehouses before activating. This is because cash registers connected to the same cloud will by default share all products in that cloud.

You can specify which products will be available on which cash registers by using product hiding rules. Similarly, you can use rules to adjust the prices of products for individual cash registers within the same cloud. In some cases, however, using rules may be unclear and it may be easier to create separate clouds for the cash registers.

If each cash registers has its own cloud, you will need to create products on each cloud separately.

Multiple cash registers can share one warehouse, or you can set up a separate warehouse for each cash register, always within the same cloud. Depending on the products, prices and warehouses at each cash register, it is therefore advisable to choose the type of cloud solution that suits your operation right from the start. The different variants of this solution are described below.

 

What is the Dotypos cloud?

Data in Dotypos is stored on the cloud, which is a secure data storage on the internet that communicates with your cash registers and synchronizes data with them. You can work with the cloud through a web interface we call Dotypos Cloud. In the event of a cash register failure, all data remains backed up in the cloud and can be reimported into a new or repaired cash register. We call this operation a cash register replacement. The cloud and the account in Dotypos Cloud is automatically created when Dotypos is activated. Cash registers connected to one cloud always have identical products - they share all products in that cloud.

 

Do you need a shared or separate warehouse?

You can have one shared warehouse for multiple cash registers, or a separate warehouse for each cash register. When you activate a cash register, one master warehouse is always automatically created and the cash register is connected to that warehouse. Additional warehouses can be created using the Dotypos Cloud web interface, and you can also specify which cash registers will have access to that warehouse. The cash registers must always be connected to the cloud in which you create the warehouses. You cannot connect a cash register from one cloud to a warehouse in another cloud. Therefore, you can use multiple warehouses within a single cloud for individual cash registers.

 

Do you need shared or standalone products?

Next, decide whether you need shared or separate products, i.e. whether you want the same products on all cash registers or not. So you can hide the selected products for each cash register in the same cloud, or you can connect each cash register with different products to a separate (own) cloud. Then you don't have to deal with hiding products.

 

Need different products and prices at the cash registers?

If you want different prices for products at cash registers in the same cloud, you will again need to create rules for changing prices. In case of different products and their prices on individual cash registers, it is advisable to connect cash registers to separate clouds.

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Solution 1: One common cloud for all cash registers

You will use one warehouse with products available for all cash registers (branches) with the same product prices. This is the default setting. The cloud is created when the cash register is activated. When you activate additional cash registers, simply select this previously created cloud and connect the new cash registers to it.

 

Solution 2: One common cloud with price adjustment over time

You prefer one warehouse with products available for all cash registers, but with different prices. Therefore, through the Dotypos cloud web interface, after the first cash register is activated, you need to create rules with price adjustment over time for each product that will have a different price. If you add additional cash registers to the cloud, you will need to modify the price change rules and possibly add a new cash register.

 

Solution 3: One cloud with hidden products for different cash registers

In case you use one cloud, but different products will be on different cash registers (branches), one cloud with hidden products is the solution. Therefore, through the Dotypos cloud web interface, after the first cash register is activated, you need to create rules for hiding products at each cash register. If you add additional cash registers to the cloud, you will need to modify the product hiding rules and possibly add a new cash register.

 

Solution 4: A custom cloud for each cash register

If you want a different range of goods at each cash register and you also want different prices, separate clouds are the solution. You can create a new cloud whenever you activate each cash register.

 

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