Variable Quantity and Variable Price Prompts allow you to enter custom quantities or prices at checkout. This can be used for products sold by weight, count, or those with frequently changing prices.

Each product can have either or both prompts enabled in POS. This guide explains how to set them up and use them in Lightspeed Restaurant POS. 

What’s in this guide?

Enabling Variable Quantity Prompt
Selling with Variable Quantity Prompt
Enabling Variable Price Prompt
Selling with Variable Price Prompt
Editing the entered quantity or price at checkout

Enabling Variable Quantity Prompt

Variable Quantity Prompt is useful if you have products sold in varying amounts, such as by weight, count, or volume. This prompt can be enabled per product in Back Office.  

To enable Variable Quantity Prompt: 

1. Log in to Back Office with your Lightspeed credentials. 
2. From the navigation menu, select Products.
3. Select the cogwheel icon on the right of the product you need to edit.   
4. Under Product Info,  toggle the Variable Quantity Prompt switch to enable.
   
5. Click Save. 

Selling with Variable Quantity Prompt

Once you've enabled Variable Quantity Prompt, you can manually enter the quantity of a product at the time of the sale in POS. 

To sell with Variable Quantity Prompt: 

1. On the POS, select the product as usual. 
2. The Change Quantity prompt will appear. Enter the quantity. 
3. Tap OK. 
   
   The order summary will update to reflect this change.  
   

Enabling Variable Price Prompt

Variable Price Prompt allows you to manually enter the prices of products in the POS. This is useful for items that don't have a fixed price or vary frequently. 

To enable Variable Price Prompt: 

1. Log in to Back Office with your Lightspeed credentials. 
2. From the navigation menu, select Products.
3. Select the cogwheel icon on the right of the product you need to edit.   
4. Under Product Info,  toggle the Variable Price Prompt switch to enable.
5. Enter the price range using the Min Sell Price and Max Sell Price fields. 
   
6. Click Save. 

Selling with Variable Price Prompt

Once you've enabled Variable Price Prompt, you can manually enter the price of a product at the time of the sale in POS. 

To sell with Variable Price Prompt: 

1. In the POS, select the product as usual. 
2. The Change Price prompt will appear. Enter the price. 
3. Tap OK. 
   
   The order summary will update to reflect this change.  

Editing the entered quantity or price at checkout

If you've entered the wrong quantity or price in the prompt, you can correct it by selecting the item and making changes directly from the edit section in the POS. 

To edit the entered quantity or price at checkout: 

1. In the POS, select the product from the order summary. 
2. Enter the new quantity and price under the Quantity and Unit Price fields. 
3. Tap Apply Changes. 

You can still update a product's price and quantity during checkout even if Variable Quantity or Variable Price prompts are disabled. However, changing the price requires either admin access or the Change Price permission.

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