Micros 3700 SIM Help - Automatic Discounts

[GAMicrosUser]

Hi, I am interested in creating a Micros SIM script that will provide users with automatic discount functionality.

For example, if a cashier selects items x,y,z, the check total would be automatically discounted 50% without a coupon being selected.

Does anyone have some sample scripts they could share with me to get me started? I have looked through the Micros 3700 SIM manual but need some more examples to understand it better.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

[pmegan]

Take a look at the readme docs for Res 4.3, What's Enhanced/POS Operations/Discount Enhancements. Micros introduced automatic discounts that may already do what you're looking for.

 

[MikeRose]

If you have not solved this yet let me know. I can help you with the SIM.

 

[DrZogg]

Hi,
I agree with pmegan. You have to understant there are 3 kinds of discounts: Manual, automatic and manually enabled automatic. If you are on 3.2, you would need to use a sim.
Wish I could give you some tips for the SIM, sorry

 

[GAMicrosUser]

Thanks for the responses.

Our platform is currently running version 4.1 and we will not be upgrading in the near future so I am unable to leverage the updated functionality of version 4.3.

Mike, I have not gotten very far with this project yet. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I am very proficient in programming with vb.net but the ISL language is a pretty unique language and I have found little documentation to get me going.

I have figured out how to use a SIM interface and ISL script to print footers on receipts but I assume it is a pretty big leap to go from a simple receipt message to automatic discounts.

Again, any assistance you could provide would be greatly appreciated, please advise.

 

[dropinoc]

Can anyone help me with Mircos 4.6? I need to attempt to make changes to the daily totals. Our audits do not match? I have never worked with POS and database (sybase I believe)

thanks

 

[DrZogg]

To dropinoc:
You may need instrustion on how to read the reports. I often find that is where training is needed.

To hawksfan:
This one is for paying cash in full:

Event Inq : 1

Var nTotal : N9
Var dTotal : $9

nTotal = Abs(@TTLDUE * 100)
nTotal = (nTotal % 100)
dTotal = nTotal
dTotal = (dTotal / 100)
dTotal = ((@TTLDUE - dTotal) + 0)

LoadKyBdMacro MakeKeys(dTotal) , Key(9, 1)

EndEvent

//I really recommend upgrading to RES4.5 up, its easy to do and if you have RES 4 licence key and codes it costs nothing.
Cheers

 

[pmegan]

I agree with mrpinks3 on this. The upgrade from 4.1 to 4.5 or greater is really just a service pack.You shouldn't have any licensing or hardware costs. If you're using WS4 or LX workstations it'll be pretty easy, Eclipse workstations can present some challenges.
As an added bonus, 4.6 and 4.7 are certified PCI compliant. 4.1 fell off the compliancy list in January and the other versions aren't going to be recertified.

 

[jd11111]

MikeRose or mrpinks3...

can anyone help with my most recent post about database connections in SIM from a micros workstation 4/5?

Thanks
JD