Shift Management in Loyverse POS

 

In order to use the ‘Shifts’ feature, log in to your Back Office and go to Settings.

Switch on ‘Shifts’ option in the Features section. Click the ‘Save’ button.

Switch on ‘Shifts’


On the Loyverse POS app (Play Market or App Store), go to the ‘Shift’ menu.

Shift menue at the POS

 

Specify the cash amount at the beginning of the shift and tap the ‘Open shift’ button.

cash amount at the beginning of the shift


For cash management during the shift, go to the ‘Shift’ menu and tap the ‘Cash management’ button.

‘Cash management’ button at the ‘Shift’ menu


Let’s say we want to pay in one dollar into the cash drawer and later pay out two dollars.

Enter the amount and tap the ‘Pay In’ button if you put money into the cashier without a purchase.

Amount field and ‘Pay In’ button


Tap the ‘Pay Out’ button if you want to take money out from the cashier.

‘Pay Out’ button
 

All of the cash management histories will be recorded from the ‘Pay in’ and ‘Pay Out’ buttons.

cash management histories
At the end of the day when you close the shift, go to the ‘Shift’ menu and tap the ‘Close shift’ button.

‘Close shift’ button at the ‘Shift’ menu
 

You can see a closed shift form. ‘Expected amount of cash’ is calculated from sales, refunds, and cash paid in/out during the shift. If you enter your ‘Actual cash amount’, you can see the difference between them. Tap ‘Close shift’ to finish the shift.

closed shift form

If you want to hide the ‘Expected cash amount’ from your cashiers, you can restrict their access rights. To do this, go to the ‘Access rights’ menu in the Back Office and open the ‘Cashier’ user group for editing. Deselect the ‘View shift report’ option.

‘View shift report’ option at the access rights

Don’t forget to save the changes.

After that, when your cashiers are closing the shift, they can only see the field to enter the ‘Actual cash amount.'

closed shift form with restricted rights

 

Shift reports can be found in the Reports menu of the Back Office. 

Shift reports in the Reports menu

Each shift has a row with the name of the POS, Opening and Closing time, Expected cash amount, Actual cash amount, and the difference between Expected and Actual cash amount. 

List of Shift Reports

By clicking on the shift row you see the detailed information about the specific shift.

detailed information about the shift


You can export a basic Shift summary report or Pay ins and payouts report to see the cash management history. 

Export Shifts

 

See also:

Shift Report with Sales Summary at the POS

How to Work with Shift History in the POS