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End of day (Z)

X report, cash in and out, the cash drawer, what the Z checks, why it blocks, and where the old Z reports are.

On the till press Till. You see sales by payment method, the cash that should be in the drawer, discounts, voids and tips.

  • X report: the day so far, without closing. Print it from there if you like.
  • Cash in / Cash out: cash put into or taken from the drawer outside sales (e.g. change added, paid the bakery), with a reason. It counts in the cash that should be in the drawer.
  • Open drawer: opens the drawer without a sale, with a reason. The drawer plugs into the printer (DK / RJ11 port); in Printers switch on Has a cash drawer (needs the IKAROS Bridge). It opens by itself on cash payments and on cash in or out.

Close the day (Z): enter the Cash counted in the drawer and the Change left for tomorrow, and press Close the day. The Difference from what should be there is shown. A Z cannot be undone, and a second tap makes no second Z. The owner, managers and cashiers can close.

Blind Z: from the start, cashiers count the drawer without seeing sales, the X report or what should be there; they see the difference after the Z. Owners and managers always see the figures. Cash outs above the cashier's limit need a manager's PIN. See Cashier limits, manager approval and blind Z.

Why won't it close? The day can't close while there are open tables or unpaid orders. The list shows which: pay or void them and try again. Nor while a card payment is waiting on the terminal: finish or cancel it first, so its money lands in this Z. If a driver still holds store cash, the till says so: take it with Handover in the Delivery tab before closing.

Previous Z reports are in the back office → Day closes, and detailed sales in Reports.

With the Ask your shop add-on (AI assistant), after each Z the owner gets an email summarising the day against the same day last week.

See also

AI menu assistantA menu from a photo or text, extras and choices, translations, descriptions and allergens with AI. You check everything before it is saved. Ask your shop (AI assistant)Ask about your sales in plain words and get an answer with numbers, a summary after each day close and a weekly note. Add-on at €7 a month. Printers and IKAROS BridgeHow kitchen and till printers connect through a PC or an Android tablet. Printing from an Android tablet (no PC)The store's tablet does the Bridge's job, with one line in Termux.