Setting up a Tip Out system on Aloha on employee checkout 1

[maliciouz]

I have quite a bit of knowledge is using the Aloha POS but was wondering if anyone knows how to setup a tip out system for when employees checkout? There are three categories that the employees have to tip out to and what we have been doing in the past was taking the total of that category and then multiplying it by a percentage. I would like to that ability and make it electronic so that there is no room for error in the future. Thank You.

 

[whetstonestation]

Actually just tackled this myself so perhaps I can give back to this forum

Create a file in your data directory called Checkout.cfg

Then customize the following file to suit your parameters. This will print on the checkout form with the tip outs. We found this is a much cleaner system than using the "tipshare" functionality in Aloha which can get reeeealy complex.

Hope this helps.

[JOBCODE 20,26,29]
<FILL(=)>
<VAL(1OB)>
<VAL(1:LASTNAME)>,<VAL(1:NICKNAME)>
<VAL(1:JOBCODENAME)>,<VAL(1:JOBCODEID)>
<FILL(=)>

Number of Guests: <RIGHT> <VAL(4:#GUESTS)>

Your Total Sales: <RIGHT> <VAL(8:$S)>
Food: <RIGHT> <VAL(7:$S0001)>
Liquor: <RIGHT> <VAL(7:$S0002)>
Beer: <RIGHT> <VAL(7:$S0003)>
Wine: <RIGHT> <VAL(7:$S0004)>
Beverages: <RIGHT> <VAL(7:$S0005)>
Retail: <RIGHT> <VAL(7:$S0006)>
<FILL(=)>

<Center>Suggested Tip Out:
TO Busser: =<RIGHT><VAL(7($S0001)+($S0002)+($S0003)+($S0004)+($S0005))*0.012)>
TO Bar: =<RIGHT><VAL(7($S0002)+($S0003)+($S0004))*0.03)>
TO Expo: =<RIGHT><VAL(7($S0001)+($S0002)+($S0003)+($S0004)+($S0005))*0.0066)>
TO Host: =<RIGHT><VAL(7($S0001)+($S0002)+($S0003)+($S0004)+($S0005))*0.0033)>

[DEFAULT]
Custom Sales Not required

 

[360fish]

whetstonestation - this is excellent information. Where did you find documentation on the checkout.cfg file? I've never seen any