POS Integration Overview

POS Integration Overview

Restaurant365 integrates with many POS systems. Here is an overview what the integrations create in Restaurant365 each time it is run:   System Requirements – The machine housing the integration must have at least .net 4.0 and Internet Explorer 9. Frequency – The integration can be configured to run automatically each night. It can also be run on-demand at the end of the day by one of the store managers. Data Flow – The integration is a one-way integration from the POS system to Restaurant365. Restaurant365 does not pass any information back to the POS system. Data – The integration … Continued
What Do I Do If My POS Numbers Don’t Match Restaurant365?

What Do I Do If My POS Numbers Don’t Match Restaurant365?

Restaurant365 provides a very powerful and reliable integration with your POS system. In the rare event that your POS sales numbers don’t match the DSS record in Restaurant365, here are the steps you should take: Check to make sure the POS was closed out and completed before the Restaurant365 integration ran. If not, re-run the the integration for that day using the Import Tool. Check to see if any changes have been made to your POS. If there have been, please make us aware of these changes. Review your Restaurant 365 Sales Accounts, Payment Type Accounts and Job Titles to … Continued
Payment Type Accounts Overview

Payment Type Accounts Overview

Purpose & Overview:  Payment Type Accounts are required for all POS integrations to Restaurant365 in the same way Sales Accounts are. A Payment Type Account’s purpose is to tell Restaurant365 what GL Account to debit when accounting for individual sales tickets imported from the POS. It is a ‘mapping’ of tenders, discounts, and other offsets/reductions to the sale of goods in the POS system, to a Restaurant365 GL Account. Here is a diagram & example: The Restaurant365 POS integration automatically creates unique Payment Type Account records (in R365) for every payment & discount from sales tickets imported from the POS … Continued
Job Titles

Job Titles

This article is part of the Scheduling Module training.  Click here for more information on the Scheduling Module   Purpose & Overview Jobs are used in various ways by the system.  They are assigned to employees and used by the scheduling module.  They are also used in conjunction with the POS integration to track employee punches which make up the labor accrual journal entry.  The job form will be described directly below followed by sections describing the job’s effect on the POS integration and labor accruals.   Creating/Viewing/Editing Jobs Jobs can be created in 2 ways.  They are most often created by … Continued
Gift Cards and Certificates

Gift Cards and Certificates

Gift Card Sales Gift card sales are imported from the POS each night on their respective sales tickets. This is imported as a sales item on that ticket with the corresponding category you’ve assigned in the POS. On the DSS journal entry this will credit the GL Account you’ve specified in the R365 Sales Account mapping. This is usually Gift Card Liability and as shown in the screenshot below of your sales accounts where the category is related to gift cards, that is the case. Gift Card Payments When a customer pays with a gift card this also comes over … Continued
Entering Beginning Balance Transactions

Entering Beginning Balance Transactions

When implementing Restaurant365 you will need to input beginning balance transactions for GL Balances, Open AP Transactions, Open AR Transactions, and Unreconciled Bank Transactions.  The majority of beginning balance items will be imported during the implementation process.  However, after go-live you may identify some discrepancies that may require you to add some additional beginning balance transactions. To add a new beginning balance transaction for GL Balances, Open AP, Open AR, or Unreconciled Bank Items, follow the steps below.   Select ‘Administration’ in the top ribbon and then select ‘New Beginning Balance’.  This will open a list of available beginning balance options. Available Beginning Balance Transaction Options AP … Continued
Location Setup and Overview

Location Setup and Overview

Locations, like Legal Entities, are critical to both Accounting and Operations in Restaurant365.  In this training we will review the Location record in detail.  Click here for more information on how to Create a New Location Jump to Section: Location List View Location Record: Overview Location Record: General Location Record: Default Accounts Location Record: Labor Estimates Location Record: POS Integration Settings Location Record: Goals Location Record: Day Parts Location Record: Breaks & Split Location List View Each Location in Restaurant365 will exist as a Location record, found in the ‘Locations’ list view, under the ‘Administration’ section in the Accounting Module.   Upon selecting the ‘Locations’ list view, you will … Continued
Restaurant Accountant Training Outline

Restaurant Accountant Training Outline

Navigation and Reports Working with Lists Accounting Reports Setting Up “My Reports” Formatting Reports General Ledger Adding a GL Account New Journal Entry Payroll Journal Entry Overview Importing Journal Entries Budgets Budgeting Overview Adding A New Budget Editing A Budget Deleting A Budget Accounts Payable Adding A New Vendor Entering AP Invoices Mass Invoice Entry Importing AP Transactions Creating A Memorized AP Transaction Entering An AP Credit Memo Manual Payment (Pay One Vendor) Check Run View Credits Button On The Check Run Check Run Field Descriptions Printing MICR Checks Company Address On Check Check Signature Printing ACH Payment Set-up Banking … Continued
To Do Lists

To Do Lists

The To Do Checklist is found in the left hand navigation under Accounting – Report – To Do Checklist.  This list displays various tabs with items that the system has flagged as requiring setup or attention.  If nothing is requiring attention on a specific tab, that tab won’t be displayed.  The To Do List has the following tabs: Record Setup – this tab shows a row for each record in the system missing required fields.  For example if a GL Account was missing GL Type then there would be a row for that account and the row would have a comment … Continued
Fiscal Period/Year Setup

Fiscal Period/Year Setup

Overview Fiscal periods must be setup for each year by creating a Fiscal Year for each legal entity.  Different legal entities can run on different fiscal years.  Within each legal entity you can have a Financial Year different from your Operational Year if you want to run operations reports using different setup than you might report to the bank or investors.  This is common for companies that run financials on a calendar year but want to do operational analysis on weeks and across equal periods.  To accomplish this, setup your fiscal year as Calendar and operational year as 13-4 week … Continued