Summary
Alternate payments are miscellaneous forms of payment used instead of cash, credit card or gift card. These might include gift certificates, loyalty programs (e.g., pasta points), house accounts, etc.
Path: Financial > Alternate Payments
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- Click Add Alternate Payment to display window
| Area | Description | ||
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| Name | Name of the alternate payment to be displayed on the app | ||
| Description | Description of the alternate payment | ||
| External Code | Numeric code used by third-party systems | ||
| Active | Select to make the alternate payment active | ||
| NorthStar Pay | Requires feature toggle to be enabled: 4.8 NorthStar Pay*
Allows user to define an alternate payment to use for NorthStar Pay. *If feature toggle is not enabled, this setting will not display and NorthStar Pay will not be available for selection as an alternate payment.
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| Make Alt. Payment available for these jobs | Select the jobs that can apply this alternate payment; can select all by selecting Available in column header | Posting Interface | Select if applicable (Options: None, PMS) |
| Requires Member Account | Select if the alternate payment type requires a member account Requires account feature toggle: Enable Alternate Payment Requires Member | ||
Save | Click Save to save changes and close window |
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- Click the edit (pencil) icon to open the edit screen for an alternate payment.
- Make changes as needed.
- Requires Member Account - Prerequisite of NorthStar Membership needed to utilize alt payment.
- Tax Exempt - Setting to make this alt payment tax exempt.
- Click Save Changes to save changes or Cancel changes to discard changes when done.
- Inline editing is available on the Alternate Payments grid by clicking in the Name, Description or External Code field and editing the text. (Avoids navigating to another page to edit.)
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