Gift card service
This service handles all the functionality surrounding the gift cards in the POS. That includes issuing, updating, voiding and paying with gift cards, printing of gift cards and so on.
Configurations
The gift card functionality needs to be activated in the site service profile. There are also other configurations that can be set in regards to maximum amount and how the gift cards should be created and/or activated on the POS.
Main functionality
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| GiftCardChangeBack | Creates a gift card as a change back payment |
| Conclude transaction |
When the POS finishes a sale (after payment) various updates are done through the Site service including updating the gift card information if a payment was done with a gift card or if a gift card was issued. See function UpdateGiftCardStatus in the Transaction service to see what information is being updated. |
POS Operations
Many operations in the POS directly call the gift card service. Here below is a list of all the operations and which functions they call
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Change back (as a gift card) | Calls function GiftCardChangeBack |
| Get gift card balance | Calls function GetGiftCardBalance |
| Issue gift certificate | Calls function IssueGiftCard |
| Void item | Calls function VoidGiftCard |
| Void payment | Calls function VoidGiftCardPayment |
| Void transaction | Calls function VoidGiftCard |
| Pay gift card | Calls funcion AuthorizeGiftCardPayment |
Development pack
To find this service in the development pack go to DevPack\Source\POS\Services
