How to Set a Quantity to a Product

Manually searching a product in your register and adding the product to the sell screen will apply the base quantity (lowest sell quantity) to the product. The steps below show the various ways to modify the quantity of a product once it has been added to the sell screen.

Select the quantity of the product to override the quantity

Once you have added a product to the sell screen, select the current quantity of the product to override the quantity to the amount of your choosing.

Type the quantity you wish to apply before scanning the product

If the barcode you are scanning doesn't relate to the actual quantity the customer is purchasing, for example, you may only have a single barcode for the product and the customer is purchasing a quantity of eight of the same product. You can apply the desired quantity in advance by typing the number you wish to apply in the search bar before scanning the product.

Modify the quantity by using the plus and minus sales keys or physical keyboard

Once you have added a product to the sell screen, if your register has plus and minus sales keys, they can be used to add or remove quantity from a product. The plus and minus keys on a keyboard will also allow you to add or remove quantity for a product.

Add a sales key to enter a pre-defined quantity into the search bar before scanning a product

To add a sales key that will enter a predefined quantity into the search bar, refer to the help guide article Sales Keys, the action that will need to be set to the sales key will be called Enter a key into the Product Search Box, once this has been chosen, enter the quantity you wish to apply.