Vouchers
Helpful Details About Vouchers:
- To create Vouchers the User Permission "Vouchers" must be granted.
 - Vouchers are created outside of eCELLAR and can be distributed as the winery desires.
 - Voucher must be added to the ACP and can be used as tender in the POS.
 - Best Practice is to make sure all Sales Reps / Users know that vouchers should be treated as cash.
 
Voucher Case / Workflow:
- The winery adds a Voucher for Vino Bike Tours (for example) in the ACP.
 - Vouchers are produced (outside of eCELLAR) for Vino Bike Tours.
 - Vino Bike Tours distributes vouchers as they see fit or as agreed upon with the winery.
 - A customer / guest arrives at the winery and uses the voucher for payment.
 - In the POS, the voucher payment method is selected, and the Vino Bike Tours Voucher is selected.
 - The voucher value is entered.
 - The order is saved or processed accordingly.
 - The processed voucher payments are marked as Paid.
 - The user abides by the winery's SOP for handling used vouchers.
 
Creating a Voucher Type:
- Under the Company Tab choose Vouchers > click Add Voucher in the top right of the screen.
 - Enter the Voucher Type Name, click the box for Active, and Save.
 

Using a Voucher as Tender in the POS:
- Customer account is associated with the order (best practice, not mandatory).
 - Product is added to the order, as usual.
 - Payments: For one payment choose the tender type Voucher.
 

- Select the Voucher.
 

- Enter the voucher amount and, if necessary add and confirm the balance for a second payment > PLACE ORDER.
 

NOTE:
- In the ACP, vouchers may be flagged Active or Inactive. Inactive vouchers will not be listed in the POS, except when already used in a saved order.
 - Vouchers may not be used on web sites.
 - Voucher information will be shown on all receipts and order detail views.
 
Vouchers Search and Reports:
- Search: Voucher data can be searched for using the Payment Search form: 
  
- Inactive vouchers remain for search.
 - For Enterprise clients the brand is identified.
 
 

- Reports: Voucher data is reported in the Payment Type report in both General and Finance report categories.
 - Vouchers are also present in Reports > Printable > Print With Page Breaks
  
- The Voucher Type name is used when voucher payments are present in the order.