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Polygon Back Office has it's own set of application settings which cover Back Office Settings, Add-On modules including Polygon Payroll and Polygon Inventory settings and Miscellaneous settings. Note: The Polygon Back Office > General and Security settings are the same as the General and Security settings which are described in Polygon POS Management > Application Settings > Polygon POS Management. Other Polygon Back Office application settings are described below.
From Polygon Back Office,
Use the keyboard shortcut keys Control + A, or,
Select File from the main menu then select Application Settings
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Polygon Back Office Settings
Select a settings group from the tree menu at the left of the window, click the icon to expand a group.
General - These settings are available from both Polygon POS Management and Polygon Back Office application settings. See section Polygon POS Management > Application Settings > Polygon POS Management > General for more information about Polygon POS Management/Polygon Back Office General settings
Security - These settings are available from both Polygon POS Management and Polygon Back Office application settings. See section Polygon POS Management > Application Settings > Polygon POS Management > Security for more information about Polygon POS Management/Polygon Back Office security settings.
This section allows you to select a company logo which can be printed at the top right of a number of Polygon Back Office reports.
Company Logo - Click the Line Item button to select a logo image. Accepted image formats are .JPG, .BMP and .GIF. The image can be any size but the aspect ratio (image height/image width) should be 0.72 to avoid stretching.
Company Logo Target Reports
Place a tick next to a report type to include the company logo when this report is generated:
•Remittance Advice;
•Purchase Orders;
•Client Quotes;
•Client Invoices;
•Client Statements;
•POS Sale Reports;
•Employee Payslips;
•Employee Timesheets.
Miscellaneous
Print Company Letterhead on Remittance Advice - Tick this option to leave space for company letterheads at the top of remittance advice reports.
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End of Financial Year (dd/mm) - Enter the day and month of the end of financial year for your location. A number of reports and other functions operate use the end of financial year as a reference. The end of financial year varies internationally so it can be manually set here.
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This menu option is only available if your database is licensed for the CaterXPress Interface.
The CaterXPress Interface will import exported client invoice information generated by CaterXPress into the Polygon Back Office module of Redcat.
The following settings apply:
•Default Revenue GL Account - Use the select icon to open the General Ledger File. Choose the revenue account to which all client invoices created by the CaterXPress interface will be assigned.
•Default Client Invoice Description - Enter the text you want to be included in the Description field on the client invoices -eg. Corporate Catering, or Online Catering Order etc.
•Upload CaterXPress File - Use the select icon to open the CaterXpress File Selection window.
The CaterXPress File Selection window will display all files which reside in the default directory on the cloud.
You may:
•Sort each list column by clicking on the column heading
•Search for a particular file name using the Find field
•Upload a new file using the Add Files button
•Remove a file from the directory by selecting the file from the list and using the Delete button
•Import the highlighted file using the Select button (use the process below to upload the required file first).
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When you connect to your cloud database, directories are created on your local drive which replicate the default directories used to store your CaterXPress import files on the cloud.
These directories are:
\\redcat_app\......\Import\
You need to ensure that the new file you want to upload is copied to the relevant directory on your local drive.
When you use the Add Files button, the Local Folder Explorer window will list the files present in the relevant directory.
Highlight the required file and choose Select.
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The import file must have a specific file name structure and contain date fields in a particular format.
The File Name must be CATERXPRESS_STOREID_YYYY_MM_DD.CSV
Eg. CATERXPRESS_8_2017_07_11.CSV
-The StoreID is used to work out which DB to insert this data into.
-The filename is case sensitive
-The .CSV file extension is also case sensitive
The Date format within the file must be: MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM
Eg. 7/27/2017 0:00
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Add on Modules
Polygon Payroll
Click here to view Polygon Payroll Application Settings documentation.
Polygon Inventory
Click here to view Polygon Inventory Application Settings documentation.
Miscellaneous Settings
This section of the application settings is available from Polygon Back Office and Polygon POS Management. It provides company and software registration information and access to database information and support tools. See section Application Settings > Miscellaneous for more information.
See Also:
Polygon Back Office Introduction
Getting Started with Polygon Back Office
Using Polygon Back Office
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