Coupons

This page contains all the information related to Coupons and how to process them at any of Foodics system interfaces. Each of the following sections clarifies all the details related to processing Coupons at a specific Foodics interface.

Dashboard

• To access Coupons page, Go to the main menu --> Hover over Promotions --> Select Coupons from the list.

• A user with full Coupons authority is having access to all Coupons processing functionalities which include the following:

  • Create new coupons.

  • View previously created coupons.

  • Edit previously created coupons.

  • Delete previously created coupons.

Following is the explanation for each of the previous functionalities.

Create New Coupon

Fields

• Name: Name of the coupon (Required).

• Value: The Coupon value (Required).

• Valid From: The starting date of the coupon validity (Required).

• Valid To: The last day of the coupon validity (Required).

• Days: Valid weekdays for applying the coupon (Optional). Checking any day shows the following:

  • From Time: The starting time of the coupon validity for the specified date rage.

  • To Time: The last hour of the coupon validity for the specified date range.

• No. of Coupons: Number of coupons to be created under the same name and information (Required). Note that the maximum number of coupons to be created is 1000.

• Is Percentage: To make the coupon value in percentage rather than amount which is the default.

View Coupons

Coupons page lists all previously created coupons showing their following information:

• Name: Name of the coupon.

• Code: The code to be inserted for applying the coupon to an order.

• Value: The coupon value in either amount or percentage.

• Valid From: Starting date of the coupon validity.

• Valid Till: Finishing date of the coupon validity.

• Used: Status of the coupon, either not used with the value No, or used showing the date and time of using the coupon.

Edit Coupon

To edit coupon, Select the coupon to be edited --> Click options --> Select edit from the list.

Information that can be modified:

• Valid From

• Valid To

• Days

• From Time

• To Time

• Activated: The status of the coupon, either active or inactive.

Additional coupon information available at Edit Coupon page:

• Code: The code to be inserted for applying the coupon to an order.

• Creator: The name of the user who created the coupon.

• Is Percentage: Either Yes, or No depending on what was specified originally at the creation phase.

Note:

• Used coupons are not editable.

• Used coupon has a link to its order.

Delete Coupon

To delete coupon, **Select the coupon to be deleted --> Click options --> Select delete from the list.

Coupons in Cashier

Steps of assigning coupon to an order:

1. Select the order.

2. Go to options menu.

3. Select Use Coupon from the list.

4. Insert the coupon's code at the little dialog popped-up.

5. Click scan to validate the coupon.

Coupons in API

• Coupons can be added to API orders as a discount using the Coupon Code field in the request body. When received by cashier, the order original price will appear and when accepted, the coupon discount will be applied and shows up as a discount. For more details, take a look at the create order endpoint in the API docs at Foodics API - Create Order.

• Coupons are treated as discounts which implies reducing the total price of the order.

Exporting coupons

All coupons can be exported using the coupon export report.