The data is added to the receipts database using the parser which processes the receipts. This is an optional function in addition to the system setup.
| The user can create structured queries on the receipts database (see the Editing the receipts database queries (optional) section). |
Depending on the protocol of data transfer from the POS-terminal to the POS-server, the database can be filled up:
The xml_titles.txt parser specifies the rules for adding data to the receipts database if the data is transferred from the POS-terminal to the POS-server using the XML protocol. The parser contents depend on the structure of the XML data. To use the xml_titles.txt parser, the parser file should be located in the <POS PSIM program folder>\Modules\Pos folder.
If the POS-terminals connected to the POS-server have the same XML data structure, common xml_titles.txt file can be used. If the POS-terminals connected to the POS-server have different XML data structures, a separate parser should be created for each terminal. The parsers should have files of the xml_titles_N.txt form, where N is the number of the corresponding POS-terminal object.
The .prl parser specifies the rules for adding data to the receipts database if the data is transferred from the POS-terminal to the POS-server using a protocol other than XML. The parser contents depends on the POS-terminal data structure. To use a .prl parser, its file should be imported into the system.