Time Periods

This menu option is used to setup custom Time Periods for use with selected swiftpos Reports (see Related Topics).

Time Periods can be completely customised to suit the requirements of individual Venues. There are also a number of preset Time Periods that can be created using the Time Period Wizard.

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Time Periods Screen ▲ ▼

This screen is accessed from here and enables the creation/maintenance of custom Time Periods. These are mainly used for filtering Reports.

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New - Select to add a Time Period.
Edit - Select to open the Time Period Edit screen to edit the selected Time Period.
Delete - Select to delete the selected Time Period.
Close - Select to exit.

Time Period Edit Screen ▲ ▼

This screen is accessed by selecting the Edit button in the Time Periods Screen.

It is used edit a Time Period.

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Displays/Edit the Time Period name.

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Displays/Edit the Period, From and To Times.

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Add Row - Select to add a row to the grid.
Delete Row - Select to delete the selected row.

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New - Creates a new custom Time Period.
Save - Select to save changes.
Undo - Select to undo changes made.
Wizard - Select to start the Time Period Wizard which can be used for creating preset lists of Time Periods.
Close - Select to exit.

Time Period Wizard Screen ▲ ▼

This screen is accessed by selecting the Wizard button in the Time Period Edit Screen.

It enables the creation of preset Time Periods based on a selected Time Interval.

Select Time Interval - Select from the drop down list the interval required.
OK - Select to run the wizard.
Close - Select to exit.

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