The SysManager > Activities > DCIs > New/Edit > Action tab > Create Pass radio button > Action Specifics button > Starting Values tab sets the initial values of the pass at the time of sale. This includes values such as Pass Is Valid dates, Total Uses, Discount Level, Points 1, Points 2, Money 1 and Money 2. One of the typical functions of the Uses, Points and Money fields is to load value on the pass, which may then be subsequently deducted when the pass is validated. Although if implementing a “rewards program,” these fields may increment, not decrement, upon validation. This is also the place to (optionally) assign a sixteen digit card number to the pass record at the time of sale for use in programs such as In-House Cards or for card activity table programs. (See the Salesware Validation document for more information.)

Any values configured on the Starting Values tab are stamped into the pass record at the time of sale and cannot be retroactively changed on existing pass records by changing the configuration on the Starting Values tab for the pass DCI.

 

An employee pass is loaded with five points at the time of sale. The employee pass item must be configured with five points on the Starting Values tab prior to selling any employee passes. If no points are configured on the employee pass item’s Starting Values tab, then all employee passes sold while the points were set to 0 have 0 points. Changing the starting values on the employee pass item to 5 after employee passes have already been sold does not update the existing employee passes with five points. Instead, each pass that was sold when points were set to 0 must be manually updated by looking up the pass records in SysManager.