Opening a drawer session with a starting float

By the end of this article, a drawer session is open and the register is ready to take sales.

Why this comes first

A sale cannot be charged without an open drawer session. Opening one records the starting float, the cash already in the drawer, so the end-of-shift count has something accurate to reconcile against.

Open the drawer

1. Open Settings and click the Cash Drawer card.
2. Count the cash already in the drawer and enter it as the Opening amount.
3. Click Open drawer.

The screen now shows who opened the session, when, and a running summary: opening float, cash sales, paid in, paid out and the expected amount currently in the drawer.

One session at a time

Once a session is open, the Cash Drawer screen shows that session’s summary and the pay-in/pay-out and close-out tools instead of the opening form, until it is closed.