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Company Information Program Options Local Computer Options Security & Clearances User Defined Tables Hold Screen Descriptions Terms Codes | Overview The functionality of the Scrap Dragon software can be customized for your particular operation. Before setting up any of these options, you should be familiar with the ways in which the system can be used. The Scrap Dragon installer will initially setup most of this for you. If you should need to make changes after the initial setup, all of these screens can be found in the Back Office Module; Maintenance Menu; Setup. For more information, see: Custom printing considerations Electronic Scale Interfacing Company Information This information is setup from the Maintenance Menu; Setup; Company Information. The system supports multiple companys which can each be set up with different identification and data pathing. Your company's address information, which is used on all printed documents e.g. tickets, is entered here. The paths to your data and local preferences are also entered here. DO NOT change the paths unless you are instructed to do so. One company can be set as the default site for logging into the system. Program options This information is setup from the Maintenance menu; Setup; Program Options. This screen has three tabs: General, Payments, and General Ledger. Note: If you make changes, you must save each tab individually. If you change tabs without saving, your changes will be lost. The general tab is used to maintain the last used number for the various fields that are incremented automatically and to designate a logo to be used on tickets, receipts and other custom forms. The payments tab is used to describe the type of payments you make, specifics on the ATM configuration, rounding for ticket calculations. check printing information and Canadian sales tax information. Each type of payment that you make can be designated for quick payment at the scale (no split payments). One payment method is selected as the default pay method for new customers. For Cash payments, you can elect to maintain separate cashier drawers. For Check payments, you can elect to permit the check number to be changed at check printing time. The General Ledger tab is used to set up the accounting interface. Local computer options (local computer configuration) This information is setup from the Maintenance menu; Setup; Local Computer Options. Whereas the program options apply to all users of the program, the local computer options apply to and must be configured for each workstation computer that is running the Scrap Dragon program. The screen has five tabs: Modules, Peripherals, Buy Printing, Sell Printing, and Inventory Printing. Note: If you make changes, you must save each tab individually. If you change tabs without saving, your changes will be lost. The Modules tab designates which main Scrap Dragon modules are available at this computer and sets module related options. The Peripherals tab is used to configure the attached peripherals. The Scale configuration section lets you setup the scale button labels and the application program that will be used to read data from the scales directly attached to this computer. The camera options set up the parameters for the Snap Dragon video image camera system, if installed. The three Printing tabs enable you to control the printing during normal transaction procesing. All transactional forms can be turned on or off and assigned to a specific printer and report format. Security (Users and Clearances) This information is setup from the Maintenance menu; Setup; Security. Your users and their passwords are setup here as well as 'clearances' for which operations each user is authorized to access. This screen is also used to setup individualized cashier menus for each user who is authorized to access the cashier module. User Definable Tables This information is setup from the Maintenance menu; Setup; User Definable Tables. Many of the lists that appear as data entry choices throughout the program are actually setup by you for your specific needs. These can be created and updated from the Maintenance Menu, under Setup; User Definable Tables. Hold Screen Description s This information is setup from the Maintenance menu; Setup; Hold Screen Descriptions. There are 12 button on the Hold Screen that are user defined and can greatly speed data entry at the scale. Term Codes This information is setup from the Maintenance menu; Setup; Term Codes. Rules can be set up here for computing the due date on payables and receivables. Back to Setup Checklist Forward to setting up inventory