Exatouch Knowledge Base
Search the Exatouch Knowledge Base

Difference Between Custom Buttons and Custom Variables

  • Last Updated: May 6, 2024

Custom buttons affect the register, allowing you to create specialized buttons on your register interface.

Custom variables affect data fields within Exatouch, such as Item’s Details or Customer Details. Definitions of custom variables can create additional opportunities for custom buttons. For example, defining custom Customer Payout types creates the opportunity to place specific Customer Payout buttons at the register. Custom variables alone do not place buttons at the register; buttons are placed at the register via custom buttons.

Custom Button Example

Example 1: Relocate functions from their default location to a new location at your register.
  • Example: Liquor store adds an Age Check button to their register. Age Check is an Exatouch function located by default within the global menu (right side Exatouch menu). When this merchant added an Age Check button to their register, they moved it from the global menu to a register button, giving this merchant quicker access to the age verification function.
    Scratch off lotto money order and customer payout custom buttons highlighted in grid at bottom of register app

Example 2: Place a Quick Payout button on your register.
  • Example: A convenience store often issues customer payouts for lotto and scratch-offs. This merchant placed a Customer Payout button directly on their register via custom buttons, allowing them to process customer payouts quickly. For even quicker access, this merchant has also added a Lotto button via custom buttons. The “Lotto” button is a type of Quick Payout, which involves first defining custom variables before they can be placed as custom buttons. See: Setup Quick Payout
    Lotto custom button highlighted in custom button grid at bottom of register app


Custom Variable Example

Example 1: Use Staff Types to track employee roles.
  • Example: Restaurant adds “Staff Type” descriptions to their staff records to better track employee roles. “Staff Type” descriptions are defined on the Custom Vars (custom variables) tab under Settings > Preferences. This merchant defines custom variables for Staff Type as Delivery, Cashier, Manager, Sales, and OldDelivery. These custom variables appear in the Staff Type drop-down under Staff > Staff Details.Staff type highlighted on custom vars page with arrow leading to delivery cashier manager and other descriptions

  • See: Define Custom Variables

Popular With

Grocery/C-StoreLiquorPizzaQSR/DeliveryRetailSalon/SpaTable Service

Ready to Update your Software?

Contact Technical Support to schedule your software update today!

Related Topics

  • Custom Buttons

Related Articles

  • Define Custom Variables

    Last Updated: November 18, 2024

  • Age Verification at the Register

    Last Updated: June 18, 2024

How helpful was this article?

Your page rank:

How can we improve this information for you? Cancel Reply

Registered internal users can comment. Merchants, have a suggestion? Tell us more.

Software Update Request

Software Update Request Form

  •  
  • Check Your Exatouch Version Number
  • MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Questions? Suggestions? We're here to help! Contact our 24/7 Technical Support Team today!