Setting Up Basic Gift Cards

Follow these instructions to set up a basic gift card program with stored value and options to let customers reload their gift card. These instructions do not include loyalty tracking or rewards.
This image shows the simple minimum requirements for creating a gift card program. The diagram consists of the gift card program with card rule and POS configurations.
  1. Set up the gift card program. Gift or Debit Program Configuration Reference contains more information about setting up the program.
    1. Create a Gift or Debit program.
    2. On the Gift or Debit/Credit/Award tab, select Do Not Allow Issue/Reload and Redemption on Same Check.
    3. Make sure to configure gift card behavior using the Allow Partial Redeem, Allow Reload, Reserve for Auth, Allow Cash Out, and Cash Out limit options.
  2. Set up the card accounts for the gift card program:
    1. Create the card rules depending on whether you are using Oracle MICROS Gift and Loyalty iCards or a third-party card:
    2. Assign one or more card rules to the program and specify the applicable locations.
    3. Create card numbers for the program and card rule, and then have the cards printed.
  3. Configure the following touchscreen keys, and then add them to the Point-of-Sale screens. Configuring Point-of-Sale Touchscreen Keys contains more information about the Point-of-Sale touchscreen keys.
    • Issue

    • Redemption

    • Reload (if allowed)

    • Redemption Auth (if allowed)

    • Cash Out (if allowed)