Item Keys (Keyboard Table)

The following program description deals with:

• Remarks on the Program Function
• Remarks on the Input Fields
• Use the Index to find the field details required.

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Remarks on the Program Function

The MICROS Retail OSCAR POS application allows you to increase the number of the item preset keys on your keyboard up to four times without having to increase the number of the physical keys.

This can be done as follows:

• Up to four input levels are assigned to the keys.
• On each level, there is a different item.
• The related next level can be entered by use of the Shift key.
• The item booked by pressing the item preset key depends on the current input level.

A general description of the procedure and the interaction of the involved programs can be found in the chapter Item Preset Keys – Keyboard Tables and Input Levels.

This booking function requires that your terminal keyboard includes the Shift key and item preset keys. Both key types can be configured via Keyboard -> Keys.

Keyboard tables have to be assigned to a terminal type. Go to Parameters -> Misc. Params -> Terminal Type. Select the terminal type to which the table is to be assigned. Only one table can be assigned to each terminal type. Click on the button next to the field Item Table No. in the window Terminal Type to open the window Keyboard Table.

A keyboard table generally consists of two parts: the formal data and the concrete positions (=items) that are embedded in it.

In a first step, only the keyboard "frame" is created via the program Keyboard Table, i.e. you assign (when creating a new record) a table number and name. The actual entries, the items to be embedded, are still missing, though. The embedding of these items is carried out via the sub-window Table which you open via the appropriate button.

Note:

• If you work with keyboard tables, do not enter the item number in the field Event Data in the window Keys but the position number (cp. program description Item Preset Keys – Keyboard Tables and Input Levels).

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Remarks on the Input Fields

This paragraph will provide a short overview over the options available for updating these basic data

Just like in almost any other program:

• The input mask may be different in your MICROS Retail OSCAR POS program depending on the set-up of the application. In some cases some data fields may be missing.
• Some input fields may contain default values or defined selection options; these cannot be updated.
• The input mask contains some fields that require an entry and others in which entries are optional.
• If the data record is updated via multi-page input masks, go to the dialog window by clicking on the appropriate buttons with <Mouse key 1>.
• The same procedure applies to call up another update program from this program.
• In some cases you may find that so-called "Switches" which - depending on the default - can be activated or deactivated with <Mouse key 1>. Activated switches are identified by their dark color, deactivated switches are lighter-colored.

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Company

The number of the company in the area of which the tables and input levels are maintained is displayed.

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Table no.

Permitted input range: numeric, 1 - 99

Every keyboard table has to be stored with a unique number. Only one keyboard table can be assigned to each terminal type. The number can be chosen at will.

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Name

Permitted input range: alphanumeric, max. 20 chars.

When creating a new record, enter a free name in this field; it should be expressive. If you opened an existing data record, the table name will be displayed here.

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Index

• Company
• Name
• Table no.

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MICROS Retail Deutschland GmbH
Salzufer 8
D-10587 Berlin
Germany