Setting up
Branches
Menu: Branches · Who: owner, branch manager
A branch is one shop. Everything that happens — a sale, a stock movement, a day close — belongs to one. A company always has at least one.
The list
| Column | What it means |
|---|---|
| Branch | Name and code |
| Business day | When the trading day starts and ends, e.g. 07:00 → 07:00 |
| Users | How many staff are attached |
| Status | Active or hidden |
Adding a branch
| Field | Fill it in like this |
|---|---|
| Name | What people call it — "Gulberg", "Johar Town" |
| Code | Short, unique inside your company — DC-GB. Leave blank and it is made from the name |
| Prefix | 3–4 letters that start every order number from this branch: DCGB → DCGB-0001. Leave blank and it comes from the code |
| City | Its own field, not part of the address — reports and stock can be read for a whole city |
| Address | Printed on the receipt. Leave empty to print head office's address instead |
| Business day starts at | Default 07:00. See below — this matters more than it looks |
| Phone | Printed on the receipt; falls back to the company's |
Branch NTN and STRN are set on the branch too when a branch files its own tax; empty means the company's numbers are printed.
Editing a branch. Press Edit on any row to change these later. This is also where a Commissary (a central kitchen — see Commissary) is pinned to the branches it may issue stock to, under Issues to: pick some and it can transfer to only those, so a van never goes to the wrong city; pick none and it issues anywhere.
The business day
07:00 means the day runs 7am → 7am. A sale rung at 2am belongs to the previous
date — on the receipt, in every report, and at day close. Set it to when your shop
actually opens, not to midnight, or a late-night sale lands on the wrong day and your
cashier's drawer will not tie out.
Each branch sets its own: a bakery opening at 6am and a restaurant closing at 3am can sit in the same company.
What a new branch costs
Your plan includes a number of branches and charges for each one past that. Adding a branch past the plan's ceiling is refused with a message telling you the limit — see Billing.
Rules the system enforces
- A branch code is unique inside your company, not globally. Two companies may both
have
MAIN. - The prefix is used for order numbers and inventory documents, so keep it short.
- A branch cannot be deleted once it has sold anything; make it inactive instead.