Setting Up Cash Register Groups in Abacus

Setting Up Cash Register Groups in Abacus

​Cash Register Groups are useful for venues with multiple ordering areas or several POS devices. By grouping registers, you can filter reports more easily and track sales by section or area of the venue.

Example groups:

  • Bar registers
  • Front counter registers
  • Café area
  • Outdoor area

Step 1 – Load Your Cash Registers

Before creating groups, you’ll first need to load all active cash registers into the Cash Register Settings page.

  1. Open Cash Register Settings
  2. Click Rebuild Data

This will load all cash registers based on the device names of the iPads that have previously been used to close registers.

Step 2 – Check Register Names

After rebuilding the data:

  • If each register name is already unique and easy to identify, you can continue to the next step.
  • If some registers have identical names or are difficult to identify, you’ll need to rename the iPads first.

Step 3 – Rename the iPads (If Needed)

On each iPad:

  1. Open Settings
  2. Go to General
  3. Tap About
  4. Select Name
  5. Rename the iPad to something identifiable

Example:

  • Front iPad
  • Kitchen iPad

Repeat this process for all POS iPads.

Step 4 – Refresh the Register List

Once all iPads have been renamed:

  1. Return to the Cash Register Settings page
  2. Click Rebuild Data again

The updated iPad names should now appear in the register list.

Step 5 – Create Cash Register Groups

  1. Click Add Group
  2. Enter a group name
  3. Under Cash Registers, select the registers you want included in that group
  4. Save the changes


Step 6 – Use Groups in Reports

Once groups are created, you’ll be able to use the Group filter in reports.

This can help:

  • compare different service areas,
  • track sales by section,
  • and simplify reporting for larger venues.



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