By using articles, you can specify an individual article number for each of the food items and specify a default price, just as you can for transaction codes. Instead of posting a lump sum to the minibar food transaction code, you have an option to post each individual article, its quantity and price. In the example above, rather than posting 7.75 to minibar food, you can post 5.00 for two bags of peanuts and 2.75 for potato chips. Two separate charges to the minibar food transaction code appear on the guest's bill (one for 5.00 and one for 2.75).
Articles can also be configured to display in Charge It, which provides you with a point-of-sale interface on desktops, tablets and mobile phones for posting charges to a cart and processing the settlement. Display colors can be used to differentiate and group articles appearing in Charge-It; for example, food items displayed in green and beverage items displayed in blue.
For more information on Charge-It, see Charging Purchases Using Post It.
To create new Articles:
Parent topic: About Transaction Codes