🔍 Summary
Courses allow the sale of multiple appointments in advance and track usage on the day of the appointment. Purchase is recorded as a course deposit, with a running balance updated as appointments are redeemed. Courses can include specific appointments, a selection of appointments, or multiples of the same appointment.
❓ Likely Scenario
- Course items are not redeeming correctly against the deposit
- Course pricing does not match the total of included appointments
- Loyalty points are not being applied correctly during purchase
🛠️ Process Overview
Courses are configured to sell appointments at a reduced value and track redemptions while updating course balances. Flexibility allows courses to include specific appointments or selections of appointments.
✅ Step-by-Step Instructions
Access Courses
- Open Administrator or Configuration and navigate to Courses
- Click Green Plus to create a new course
- Enter a description for the course
- Select an Income Centre for reporting purposes (the default “Course Purchase” is recommended)
- Allocate the required sites
- Click Green Tick to confirm
Configure Course Details
- Select the course from the list and open the Site Details tab
- If using multi-site, select the relevant site
- Configure general course rules
- Alternate Description – define a local description if site naming conventions differ
- Price – enter the sale price for the course
- Loyalty Add – points earned on purchase
- Loyalty Use – points required to purchase using loyalty
- Start / End Dates – define course availability; leaving blank keeps the course always available
- Valid For – restrict the number of months the course items are valid after purchase
Add Course Items
- Ensure the total value of items matches the course sale price; any difference appears in the “Target Totals.”
- Adding Individual Appointments
- Click the Green Plus next to the quantity window
- In the Additional Course Item window, select the appointment
- Enter the quantity
- Enter the pro-rata value for each item to ensure the total matches the sale price
- Click Green Tick to confirm
- Adding a Selection of Appointments
- Click Add Selection next to the quantity window
- In the Course Selection window, enter the quantity
- Enter the pro-rata value for each item to ensure the total matches the sale price
- Select the appointments to include
- Click Green Tick to confirm
🧠 Important Notes
- Course sale value must equal the total of included appointments
- Loyalty points are calculated at purchase and redemption
- Multi-site courses can have site-specific alternate descriptions