Regardez cet article en français.

A

Advanced Payments

Ability to use a payment which was classified as “advanced.”

B

Backup Database

Ability to manually back up the database.

C

Cash to Deposit

Ability to manually Enter Cash to Deposit or perform Cash Reconciliation for a workstation.

Categories

Ability to manage categories, or to assign a product to a category.

Commissions

Ability to assign a commission rate or spiff value to a product record.

Cost View - DBExplorer

Ability to view cost information in the Database Explorer screen.

Cost View - Sales Discount Window

Ability to view cost information in a transaction's Discount Calculator dialog box (keyboard F9).

Cost View - Trek Order Grids

Ability to view cost information in the Order Grids screen. Sherpa tip: To restrict the viewing of cost in the Sale and Work Order screens, disable the Products / Vendor Products- Edit permission.

Customer Groups - Add/Edit

Ability to fully manage Customer Groups and their memberships.

Customer Groups - Add/Remove Members From Customer Record

Ability to manage (from the Customer Editor) Customer Groups in which a customer is a member.

Customer Groups - View

Ability to view Customer Groups and their memberships.

Customers

Ability to manage customer information and records.

D

Database Explorer

Ability to access the Database Explorer screen (keyboard F4).

Deposits, Layaways, Rentals, Quotes and Work Orders

Ability to view, add, and edit the following transaction types:

• Deposits
  
• Layaways
  
• Rentals (the transaction created from a Reservation - this permission does not control the ability to manage Reservations)
• Quotes
  
• Work Orders
  

Desktop Cash Drawer

Ability to open the cash drawer outside of a transaction (keyboard F9).

Discounts - Manage Reasons

Ability to manage Options > Sales and Returns > Discounts > Reasons.

E

eCommerce Import

Ability to manage eCommerce sales.

Employee Time Clock - Punch Out

Ability to punch out any user who is currently punched in. Sherpa tip: All employees are able to punch themselves out.

I

Import/Export Data

Sherpa tip: This permission is not included in the Manager permission level preset.

Ability to import/export data records, including:

• Vendor product records (a product's ordering information)
  
• In-store product records (a product's inventory information)
  
• Customer records (contact information)
  
• QuickBooks® General Ledger Summary files (accounting information for a specified date range)
  
• Product file for the inventory scanner
  
• Scan files for inventory reconciliation
  

Integration - Trek Bike / Parts Grids

Ability to access Trek Order Grids.

Inventory Adjustment Types - Edit

Ability to edit the QuickBooks® account assigned to an inventory adjustment type (e.g. Donation, Shop-Use, Warranty Resolution, etc.). Sherpa tip: Use manual inventory adjustments to record when a product is removed from or added to inventory outside the standard practices of ordering, receiving, and selling product. Examples of inventory adjustments include product donations and designating products for internal store use.

Inventory Adjustment Types - View

Ability to view all inventory adjustments types currently in your system. Sherpa tip: Use manual inventory adjustments to record when a product is removed from or added to inventory outside the standard practices of ordering, receiving, and selling product. Examples of inventory adjustments include product donations and designating products for internal store use.

Inventory Adjustments - Add

Ability to Manually Create an Inventory Adjustment. Sherpa tip: Use manual inventory adjustments to record when a product is removed from or added to inventory outside the standard practices of ordering, receiving, and selling product. Examples of inventory adjustments include product donations and designating products for internal store use.

Inventory Adjustments - View

Ability to view inventory adjustments which were previously entered into the system. Sherpa tip: Use manual inventory adjustments to record when a product is removed from or added to inventory outside the standard practices of ordering, receiving, and selling product. Examples of inventory adjustments include product donations and designating products for internal store use.

K

Kits

Ability to view, add, and Edit kits. Sherpa tip: Kits are used to sell multiple products under a single promotional price, e.g. an” x for the price of y “sale (two pairs of socks for the price of one).

L

Linking and Merging

Ability to manually merge one database record into another record (e.g. duplicate records for a single product exist; one record must be manually merged into the other record), and to re-categorize products en masse.

Locations

Ability to manage store contact information. Sherpa tip: This information is printed at the top of receipts. This information is automatically shared between locations.

M

Maximum Discount

Highest percentage an employee is allowed to manually discount a transaction. Sherpa tip: By default, a discount percentage of 0% is assigned when a new user is added; the employee cannot apply any amount of discount to a transaction. Promotional discounts (e.g. sales promotions, Customer Group pricing) are automatically applied, regardless of an employee's Maximum Discount.

At 0%, an employee cannot discount a transaction at all.

At 100%, an employee can apply any discount amount to the transaction.

Messages

Ability to manage items in the Messages pane When activated, this pane displays at the bottom of the Ascend Desktop. Sherpa tip: To activate the Messages pane: From the Ascend Desktop, select the View menu > Messages.

Multi-Store

Ability to access all functions which deal with integrating multiple locations.

Multi-Store - Remote Product Lookup Only

Ability to only view product quantities at another store location. Restricts access to all other multi-store functions.

Multi-Store - Transfers Check-in

Ability to check products which were received from another store location into inventory. Restricts access to all other multi-store functions.

Multi-Store - Transfers Check-Out

Ability to check products out of inventory for transfer to another store location. Restricts access to all other multi-store functions.

P

Payment Types

Ability to manage payment types which can be applied to transactions.

Payouts

Ability to manage payouts.

Products / Vendor Products - Add/Edit Master Data

Ability to manage information in the Master Data section of the Product Editor, which is shared between all store locations (e.g. Description, UPC, SKU, Category, Brand).

These permissions do not control the modification of product records by import of Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet. Use the Import/Export Data permission to manage user modification of product information using Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets.

Products / Vendor Products - Edit Local Data

Ability to manage information in the General or store tab of the Product Editor, which can be configured separately at each store location (e.g. MSRP, Commission, Min/Max).

These permissions do not control the modification of product records by import of Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet. Use the Import/Export Data permission to manage user modification of product information using Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets.

Products / Vendor Products - Edit Remote Data

Ability to manage store-specific information for other locations in the Multi-Store tab of the Product Editor (e.g. MSRP, Commission, Min/Max).

Products / Vendor Products - View Only

Ability to view (but not manage) an existing product record.

Promotion

Ability to manage sales promotions.

Purchase on Account - Manage Accounts

Ability to access and manage customer accounts (Purchase on Account).

Purchase on Account - Edit Customer Eligibility

Ability to update customer account (Purchase on Account) status.

Purchase on Account - View Accounts

Allows users to view, but not edit, customer account information such as account status, credit limit, credit remaining, outstanding transactions, etc. Sherpa tip: The Advanced Payments permission must be enabled in order for the user to access purchase on account functions.

R

Remove/Restore Data

Ability to remove or restore records stored in the database.

Users must have this permission in order to remove items from a sale.

Reporting - Ascend HQ

Allows users to access the Ascend HQ reporting platform.

Reporting - Customer/Product Query Tools

Ability to create custom reports based on customer sales history and the product information stored in your system. Excellent tool for analyzing customer purchases for targeted advertising.

Reports

Ability to access ALL built-in reports.

Reports – Advanced SQL Query

Ability to run queries which edit data (queries which do not begin with SELECT).

Sherpa tip: This permission is NOT checked for any users or included in any user template lists. Do not run advanced queries unless you are proficient in the SQL programming language – improperly written SQL commands can cause serious damage your system.

Reports - End of Day Only

Ability to access only built-in reports in the End of Day section.

Reports - Online Reports - All

Ability to access ALL Ascend online (web-based) reports (AOR).

Reports - Online Reports - Customer Transaction History

Ability to access only the Customer Transaction History online report (AOR).

Reports – SQL Query

Ability to run custom SQL queries (custom reports AND built-in reports with an orange icon).

Do not run queries which were not provided by Ascend Support. Always run a backup before running any SQL query. Poorly executed SQL commands could damage your system.

Reprint Signature Receipt

Ability to reprint a customer’s signature receipt (Credit Card, Trek Card, Financing, etc.).

Reservations - Edit Remote Data