Gift Card Status

To review the status of a gift card, select Gift Card from the POS submenu. On the following screen, select Find.

Choose between Gift Card No., Serial Number, Recipient, or Purchaser to locate the appropriate gift card.

After the appropriate gift card has been located, the gift card status screen will appear, indicating a variety of card elements. Selecting the Card Usage tab will display the detailed transaction history of the selected card.

The Card Usage (F9) tab displays the transactions posted to the current gift card. Five different types of transactions will appear within this journal.

Type	Definition	Notes
PA	Payment on Account	Customers may use a gift card to make payments on their account. Within the Payments \| Payment on Account, Gift Card is an available payment option. Simply select the Gift Card, indicate the appropriate gift card, and then post the amount of the gift card to apply to the account. The posting will appear on the Gift Card Usage report as a PA type posting.
PG	Purchase of Gift Card	Customers may use a gift card to purchase other Gift Cards. During the payment portion of the gift card creation, select Gift Card to locate and utilize the gift card in the payment process. The posting will appear on the Gift Card Usage report as a PG type posting.
PI	Payment on Invoice	The most common type of posting seen within the usage report is the direct usage of the gift card value for payment of an invoice. The posting will appear on the Gift Card Usage report as a PI type posting.
PL	Payment on Layaway	If the installation includes layaways, payments can be posted to an existing customer layaway via a gift certificate.
PS	Payment on Sales Order	The sales order module will accept gift certificates, if the module is installed.
PV	Invoice Voided	The invoice the gift certificate was used on was voided.

The Print button will send a current transaction report to the designated printer specified within System | Workstation | Options.