# Discount Manager

### **Discount Manager**

The Maitre’D External Discount Manager Interface allows restaurants to apply discounts on guest checks which are managed by a third-party software, application or website. This also allows for specific promotion codes to be used and validated by the third-party. Loyalty cards can also be used to determine availability and eligibility for discounts.

 

Before using the Discount Manager, an account needs to be setup with a supported External Discount Management System (EDMS) provider.

**Provider**

Select your provider amongst the available choices.

**Merchant Number**

Type in the merchant number provided by your EDMS provider.

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### **Communication**

**URL**

Type in the URL, web address or IP address used to communicate with your EDMS provider.

**Time Out**

Enter the time out value, in seconds. Recommended value is 5 seconds. Please contact your EDMS provider to see if they have different recommendations.

**Retry Delay**

Enter the Retry Delay value, in seconds. Recommended value is 5 seconds. Please contact your EDMS provider to see if they have different recommendations.

**User Name**

Type in the user name provided by your EDMS provider.

**Password**

Type in the password provided by your EDMS provider.

![Button - Test Connection](https://documentation.payfacto.com/POS/MaitreD/Fulldoc/assets/images/MaitreDCommon/Buttons/MDButton-TestConnection.gif)

Click this button to test your communication settings. A success message will be displayed if the connection is successful.

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### **Option**

**Promotion Type**

From this drop-down list, select the type of promotion that will be accepted at the POS workstations:

**None**

External promotions will not be accepted at the POS workstations.

**Promotion Code**

The POS Workstation will only accept external discounts based on promotion codes. Promotion codes can be keyed in, swiped or scanned.

**Loyalty Card**

The POS Workstation will only accept discounts tied to a loyalty (Frequent Diner) card. The card can be keyed in, swiped or scanned.

**Prompt for type**

The POS workstation will ask every time whether a promotion code or loyalty card should be used. This option allows for both promotion types to be used on the same system.

**Send Invoice Detail**

**On Query**

Select this option to have Maitre’D send the invoice detail to the external provider at the same time as the Discount Manager database is queried.

**On Commit**

Select this option to have Maitre’D send the invoice detail to the external provider as the discount is applied.

**Linked Customer**

Enable this option to have Maitre’D send the invoice detail to the EDMS provider even if no discount was applied, as long as the customer folio was entered.

**Unlinked Customer**

Enable this option to have Maitre’D send the invoice detail to the EDMS provider even if no folio was entered for the customer.

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### **Log**

**Level**

Enable the Log Level type you want to use for operations trace

![Button - View Log](https://documentation.payfacto.com/POS/MaitreD/Fulldoc/assets/images/MaitreDCommon/Buttons/MDButton-ViewLog.gif)

Use the View/Log button to open and view log.


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