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1. 64 Walk Ins Grid m 64 Refresh Button ii ate nd adobe dee cr a e aee uox cie dieras 65 Function BUttOns ire ete tarte rta adu An Da Fe aae ne eR RR RA Dd 65 Add New Walk In Window etii n etn n tina ee d RR ER eh nd He Ka due Ld ERR X nee LA d ERR RA Du 66 Add Walk In Service For WINdOW essre sikine ien eia etn tht hn nhe n eR AX d FERRE HRS RA LR ARE TER Y LASER RR daa 67 Edit ELS Neo me 67 6 Clients 69 How to Use the Client Gcreen enne eene nennen nnn nnne nennen nnns 69 nio Bite Adda Chert ERES 69 How to Delete a Gern EE 70 How to Reactivate Undelete a Cent 70 How to Add Service History for a Client 70 How to Print Service HISIOLy ctos dedi Dre b ed PA Y eR ENNEN degen 71 How to Print Purchase History serari ieai aaner Aa KEER ARA AE rene rre 71 How to Merge Duplicated Cents 71 How to Use Client Accounts 72 How to Add a Series that was Sold Before Using Insight sssssssseeenes 73 How to Add a Gift Certificate that was Sold Before Using Insiobt 73 How to Add a Membership that was Sold Before Using Insight sse 74 How to Add a Tanning Package that was Sold Before Using Insight ooonncccinncdnnnnncnnncccnncccnnonnnnnaannancccnno 74 How to Add a Picture for a Client 74 Be tuell EE 75 Client Screen REN a 77 ACUIVE LOOKUP DEE E 77 Name sRIGldS tata EE 77 Eleng NU DEE tai 77
2. sss eene en nens 290 elle EE 290 Product Billing tab sl a pad 291 Function Cie e 292 Schedule Templates EE 292 How to Add a Schedule Template AA 293 Schedule Templates Reference A 293 Taning B d Calor stes ra RE r Aa RE A A atari dd 294 How to Add a Tanning Bed Category sree iis nenea naana taaa aa aaan a cnn nara 294 Tanning Bed Categories Reference AAA 295 Tanning Bed SUD cT EE 295 How to Add a Tanning Bed sess ener en enr en aep ener reet nennen nennen nnns 295 How to Set Which Tanning Services each Tanning Bed can Pertom corn 296 Tanning Bed Setup Reference seinen tnnn enne nnns nnns entente nnns sinas nnne 297 QuickBooks Integrations e iGag Rise Rey nme agape recente teaat ys 298 How to Set Up QuickBooks Integration in Insight sessssssssesseeeenenenen nennen 298 Activating the QuickBooks Integration Module 299 Pr paring QuickBookS EE 299 Connecting From Insight uidere st torte e Doer Mee a Pearse ati 299 Granting Permission to Insight terra ta rl dee nce erri P Tec 299 Choosing QuickBooks Enges rio EES 300 Special Gonsideratiohs 5 teasesidecag antag TUO RD RITU Re RR HS Mee 300 Setting Up Accounts in QUICKBOOKS ener nennen nnne trne inneren sinn ns enne 301 Required ACCOUNTS inen ii a A i LA 301 How to add an ACCOUDL iieri iecit e a ai 301 QuickBooks Integration Reference nn rn cnc 304 EI D WEE de rbd cp reo ute cene ca etie ura os 304 Paytyp
3. City VirtualTown Country United States Department NY PostalCode 14958 il gt E S Appointment Notes Home 655 573 8927 Cell Work Iess 657 3820 4th Phone 1st Email 2nd Email Send SMS Check SMS Check mo ww View Confirm Method This option defaults to lt Any gt but you may narrow down the list of appointments in the grid by selecting one of the options in the drop down list View Status This option defaults to lt Any gt but you may narrow down the list of appointments in the grid by selecting one of the options in the drop down list Confirm Appointments For This date field defaults to the current date on the appointment book screen but can be changed to a different date Confirmation Grid The grid contains all of the appointments booked for the selected day They are grouped by the type of confirm method specified for each client When you select an appointment in the list all of the relevant details for the appointment are shown in the area beneath the grid TIP Right clicking on an appointment in the grid will give you the same options as clicking the Actions button Confirmation Status Change the confirmation status of the selected appointment by choosing the desired option from the drop down list field in the middle of the screen beneath the grid Actions Button The Actions button for this screen contains the following two options Insight Salon
4. Number of Conflicts 1 r Client 2 Service 3 Employee 4 Details 5 Notes 6 Preview Lem T c Tam To resolve conflicts e Click on a red appointment in the list and then click the Edit button e Change the Date Time Employee or Length so that the appointment can be booked and click Save Insight Salon amp Spa Software 38 e Ifthe change was not successful you will see a message explaining why the change could not be made TIP Click on the button that says Go to date and Insight will bring you to the appointment screen for that date You can then choose the time slot for the appointment more easily since you will be able to see everything else that may already be booked for that day e Click Save when you have made the necessary changes e When no conflicts remain click the Finish button to finalize booking all of the appointments and you will be returned to the main appointment screen Using the Cancellation List Insight Professional or higher only TIP Keep an eye on the Open Cancellation List button underneath the calendars on the appointment screen If there are cancellation appointments for the current day in the appointment book the text of the button will be in red e Click the Open Cancellation List button How to add a Cancellation Appointment While trying to book an appointment e Click the Add to Cancel List button in the bottom right of the screen e Make sure that the Start and End
5. Products I Payment Item Code Description Empl Qty Price Total Sort By Emp Code P FOIL Partial Foil Highlight HR 1 55 00 55 00 Details IN Taxes Discount Cancel Item Code Description ID Code ee Name cc Carol Claney cm Christine McCallum HR Haley Reynolds TY Troy Yee Iwantto Subtotal 0 00 Paytype Description Expiry Amount Tip Total Tax 0 00 LTX 0 00 Total 0 00 Paid 0 00 Owing 0 00 1wantto Actions Finish H Hold H Abort F3 Payment F4 Hold F5 Tax F6 Details F7 Discount F9 Abort NUM e Either click in the Active Lookup with the mouse use the up and down arrow keys or start typing in the Item Code field to find the item you wish to add e To select the item press Enter or Tab or double click in the Active Lookup e H the Empl employee field is not filled in you will need to select the employee to receive credit for this item e Ifthe Empl field is already filled in but you need to change the employee for this item click into the Empl field with your mouse NOTE The employee will be filled in automatically under certain conditions These are if there is only 1 employee that has a charge level above zero entered into Insight if there is at least one item on the invoice already if the client has a default employee selected on the client screen e To find the employee you wish to
6. ES E i E Ra t E Cre m Client 2 Service 3 Employee 4 Details 5 Notes 6 Preview 7 Conflicts e Click the Next button e Choose the date that the appointments should begin occurring e Choose when the appointments will stop occurring either on a specific date or after a certain number of appointments e Depending on your selection enter the End Date for the appointments or the number of appointments to book e Click the Next button e Select the Confirm Method if necessary e Enter any Notes for the appointments e Click the Next button e Review the days that the appointments will occur and click the Remove Selected Date button to remove any days that the client wishes to skip and click the Next button Insight will now attempt to hold the appointments Any appointments that were unable to be held will appear in red These appointments or conflicts must be resolved before you can complete this process Standing Appo Booking Resolve Conflicts Edit or Delete any appointments that were not able to be booked until all appointments can be booked View Appointments AI Booked Conflicted Date Saturday Jan 23 2010 Time 02 00 PM a t Employee Carol Claney Sat Jan 23 2010 Request None Sat Jan 30 2010 Sat Feb 06 2010 Sat Feb 13 2010 Confirm Phone Sat Feb 20 2010 i Sat Feb 27 2010 Sat Mar 13 2010 Sat Mar 20 2010 Appointments Length ag 5 T G 3 S eate Stal
7. Gontact Ee EE 77 Details ET sic cots sehen EE EE EE 79 Service ISL E DEE 81 Purchases E E E ER Purchases Listing Fab WEE 82 GitCertificates Lab EE 83 IIo E 84 Tanning Tab utei reete uet t db 85 Memberships Fab icri ere Ie te edet petente er emt Ene e Ue PO e e pr Go Dre ede PUE a A 85 Referrals TAD era e a E 86 EES ege ee eebe 87 nolo E LEE 88 Hec Fay meno T a WEE 89 Recurring Payment Setup Window AAA 91 Client Merg Utiity Windows rr A eta 92 7 Services 93 wide MR NC E 93 How to Adda Sonita nie tee ertet ead eeu ete tree at nested ede tede va aeria 93 How to Set Which Employees can Perform each Service sessssssssseee eene 95 How to Specify which Professional Back Bar Products are Used with each Service 96 Service Screen Referente uc bd Pe E e tie RA Ee Ee Re RE Tea Lada echte 96 Active Lookup ote RR URB eei UO Lett ite artic teh LR e ae aes 96 Insight Salon amp Spa Software iii Service Code and Description Fields AAA 96 Service Info Tabs exe tede ido dare peer patei edo dior 97 Messages Tab p 98 Appt Setup ET EE 99 Employee Setup WE ETH 101 Professional Products Used Tab 2 ae ai 102 cie cle t T ES 103 Adding a Package 1 5 eie Dd a e dB uL da eta ea tua Hd Dodo ee 103 Package Screen Reference cooonccconnccococccononcnononcnonoccnn nn nano cnn crm 104 MANSO ii AA C ee 104 Servic
8. The amount Owing on the invoice should now be 0 and you can click Finish to save the invoice e Click on the Payment button e To refund by a non cash method such as credit card you need to select that paytype enter the same amount as is shown in the Total field as a negative number and then click Add NOTE If you are using Insight to automatically process credit cards then make sure to click the Refund button and do not change the amount to a negative number e Once you have done this or if you just are refunding the client in cash click the Finish button and the invoice will be saved e H you are refunding a product you will be prompted to select whether the product can be returned to your inventory NOTE If the product can be returned to your inventory and sold again simply click OK If one or more of the products being returned have been partially used and cannot be sold again click the down arrow to reduce the number appropriately NOTE If you are returning products to inventory and require a new barcode to be printed click the Print Barcode box The barcode will be added to a Returned Products barcode session and you can print it at any time by clicking the Products button on the Insight menu then selecting Utilities Product Price Barcode Labels and selecting the Returned Products session Using the On Hold Feature At any point after you have started a new sale invoice you may put it On Hold in order to do something e
9. Thu 11 30 AM Gees 1 2 3 4 11 45 AM y 8 9 10 11 12 00 PM 14 15 16 17 18 12 15 PM 21 22 23 24 25 7 NIE 01 00 pu TS ens PARTIAL eg o Today January 11 2010 01 15 PM AA AS Pm n 01 45 PM Confirm Pending Appts 02 00 PM Manicure Susan Carol Canet Christine McCalh Open Cancellation List 02 15 PM an atio 02 30 PM d 02 45 PM i 03 00 Pm oU 03 15 PM x Manicure Manicure Book Appointment CELO 2 Tara Schmidt Tara Schmidt 03 45 PM A atio arol Clan z Standing Appointments Book Packages i Actions View Edit Move Delete Confirm H Schedule F3 Exit F4 Go To Invoice F5 Move F6 Book F7 View Edit F8 Delete F11 Calendar Booking an Appointment Double click on the day that you wish to book the appointment for using the calendars on the top left of the screen to go to that day on the appointment sheet To start the booking you can do any of the following double click on the time slot press the Enter key click the Book Appointment button or press F6 on your keyboard NOTE If using F6 or the Enter key to start the booking first use the arrow keys or the mouse to select the time slot that you wish to book so that the correct employee and time will be selected Use the Active Lookup to search for a client based on first name last name or phone number Start typing in the Client field to take you close to the client you are interested in and then us
10. Working Today y m y Start Time EndTime 0530PM ww M Employee is on Meal Break Bl Employee is on Coffee 2 hes Wool Break Bl Employee has Appointments Bl Employee Special Break 0 15 Start Time tangi L1 Do not change with Repeating Schedule Changes O Has Coffee 1 Start Time Length 0 05 Reason for Locking Schedule O Has Coffee 2 Start Time Length 0 05 Book Lookup Holidays Schedule Do Cancel F2 Lookup F3 Save F9 Cancel e The bars across the top of the screen indicate the existing and modified schedule and show if and when the Employee has appointments or scheduled breaks e Adjust the employee s schedule as needed NOTE Detailed instructions on how to adjust employee schedules can be found in the Employees section under Scheduling Employees e When you are finished click the Save button e Insight will prompt you to either Lock the Schedule recommended or leave it unlocked e fnecessary reset any filters that you changed to find the employee s column How to Add an Extra Break to an Employee s Day This is referred to as a Special Break They are used for one time breaks that do not occur regularly in the employee s work schedule They are most useful for things such as doctor s appointments training sessions or meetings Insight Salon amp Spa Software 42 Add Edit Special Break Employee Date Saturday January 23 2010 Time 1
11. e Enter the Discount Percent 10 or 25 for example not 0 10 or 0 25 NOTE To remove a discount enter 0 zero e Enter the Discount Reason e Click the OK button to apply the changes e You can specify the professional products used for each service in this package by performing the following indented steps Select the service in the list that you wish to add details for and click on the Details button Enter the Product Code or click on the lookup button to select the professional product from a list Enter the number of units used up in providing this service Click Add to add the product to the list Insight Salon amp Spa Software 8 e Repeat the last three steps for as many professional products as you need to add to this service e Click Done when you are finished e When you are done click Add and the package will be added to the invoice Adding a Tanning Package to the Invoice NOTE The same screen is used to both sell a new tanning package and to use an existing tanning package to pay for tanning services Itis possible to sell a tanning package and redeem it for a tanning service all on the same invoice e Click the Tanning button in the top left and the Tanning screen will pop up SE A HR ES Available Tanning Packages for Faith Graham Add Tanning Package want to Add Package Total Package Code Description 100 MINUTES amp 100 Minute Tanning Package Sem
12. oooooccconnicccnnocccnnnncncnnnn cren enc nennen internen nennen nente nnns 158 Update Item Prices 1 iet anand EE 159 How to Update PriCES re ERE eR ee a A c ER me ue ERE vent 159 Update Item Prices Reference oooococconiccicnnicccnnncrcnnnnncnn rara 159 9 Employees 161 How to Use the Employee Screen eere did 161 How to Add an Employee esee ettet enne nnns ettet ensi sn nass tritt etre sens inst snnt en 161 How to Schedule Employees AAA 162 How to Remove a Holiday that was Scheduled for an Employee sss 163 My Employee Doesn t Show Up on the Appointment Book 164 How to Set Employee ACCESS A 164 How to Allow Double Booking 165 How to Set Which Services each Employee can Perform ssssssssssesee eee 166 Insight Salon amp Spa Software ES How to Set Up Payroll employees only 166 How to Set Up Self Employment or Renter Billing self employed only sssessssss 169 Employee Screen Referendo sitiada enya EE a i 170 e CR LOOKUP EE 170 Name Fold EE 170 A E 170 Employment Details Lab EE 171 SystemACCeSS EE 173 Gener EE 174 TEE 174 CllentSararai nar td 174 APPOINTMENTS inir ran e e a a e a n tt tt duced 175 SEE EE 175 NEIDIO EL 175 VENA CEET 176 Employees i aa eier ta dt a ad TE AA TA 176 OT EE 177 A A a 178 ut in O ele Spa tl a he ee Set 178 O 179 A a a A A EAE O cR 179 Recurring Melao WEE 179 Memberships c c 180 lf Ee ECT 180 EIDEN ce boat cdot en 181 Serv
13. Duplicate Cents 249 Merge Duplicated Clients Heterence esent en nennen nnn nnns nnne 250 ME gellen 250 Flow ele 250 Bill Recurring Payments Reference AA 251 Check Text SMS Account Balance iet rp dae idonea det ta 252 Send BACKUD EE 252 Check for UPS ii 252 Howto Update iaa 252 How to See What is New in the Latest Update ssssssssssesssseeeeeen nennen nnne nene 252 15 Setup 254 Systemi lc r ita 254 Re te BE e BE Lu EE 254 System Setup Reference AAA 255 Defaults Tab EE 255 Bea EE 260 Printing and Hardware Tab rcnt aliciente 264 Email SMS Setup Rab csi tad ede nis ware tit 266 Waxes Ta Em 268 Credit Card Integration WE EE 270 Online Appt Booking Tab xxi A eee een ieee tiene 272 Data Paths Fabia tad ata ra pda 272 e Wu 273 How to Add a Job Title 5 ect Dein epe it erepti ir d dato tas 273 ele WR EE 273 Departments amp Cao ie ia 274 Whatis a Department eeben deeg nd eet ie tia 274 Whatis a Category cio dt de RENE sed EA dE dE 274 How to Add Departments 8 Categories ooococincccinncccnnccccconnnononnnnnnccnnn cnn non n naar rn nn nn narran nr nn 274 Adding a DepartMent ciae lr e ro ta pa dpi 274 Adding a Category to an existing Department 274 Tips for Configuring Departments amp Categories ooccccccnnnicinocononcccnnonnnononn nano ccnancn nana cnn nr 275 Insight Salon 8 Spa Software ix Departments and Categories Reference cnn nora nan c cnn rca nn rana nenn
14. ERE UR ail ee de d EC e ERE Leo ae 217 Client Itinerary 2 3 0 ie tc oa ede e He D e EE e Le a d eed ede e d RA gs 217 Client Work TiCk t te EE 217 Employee UtiliZatiQri nuur 2222 A t dp a et ee ae eee 217 Tanning Bed Utilization EE 217 Appointment Statistics ce IEEE e A E 217 Projected Income from Appointments cccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeaee sense nora nn 217 Email ell E rie EE 217 Pre E le cit io ia 218 Client ROPO ce H H 218 ec 218 Client Listing Report PHeierence AAA 219 eg Ee EE 221 TOP Client Ee 221 Client Retentio NEE 221 ReturnAddress Labelsy eee eee e Eden NEERA 222 ACCOUNT Ne Le EE 222 INVENTO Reparan sas 222 Count BEE 222 Product Discrepangy miii a A a eed pee d teg e dns 223 Inventory and Service Listings essessssssssssseesesse seen tnnn entente nsns nnns entente sinn sn nn ns sn nennen 223 Inventory VallO uiis titt oen etm c mr eee Litt o veut Ed t ir c ce Bo re 223 Professional Product Usage EE 223 Purchase Order Summary Detall miosina dei 223 Lille EE 223 Insight Salon 8 Spa Software vii 14 Employee Profit viu andes eae dei dct Hg et ae He Lad HE n dd Hd ee nda 223 TIPS Repo ua deriva tg tes diay t dg dae Htc e E Hil HE Ea dae ee eed ee 223 Employee Schedule cocida prts Hee ub ded Menai ddp ede bd dae e bee ee ed 223 Time Clock Report iti m exi aed Htc dg Hh d a E e OL d aed ade a tds 223 Time spent on Invoiced Services esent nnnn enne nnnr e
15. For details on this screen see the Find Other Appointments Window section on page 57 Confirm Pending Appointments This option will open the Confirm Pending Appointments window that allows you to contact the client to confirm appointments that were booked through the Cancellation List or the Online Appointment Booking from your web site for the day that you are on For details on this screen see the Confirm Pending Appointments Window section on page 55 Adjust Business Hours for date This option allows you to adjust your hours or close your business for the currently selected day Use this function for days when you would normally be open but will have different hours or be closed for a special reason such as a holiday Schedule Employee This option allows you to select an employee and adjust their working schedule for the currently selected day Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen Most of the function buttons have an F key associated with them that you can press on your keyboard instead of clicking the button with your mouse Check In Go To Invoice F4 If the selected appointment is not yet checked in this option will mark the appointment as Checked In and create an On Hold invoice for it in the sales area The button text will then change to Go To Invoice If the selected appointment is already checked in cli
16. In that you are about to begin serving e Click the Start Serving button or press F5 on your keyboard e Verify that the service that they are getting is correct TIP If you need to change the service type in the service code or click on the lookup button in the Service field e Select the Employee doing the service if the employee was not already specified when you added this person to the list TIP At this point you can click the Add Client to Database button to permanently save this client to your client list if they were entered as a walk in client when you added them to the list Click the Start Service button and the client s Status in the Walk Ins grid will be updated How to Check out a Walk in e Select the Walk In that you need to check out once they are finished having their services e Click the Check out button or press the F5 key on your keyboard and you will be brought to the Sales screen with this client s invoice started for you e If there are more family members that are not yet finished or they are receiving more services put the invoice on Hold and return to the Walk In screen TIP You can easily return to the invoice at any time by clicking on the Go To Invoice button e If there are no more family members or services remaining finish the invoice as normal Insight Salon amp Spa Software 63 What if a Walk In Decides to Leave Sometimes a walk in client may decide for whatever reason that they cannot wai
17. RON 144 Vendor Screen Heierence seen en innt enses nn na sn tenens intra st nrt nennen enn snnt nenas 144 Molise PPP 146 Product Price Barcode Labels esiste AAE AE nn innere reti sns anne aaa AAA AA 146 How to Print Proguct Barcode labels c n e PARE EE et 146 Product Price Barcode Label Reference eese nennen nnne nre 147 Departments amp Categories sisse tenete ettet tnmen teneret enne nne tenentes 149 What eer Debatt Eege exiens neo em le ee least 149 Whatis a Category tica EA EE 149 How to Add Departments amp Categories 150 Tips for Configuring Departments amp Categories ssssssseeeneeen eene neret 150 Departments and Categories Reference nennen nennen entretenir nnne nens 150 Product TEE ET 152 How to Add a Product Line s s rd A eret A eh 152 Product Lines Reference isisi i tee eme Le cer See data 153 Update Product Counts nir iere e o nee e Ce d e e Pere pain e e ons 153 How to Update Your Inventory Count cetus seen en ettet eterne eda costae Eb ancor aeuo Fe DL cadre dn 153 Update Product Gounts Reference ii ene ere ee REED RE DENIED NEESS EE 155 Retail lt gt Professional Transfers i cud deed de cade Uke au ven ue ane daa da ed aa 156 Howto Transfer Inventory iia a di 156 Retail lt gt Professional Transfers Reference AAA 157 Professional Product USag EE 157 How to Remove Used Up Professional Products AAA 157 Professional Product Usage Reference
18. Time can be selected by moving around in the appointment sheet grid or by using the arrow buttons on the Time field Length The Length field can be changed from the default if necessary by clicking on the up or down arrow buttons to make the appointment shorter or longer Request If the client has made a request for a specific employee or just for either a male or female service provider you can select the appropriate choice from the Request drop down Insight Salon amp Spa Software 49 Confirm If the selected client is not a walk in client the confirmation method can be changed from the client s default if necessary This can be useful if the client s spouse is booking the appointment for them and wishes it to be a surprise so requests that you do not try to confirm the appointment with the client Notes Any notes relative to the appointment can be entered here If there are other appointments for the client for the same day that have notes on them they will automatically show up in this area as well OK button Clicking the OK button will complete the booking Repeat button Clicking the Repeat button will complete the booking and then start a new booking for the same client This can save you time when booking more than one appointment for the same client Cancel button Clicking the Cancel button will abort the booking and return to the regular appointment sheet screen Add to Cancel List button This button is in
19. View This option will open the View Edit Appointment window that allows you to view the client s appointment s for the day and edit the information if necessary For details on this screen see the View Edit Appointment Window section on page 61 Move except in a resource column This option places you into a special Move mode in which you cannot perform most of the normal appointment screen functions until you either pick a new spot to move the appointment to or cancel the move Delete This option gives you the choice of removing the selected appointment from the appointment book and specifying that it was either a cancelled appointment or that it was made in error and should just be deleted The Cancel option should be chosen if the reason for deletion was that the client called you to cancel their appointment Print This option allows you to get a printout of your appointment sheet For details on this feature see the Print section in the Empty Cells section on page 46 Schedule in an employee column only This option will open the Employee Schedule window that allows you to alter the employee s schedule for the day that you are on For details on this screen see the Employee Schedule Window section on page 55 Find Other Appointments This option will open the Lookup Client Appointments window that allows you to find and go to other appointments that have been booked for the client For details on this sc
20. been purchased from Syntec Business Systems Inc Lawful users of this software are hereby licensed only to read the software on the enclosed CD from its medium into the memory of a computer solely for the purpose of executing it Copying duplicating selling or otherwise distributing this software is a violation of the law This document is copyrighted and all rights are reserved This document may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable without prior consent in writing from Syntec Business Systems Inc You may not modify alter translate disassemble or decompile Insight or its documentation or any copy in whole or in part without the written consent of Syntec Business Systems Inc Suite 360 10403 172 Street Edmonton AB Canada TSS 1K9 Software License Agreement Carefully read the following terms and conditions Use of this product constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions and your agreement to abide by them You the original purchaser are granted a nonexclusive personal license to use Insight under the terms stated in this agreement You may not assign or transfer the software or this license to any other person without the express written consent of Syntec Business Systems Inc Any attempt to sublicense assign or transfer any of the rights duties or obligations hereunder is void You may not copy modify alter el
21. checkbox in the Active Lookup example below When you are on a screen in Insight you can move from one field to another by using Tab or Enter Certain fields such as notes you will have to press Tab to get out of as the Enter key then will just bring you down to the next line of text This also saves time compared to having to use the mouse to click from one field to another When you are unfamiliar with a program it is often simpler to use the mouse to do what you want However as you gain more experience with the software try using the keyboard more and more and you will find that you will eventually save a lot of time once you get used to it Active Lookups Many of the main screens in Insight include what we refer to as an Active Lookup area The Active Lookup usually takes up the left side of the screen and includes the Sort By field a grid that lists the items you are working with the Search field and the Show All checkbox When you open the Client screen the Active Lookup will give you a list of all of your clients Searching SotBy First Name X Client Name Phone E K ssen Garry Hrushka 655 654 8523 Sam Snead 555 573 8927 Scott Hug 555 387 3493 Tara Schmidt 555 290 5732 Search L Show All Insight Salon amp Spa Software as Changing the Sort Order To change the order in which the list is sorted click on the drop down arrow on the Sort By field and then select from the list that appears You can a
22. contains the date that the invoice will be recorded for You may change this if necessary if you are entering an invoice that should have gone in under the previous day for instance The Work Area The area beneath the Paying Client is used when adding or editing items on the invoice This is where you will specify the information for each item and make any changes as necessary This area is also used for adding or editing payment types for the invoice Item Code Description Empl Qty Price Total P FOIL Partial Foil Highlight HR 1 55 00 55 00 Details Taxes Discount Add Cancel Item Grid The area beneath the Work Area is the item grid that contains all of the items being sold on the invoice You cannot make changes directly in this area If you double click on an item in the grid all of its information will be copied to the Work Area where you can make the necessary changes Item Code Description Empl Price Disc Tax Total Client Name Faith Graham P FOIL Partial Foil Highlight HR 55 00 1 55 00 Gift Certificate 00000 0000002 50 00 1 50 00 t lt Package gt Spa Day 85 00 1 85 00 100 MINUTES 100 Minute Tanning Package HR 35 00 1 35 00 TAN 15 15 Minutes of UV Tanning Uv1 0 00 1 0 00 I Want To Button The I Want To buttons beneath the item grid gives you the following options NOTE You must select an item in the item grid before these menu items will app
23. e Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete all of the selected appointments e Select the appropriate reason for deleting each appointment TIP The options available are Cancel Appointment Delete Appointment and Do Nothing Select Cancel Appointment if you are deleting this appointment because the client called to cancel or if the employee who was to perform the service had to cancel for some reason Select Delete Appointment if the appointment was simply booked in error and should not exist Do Nothing will not delete the current appointment Booking a Package NOTE You can only book packages if you have at least one package entered into Insight in the Services gt Packages of Services section e Click the Book Packages button and the Package Booking screen will appear Package Booking Choose Client Choose the Client for whom you wish to book the Standing Appointments SortBy First Name e Client Name Phone Faith Graham 555 379 2579 Garry Hrushka 555 664 8523 Sam Snead 555 573 8927 a Scott Hug 555 387 3493 Tara Schmidt 555 290 5732 ooking eB CH y Pacha Y Sch cy d O New 4 Client 2 Package 3 Employee 4 Options 5 Date amp Time 6 Notes 7 Confirm rn Tet T os e Select the client from the list of clients exactly as you would in the Active Lookup when booking a regular appointment e Ifthe client does not appear you ca
24. edit and click the Edit Invoice button Make the required changes to the invoice as you would if you were entering a new sale see the Making a Sale section on page 4 NOTE Some things on an invoice may not be changed For example authorized credit card payments When you have completed your changes click Finish to save the invoice or Cancel to abandon your changes If you save the invoice you will be prompted to enter a reason for editing the invoice this cannot be left blank NOTE All invoice changes are tracked in Insight and can be reported on This information cannot be removed from Insight How to Void an Invoice NOTE There are few reasons to ever void an invoice Editing the invoice can do most of what needs to be accomplished Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 19 When you first enter the Sales screen or after you have completed an invoice or put an invoice on hold you may bring up a list of invoices to void e Click the Actions button and then click Edit Void Invoices or simply press F8 on your keyboard e A list of all the invoices that were created for the current date will pop up e If you know the invoice number click the Invoice Number option enter the number and then click Void Invoice e H the invoice you are looking for was on a previous date use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard or click on the calendar icon to select the Start Date and End Date for the date range of invoices that you wish t
25. for every day from Monday to Friday select the Every Weekday option Weekly e Select the weekly frequency that the service should be booked i e every week every 2 weeks etc e Select as many days of the week as necessary that the service should be booked for NOTE These options allow you to get appointments booked for example every Monday and Thursday each week Monthly e You can choose either a specific weekday in the month or a specific day number in the month e Use the dropdowns to select the day of the month that you wish the booking to occur on e Use the up and down arrow buttons to select the day or month number to repeat the booking on NOTE These options allow you to get appointments booked on a specific day of the month every so many months Insight Salon amp Spa Software 37 Verify Appointment Booking Details Enter in the booking details for the Appointments Whattime should it start 02 00 PM ais How long will the appointment take 0 30 S DefaultTime 0 30 What day should the Appointments starton Saturday Jan 16 2010 E pointments How should the Appointments be repeated Appointment Frequency O Daily 9 Weekly Monthly Every H Week s Day s of the Week O Sunday O Tuesday O Thursday V Saturday C Monday C Wednesday Friday When should Appoinments stop Appointment Ending O On a Specific Date After a Specific Number of Appointments Number of Appointments 10 E TA c E
26. have selected and then start the process of adding another client right away Save F3 Clicking this button will save the information for the current client that you have selected and close the Add New Walk In screen Cancel F9 Clicking this button will cancel adding the new client and close the Add New Walk In screen Add Walk In Service For Window This screen allows you to add a new service to the selected client Each additional service for the same client will add a new entry to the walk in list 3 Add Walk in Service For Tara Schmidt lt ne Client Name Tara Schmidt Regular Services O Tanning Services S nica Sort By Service Code DG Length z m Employee Bed Service Code Description 5 Ful Foil Highlight Request Full Facial Notes Ladies Cut Mens Cut Partial Foil Highlight Pedicure Spiral Perm F3 Save F9 Cancel Lookup Option This option will appear at the top left of the screen if your business offers tanning services By default the regular services will be selected To view tanning services select the Tanning Services option Active Lookup You can use the Active Lookup on the left side of this screen as it is described in the Active Lookups section on page 1 when choosing the Service and Employee Bed Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen Most of the fu
27. membership will be added to the invoice Redeeming a Membership The Membership Redemption screen will automatically pop up if you have selected a client with a membership To re open this screen you can click on the membership icon beside the client s name it looks like a key or click the Actions button and select Redeem Membership Click on the checkbox for the date range that you wish to mark as redeemed Click Ok Editing an Item on the Invoice Select the item in the grid you wish to edit Click the I want to button Click on Edit TIP You can also edit an item in the grid by simply double clicking on it If the item is a service product or series the information will be loaded in the item entry area at the top of the screen see the Adding Items to an Invoice section on page 5 for instructions on how to use the entry area NOTE When editing a service changing the employee will bring up a prompt asking you if you would like to reload the price and clear any discount if the new employee charges a different price than the original employee If the item is a package tanning package tanning service membership account payment or gift certificate the appropriate screen will pop up please see the above sections on adding these different items for details on how to use each of the screens Insight Salon amp Spa Software zd e Make your changes and click Apply Removing an ltem From the Invoice e Select
28. not been authorized yet at this point so hold on to the client s card Get the client to fill in and sign the slip When the client is done take one copy of the slip verify it has been signed and update the Tip or Amount according to what the client entered on the slip NOTE If for some reason an authorization was done over the phone then make sure to uncheck Automatically Authorize Card When Post is clicked the Phone Authorization Instructions screen will pop up and you will need to enter the Auth given over the phone into the box Some processors require you to perform this step including adding in the auth number in order to complete the transaction Insight Salon amp Spa Software 13 e Click the Post button NOTE The card is now being processed so continue to hold onto the client s card until the result comes back from Insight e The result will either be Authorization successful or Declined with a reason e Ifthe authorization was successful the paytype will be added to the invoice e Ifthe authorization was declined you may try again or get another method of payment from the client Gift Certificates e Click the Gift Cert paytype button For Gift Certificates sold using Insight e Enter the Gift Cert No to be redeemed or click the Lookup button to select it from a list NOTE If you have a barcode scanner connected to your computer you can use it to scan the barcode from a gift card here e Click OK on the Conf
29. see the Print section in the Empty Cells section on page 46 Schedule available in an employee column only This option will open the Employee Schedule window that allows you to alter the employee s schedule for the day that you are on For details on this screen see the Employee Schedule Window section on page 55 Switch to Multi Day View This option will switch the display of the appointment book screen to show multiple days for the employee whose column you are currently selecting The number of days shown depends on the Display Options setup and can be from 3 to 31 The default is 10 The first day shown on the left will be the day you were on when you selected this option and show as many days beyond that as the setup option is set for This allows you to get a quick view of the employee s availability for a longer period of time Appointment Grid Double Click Actions There are certain functions of the appointment book that you can access by double clicking on cells in the appointment sheet grid These are listed below under separate headings for the type of cell you are double clicking on Empty cells Double clicking on an empty cell will start the process of booking an appointment This is exactly the same as selecting the time slot and then clicking the Book Appointment button or pressing F6 on your keyboard except that the Employee and Time from the cell you clicked will be automatically filled in for you For d
30. that had notes on it Preprint Invoice This option allows you to get a printed copy of the invoice before it is actually completed This can be useful to provide a receipt for clients who will be paying at a later time for Insight Standard users who do not have the Client Accounts feature Discount All This option can be used to apply a percentage discount to all of the items currently being sold on the invoice Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen The buttons will change depending on what stage you are in on the sales screen Most of the function buttons have an F key associated with them that you can press on your keyboard instead of clicking the button with your mouse Buttons available before selecting a client Check In F5 Use the Check In button to select a client that has one or more appointments booked for the current day Once you select the client in the list all of the appointments booked for that client will be checked in and all of the services booked will be added to the item grid On Hold F4 Use this button to bring up a list of all invoices that are currently on hold You can select an invoice from the list to continue working with it or to merge two invoices together that belong to the same client or group The number of on hold invoices is displayed directly on the button If there are none the button will be di
31. to perform the most common tasks for this screen Most of the function buttons have an F key associated with them that you can press on your keyboard instead of clicking the button with your mouse Go To Client Clicking this button will bring up the client screen with the current client automatically selected in the list Save F3 Clicking this button will save the information for the current client that you have selected and close the Edit Walk In screen Cancel F9 Clicking this button will cancel editing the client s information and close the Edit Walk In screen Insight Salon amp Spa Software 68
32. use for this item click in the Active Lookup with the mouse use the up and down arrow keys or start typing in the Empl field e Press Enter or Tab or double click in the Active Lookup to select the employee e Ifyou need to adjust the quantity of the item being sold click the up or down arrows on the Qty field NOTE To return or refund an item make the quantity a negative number NOTE When selling a series the quantity MUST be 1 e If you need to change the price being charged for this item click into the Price field with the mouse and enter the correct amount e If you need to adjust whether or not the taxes are charged for this item perform the following indented steps e Click on the Taxes button e Click the Charge Tax GST in Canada and Australia or Charge LTX PST in Canada to toggle the different taxes on or off Insight Salon 8 Spa Software a e Click the This Item button to apply the changes to the item you are currently editing or the All Items button to apply the changes to all of the items currently on the invoice If you need to apply a percentage discount to the price of this item perform the following indented steps NOTE If you are just discounting a straight currency amount simply adjust the Price of the item e Click the Discount button e Click the Password button if you need someone to enter a password with higher access such as the master password e Enter the Discount Percent 10 or 25 for example no
33. using an American Express credit card If you have credit card processing enabled through Insight the Credit Card Processing window will pop up See the Credit Card Processing Window section on page 29 for details on that window If you are not processing credit cards through Insight the work area will become active and allow you to enter the Amount Tip Amt Card No and Exp Date Gift Cert Use the Gift Cert button when your client is paying for the invoice using a gift certificate You will have the option of entering in the gift certificate number or clicking a Lookup button to select it from a list You can also specify a tip amount to include in the payment The Use a gift certificate not entered in Insight checkbox will allow you to bypass the gift certificate number for times when a client comes in with a gift certificate that was sold before you started using Insight and cannot be found in the list Insight Salon amp Spa Software 21 MC Use the MC button when your client is paying for the invoice using a MasterCard credit card If you have credit card processing enabled through Insight the Credit Card Processing window will pop up See the Credit Card Processing Window section on page 29 for details on that window If you are not processing credit cards through Insight the work area will become active and allow you to enter the Amount Tip Amt Card No and Exp Date Discover Use the Discover button when your cli
34. will automatically dock itself to the top of your screen so that other screens do not cover it up You can change the way that the menu bar looks by clicking Setup then Menu Bar Properties On the far right side of the screen you will see the current date and time displayed This information comes directly from your computer so if the date or time are wrong you will need to change them on your computer This is usually done by clicking or double clicking on the time displayed in the Windows task bar at the bottom right of your screen If your business provides tanning services and you have a tanning timer manager set up with Insight you will also see a Timer Monitor box beside the date and time box This will alert you when tanning beds need cleaning or if a bed becomes available for a waiting client Click in this box to bring up the Tanning Bed Wait List screen Insight Salon amp Spa Software 3 2 Sales How to Use the Sales Screen Making a Sale e Click the Sales button on the Insight menu bar 3 Sales gem Gift Cert Series l Services Member Paying Client new CI Walk in Invoice Date 1 12 2010 e Tanning Packages Products P SortBy FirstName X Client Name Phone Number Faith Graham 555 379 2579 Garry Hrushka 555 664 8523 Sam Snead 555 573 8927 Scott Hug Tara Schmidt 555 387 3493 655 290 5732 Subtotal Total LTX P Description Expi
35. 0 00 AM sin Length 430 E Reason Dentist Appointment Select the Date Time and Employee where you wish to put the Special Break Either click the Actions button and choose Book Special Break from the menu or right click on the time slot and choose Add Special Break from that menu NOTE The option will only be available in the right click menu if the time slot does not contain an appointment Adjust the Employee Date Time and Length as needed Enter a descriptive reason for the Special Break so that other people seeing it will know what it is for Click the OK button to close the screen How to Switch Between Standard and Multi Day Views There are four ways to switch between Standard and Multi Day Views you may use any one of the following methods Right click in the desired employee or day column and choose the option to Switch To option from the menu Right click on the column header for the desired employee or day and chose Multi Day or Single Day from the menu Double click the column header for the desired employee or day After selecting a time slot in the desired column click the Actions button and choose the Switch To option in the menu How to Change Appointment Sheet Colors Click the Actions button and choose Appointment Book Color Setup from the menu Appointment Book Color Setup Default Appointment Book Colors Background Color Selected Area Selection Style 9 Framed O Filled Employee Sche
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37. 55 Exit F3 Click this button to close the appointment book screen Insight Salon amp Spa Software 51 Cancellation List Window This screen allows you to manage appointments that have been placed on the cancellation wait list These are appointments that could not be booked due to availability that are waiting for cancellations to occur so that they may be booked Cancellation List x Appointments to View Employees to View O For all Dates 9 Can be booked on Saturday January 23 2010 ES O All Employees Specific Employee Date Time Client Name Notes Service Request Employee Jan 23 2010 2 00 PM 5 00 PM Tara Schmidt MAN Manicure R CarolCianey Refresh Ven Al f Ghecktor Add New ES Le e F3 Exit FS Check for Places F6 Add F7 Edit F8 Remove From List NUM Appointments to View Choose the For all Dates option to view all outstanding appointments in the cancellation list Choose the Can be booked on option and select a date to view all outstanding appointments for the selected date only Employees to View Choose the All Employees option to view all outstanding appointments in the cancellation list Choose the Specific Employee option and select an employee to view all outstanding appointments requested for the selected employee only Cancellation List Grid The grid shows you all of the appointments waiting for times t
38. Dates Client Name and Service fields are filled in correctly e Continue after the indented section below From the Cancellation List screen Click the Add New Appt button Select the Start and End Dates for the appointment to occur within by clicking on the calendar icons Select the Client Name from the list of clients If the client is not in the list you can click the Add New Client button to bring up a screen to add the client Select the Service the client wishes to get 3 Add Appointment to Cancellation List SE Appointment Information Son Dy FirstName Start Date Saturday January 23 2010 End Date Saturday January 23 2010 Carol Claney Client Name Tara Schmidt E Ada New Client Christine McCallum x Garry Hrushka Service MAN Halley Reynolds Employee Bed Carol Claney SS Request R Employee e m Between Times Starting After 0200PM gt w Ending Before 05 00PM 5 m Appointment Notes Save and Add New F3 Save F9 Cancel NUM L e Select an Employee Bed if required e Select the appropriate Request option if necessary e If the appointment must be within certain times click the Between Specific Times checkbox and use the arrow buttons to select the desired Starting After and Ending Before times e Enter any applicable notes e Click Save or Save and Add New if you wish to enter another appointment to the cancellation list How to check for available spots e Se
39. EEN 49 Book Appointment Button ee Ee A Ee oe dea een eerte lee eee 49 Book Packages Button gege mee oe e eR De desl cee HR e eon E eee padece 50 Standing Appointments Button 2n ein sue rect ata Ha ee E Da eeu Lena Lire ga E raat De c unt 50 Actions BUULON EE 50 Function BUTIONS io p o EE 51 Cancellation List WindOW uge 1 eiecti ae c itera de t ne ig d cada edd a dea ia dg ce eec 52 Client Confirmations Window ssssssssseseseeeeeeeen enne sn nent et rns nn nns sn terrens sinis sinerent 53 Confirm Pending Appointments WindoOw esses eene nnne rn 55 Employee Schedule Window A 55 Find Other Appointments Window eene enne nennen rn 57 Package Booking A nee EE 57 Standing Appointment Booking Window ocooncccnnnccnoncconononononannnoccnoncc ronca 58 View Edit Appointment Window kesesine i EEE ARENT E e EE cnn nan ES E cnn cerraran 61 Insight Salon amp Spa Software i 5 Walk Ins 62 How to Use the Walk Ins Module 62 How to Add a New Wa reet EES iia SE ee ee e 62 How to Add a Family Member to an Existing Walk in sese 63 How to Add Another Service to an Existing Walk in oooooonnnnninninnnnncnnnnncnncconnnccncorcc corran nac enne 63 How to Start Serving a Walk in sse narran n rana ennet 63 How to Check out a Walk mm 63 What if a Walk In Decides to Leave 64 Walk Ins Module Heterence nennen nennen nnne rr nr rr nre nnne nn nnne 64 VIRO e
40. Enter a Master Password section of the manual on page 236 Password Required Please enter your password mmm Cancel When a password window pops up enter your password in the box and click OK or press Enter The instructions in this manual will omit this step for the sake of not repeating the same instruction over and over again except for areas that are dependent on a password for their operation such as the Time Clock Mail and Change Password systems Can t Type Anything on the Screen Chances are that you are not yet in edit mode This is a common mistake however we felt when we were developing our software that it was better to require you to specifically go into edit mode rather than just being able to type on a screen as soon as you got to it Being intentional about editing information should result in fewer mistakes being made and more reliable information e Click the Edit button or press F7 on your keyboard e You should see your cursor move to the first editable field on the screen ready for you to type new information e If nothing happens and the button is greyed out that means that you do not have sufficient access to edit Insight Main Menu Bar The Insight Menu bar is the main screen from which you will access all other parts of Insight Simply click on the button labeled for the part of Insight that you want to access Some of the buttons will bring up a menu offering further choices By default the menu bar
41. Enter any notes that may be relevant to this appointment for the client e Save the appointment by clicking the OK button or pressing F3 on your keyboard TIP If the client will be booking more than one appointment at this time click the Repeat button instead of the OK button and a new appointment will be started for the same client in the time slot immediately following the booked appointment Booking an Appointment with more than one employee NOTE This feature is available only in Insight Professional or higher The process for booking an appointment for a service that is set up to allow booking sections of the appointment with different employees is virtually the same as booking an appointment for a regular service This process is described in the Booking an Appointment section above The difference comes when you are at the point of selecting the employee With a service that is set up for this type of booking you will see a grid beneath the employee field for each part of the service The initial employee that you selected will be placed into the Primary slot If that employee is set up to have specific people do their Technical or Finishing work then those people will be placed in those slots assuming that they are available at the requested time If they are not available the slots will be left blank and you will need to choose other employees to fill those sections before you can continue If the main employee does not have specific pe
42. Inivolce iiti ere E Rp REN EE LR REESEN SEN 12 Editing a Paytype on the INVOICE nene nennen nennen nennen nnne en tenere nnne 15 Removing a Paytype From the Imvoice A 15 Editing a Tip on a Paytype ierit er boe n REX P Ec Rey Dre ar 16 Finishing the Sale eer eee bt t pn ede tee Oe rae Yep E 16 Doing a Return or RETUIMG 2 uet e UR REO ele ec e EG cd adt esit CAES aee edd lees 17 Refunding a Service or Product bee utet e A ditat enit 17 Ref riding a Seties aa e T tege dt ED ed eid eio Da vei ree eere 17 Finishing the Ret rmRett rid cs kh ete nme eret nt EE eed e ada 18 Using the On Hold Feature ient naa the ipe e ARR dais 18 Putting am Invoice onmHold 2 rum onte t rb Ds p EUR Pet sehe OR ce darte Da eee S dee ao 18 Bringing up an On Hold Invoice 5 1 Rr RH e abad IERI 19 Merging RA e el ele e Bin eet 19 HOW To Edit an Involce i TEE 19 AA C 19 Sales Sereen Te 20 ee MEET 20 Item and Payment Buttons oonmcccccnnncccconncccnonncccnc a S AKAA EA NAA A EA AANA A rnit 20 Item Buttons 2 unb i tee ee de ee 20 Payment Buttons cisco iat acetal geseet ara 21 PAVING GWM eerste ER 22 Account Balance MACRO tener E ee ee ene ee eee Ea a enna nc cnn rra rra nr naar annie 23 Add New Client Go To Client Button 22 Walk In Gneckboxes tise hte sare rette tre M deitate fe nva it fea be od eta reas 23 INVOICE Dale eee eite e 23 The Work Areas testa tanda fessus 2
43. Insight Salon amp Spa Software User s Manual Copyright o 1992 2010 Syntec Business Systems Inc All Rights Reserved This edition January 2010 Printed in Canada Table of Contents 1 Insight Basics 1 Using the Mouseand Ree BEE 1 Basics of Using a MOUSE eigene eerte ed ed da a Nee ages et enna 1 Using the Keyboard in Insight us isisisi iiaii ai crac 1 Active Ee OO 1 Function Buttons and Keyboard Shortcuts sico 2 Ate E BUOY EE 2 Lookup BUON sd AS AN A as 3 lg geom cH rpa 3 Can t Type Anything on the Screen ENEE 3 Irisiabit Man Meno Bar sce es p e ii e Nu dalled 3 2 Sales 4 How to Use the Sales Gcreen AEN 4 Making a Sale id EE Ee Ee 4 Selecting the Client Checking in an Appointment nn rnn nn ran cn ran nn rn cnn an cnn nn nan nnannnnns 4 Adding Items to an Invoice Products Services Series only 5 Adding a Gift Certificate to the Invoice AE 6 Adding a Package to the INVOICE AA 8 Adding a Tanning Package to the INVOICE AA 9 Adding a Tanning Service to the Invoice sessssesseeeeneeeneneeenneeen nennen nennen rennes 10 Adding a Membership to the ee 11 Redeeming a Membership tene Rr Re HR DHRCRR RR inca ERR ERR ERRARE Rda SAR Ani 11 Editing an Item on the Invoice nae rete e ede DE dean kde ena Rn ds oe rne danni dree 11 Removing an Item From the Inmvoice nennen nnne nennen nnne nenne nennen nennen 12 Making an Account EE 12 Making Payment for the
44. View O Al O Future Client Name Phone Faith Graham 555 379 2579 Garry Hrushka S55 664 8523 Time Sevice E ee Scott Hug 655 387 3493 Oste 01 23 2010 Tara Schmidt Ise 290 5732 12 00 pm Service not found Employee not found Date 08 17 2007 12 00 pm Full Foil Highlight Carol Claney Active Lookup You can use the Active Lookup on the left side of this screen as it is described in the Active Lookups section on page 1 Appointments to View This option defaults to Future to only show you appointments from today s date and onward If you choose the AII option all appointments past and future will be displayed in the list Go To Button Click this button to go to the day on the appointment book for the appointment that you have selected in the grid Cancel Button Click this button to close the Lookup Client Appointments screen Package Booking Window This screen is written to work as a wizard in that it guides you through the process of booking a package of services in a step by step manner Each step is listed down the left side of the screen Active Lookup You can use the Active Lookup on the left side of this screen as it is described in the Active Lookups section on page 1 for steps 1 and 2 choosing the client and the package Service Grid When you get to step 3 you have the opportunity to select the employees to perform each service in the package You can do this by c
45. ab e Tf there is an existing tanning package listed for the client the tanning minutes for this service will be automatically entered into the Redeemed column and the Pay for this service with a package listed above Payment Option will be selected NOTE If there is more than one package listed you can also click into the Redeemed column of the grid to manually set how many minutes of this service each package will redeem e If you click on the Pay for this service with currency option then no minutes will be redeemed from a tanning package and you will be able to use cash credit card or other paytypes to pay for this service e H you need to adjust whether or not the taxes are charged for this tanning service perform the following indented steps e Click on the Taxes button e Click the Charge Tax GST in Canada and Australia or Charge LTX PST in Canada to toggle the different taxes on or off e Click the This Item button to apply the changes to the tanning service you are currently editing or the All Items button to apply the changes to all of the items currently on the invoice e Ifyou need to apply a percentage discount to the price of this tanning service perform the following indented steps NOTE If you are just discounting a straight currency amount simply adjust the Price of the tanning service Click the Discount button Enter the Discount Percent 10 or 25 for example not 0 10 or 0 25 NOTE To remove a discount en
46. aced here automatically and cannot be changed Purchased For This field is to store the name of the intended recipient of the gift certificate It may be selected from your client list but does not have to be a name that exists in your client file so it can be anything the client wishes Expiry Date This is the suggested date after which the gift certificate is no longer valid No matter what the expiry date all gift certificates sold through Insight can still be redeemed because it is not legal in many areas to expire a gift certificate that a client has paid for Notes The Notes field can be used to store any notes regarding the sale or use of the gift certificate i e if it is intended to be used for a specific service Initial Value This field is used to store the base value of the gift certificate If you are just selling a straight currency amount gift certificate this is where you should enter that amount If you are selling the gift certificate for specific services the total value of the services not including taxes or tip should be entered here Include Tax checkbox Click on this checkbox to have Insight automatically calculate how much tax would be paid on the base Initial Value amount if it was relating to the cost of services For example if the Initial Value was 50 00 then taxes would calculated as they would for a service that cost 50 00 Tip Type If you want the gift certificate amount to also cov
47. ame when it is their turn to be served Another Service Button Clicking this button will place the currently selected service into the service grid and allow you to choose another service for the same client This can save time for clients who are coming in for multiple services Service Grid If the client is coming in for multiple services you can add them all from the same screen Once you have started adding more than one service this grid will become visible near the bottom of the screen Each service you select will be added to the grid and a separate entry will be added to the Walk In screen for each one Delete Button Clicking this button will remove the service that you have selected in the service grid Once the number of services in the grid is zero the grid will disappear Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen Most of the function buttons have an F key associated with them that you can press on your keyboard instead of clicking the button with your mouse Insight Salon amp Spa Software 66 Save and New Family F7 Clicking this button will save the information for the current client that you have selected and then start the process of adding another client as a family member to the head of the family Paying Client Save and Add New F6 Clicking this button will save the information for the current client that you
48. amp Spa Software 53 Change Confirm Method Clicking this button will pop up a message that allows you to select a different confirmation method for the selected client appointment The options are By Email By Phone By Text SMS and Do not Confirm This does not change the confirmation status of the appointment Go to Client Clicking this button will open the Clients screen and display the currently selected client Go to Appointment Clicking this button will return to the Appointment Book screen positioned on the currently selected client s appointment Print This option allows you to print a report of the day s appointments with the currently selected Confirm Method and Status Basically what you see in the grid is what will print out on the report TIP This allows you to hand a printout to an employee who can then do the confirmations without needing to use the computer Then they can come back later and update the status of each appointment Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen Send SMS Messages This feature allows you to automatically send confirmation SMS text messages to all of your clients who have appointments for the day that have By Text SMS selected as their confirmation method Insight will let you know how many successful and unsuccessful messages were sent Check SMS Repl
49. ar rra nnne en 226 How to Start a Cash Drawer Session ener nnne 226 How to Stop and Cash Out a Cash Drawer Geselon nn cnn 227 How to use the Cash Calculator ener enne nrne inrer s nte en 228 How to View or Edit Previous Cash Out 228 Cash Drawer Typical Daily Walk Through Examples sse nnne 229 I using a sinigle cash drawer nessieira ot ecrit freed teste veo yes ot meet eget uei c Rv v Eve spat tede 229 If using a single cash drawer but two shifts one employee is responsible for all sales for half of the day and another employee is responsible for all the sales for the remainder of the day 229 If using multiple cash drawers eseeeeesseeeeeeeseeeeeee eene entente ntn naaa aAA aeiaai aaa aa aaan 230 Cash Drawer Management Reference entente tener rennen nns tenen nenas 231 Ge mM P rr ae ade pete eada Sut T 233 Howto doa Backup cei tte ti dati atv adi at hey abad 233 cjr me M P 233 How todo a Restore eee tete ete ede eee deed inea e neue die dd ae E due n d de ns 234 plui e eae 234 Howto G0 Relnd6x ihe eae Bim iet n et E DE e RE 234 Enter Demo test data MOd6 re poteet tenir apa a D eb Eede uu esi tutu 235 How to Switch to Demo test data Mode enne entren nennen rnnt nennen en 235 How to Switch to Live real data Mode ener enses nrne tennis nnne en 235 a o e OA 235 How to Enable Passwords in INSIQNt enne en nennen nnne 236 Insight Salon amp Spa Softw
50. are viii How to Enter a Master baseword nan ancn nn nana nn naar sek sn anna na nan cnn nnanannnnn 236 How to Change a Password 236 Request Master Pass WO 236 BEUVET EIA O 10i EA E A ra 237 How to Gas M Outs 6 aana eae aee Aaa EAN E 237 How to use the Cash Calculator sssssssssessssseseseeeeee ener ener nennen rennen sinn innen 238 Daily Cashout References i dic dra Fee cd ED ET C ed t pe Dr dp E TRE Eaa 238 Self Employed Billing EE 240 How to Create a New Billing Hun 240 Flow to Edit a Billing RUM cerati TEE 240 How to Recalculate a Billing Run mercenier cane i aE ENEE Ee RERE ane N REEERE NRE 241 The Commissions are Wrong on my Billing Hun 241 What are Prior Billing Period Adjustments sssssssssssseseseeeeeeen enne nnns 242 Whats POSING KEE 242 Billing System Reference A 243 Bop Se LIU ii 245 Howto Pay QUETIPS online 245 Tip Payout Utility Reference tere eic tec dad dd Re ea de E etas 246 ere 247 How to Post to QuickBooks iiinis sineira doii aired aidad dovada uaa aae tadi aiaiga aaa anar sn nn 247 Post to QuickBooks Reference sssssssssssssssssese seen entrent nente nr rana nnne en 248 Management gt End of Day CISMA o a 249 How to Perform End of Day Closing Gettlement esee enne 249 End of Day Closing Reference AA 249 Merge Duplicated Clients uio caer demanda iara ex AR Ax ER expo E cea Pr AE RR EU rel Aor hes 249 How to Merge
51. ate inventory quantities and client history for you Doing a Return or Refund e Start a new sale invoice the same as you would if you were just selling a service to someone as described in the Making a Sale section above e Continue with the appropriate sub section for the type of refund you are doing Refunding a Service or Product e Select the appropriate service or product to the invoice e Select the employee usually the employee who received credit for the service product originally so that any commissions for the original sale will be reversed by this transaction e Change the quantity Qty to be a negative number by typing a minus sign in front of it e Click Add to add this item to the invoice e You should now see that the invoice Total is in parentheses which indicates that you owe this money to the client e Continue with the final step Finishing the return refund Refunding a Series e To refund a series you essentially have to redeem it for the services that it is good for as if the client was using all of the remaining services on the series at once e Select the appropriate service that the series is for e Select an employee the employee that you use here is not important as when we are done there will be no commissions affected by this transaction e Change the quantity Qty to be equal to the number of uses left on the series NOTE If you are not sure how many uses are still left on the series run the Series Hi
52. board Basics of Using a Mouse There are three different kinds of Clicks associated with using a mouse in Windows Click Move the mouse pointer over that item and press the LEFT mouse button once Right Click Move over the item and press the RIGHT mouse button once Double Click Move the mouse pointer over the item and press the LEFT mouse button twice quickly TIP These two clicks must usually happen within about a second of each other and it does take some people a while to master the art of Double Clicking If you are having problems Double Clicking you can achieve the same result by Clicking on the item once and then pressing Enter on your keyboard There are also some settings in Windows that can be adjusted to make it easier to Double Click using the mouse Please call our customer support line if you require assistance with using the mouse properly If your mouse has a middle button you will never be required to use it to perform any tasks in Insight Using the Keyboard in Insight Most things can be done using the keyboard as well as the mouse in Insight This functionality can save you a lot of time moving your hand back and forth from the keyboard to the mouse Insight makes use of the function keys on your keyboard F1 F12 as well as using shortcut key combinations by pressing the Alt key down and then pressing a letter at the same time pressing Alt W to click the Show All
53. ch to Tanning Full Foil Highlight Full Facial Manicure MCUT Mens Cut P FOIL Partial Foil Highlight PED Pedicure Spiral Perm Client Melanie e new This Clientis a Walk In Service Employee Halley Reynolds Request Any e Time 12 30PM Length 0 45 CG Confirm Dont Confirm Notes I H f OK Repeat Cancel e Jf you double clicked the time space to start booking the Employee and Time will already be filled in e Ifthe employee and time are not filled in or are incorrect you can choose a different Time and Employee by clicking back into the appointment sheet on the right NOTE If there is no room on a day to book a service you can click the Add to Cancel List button to add this appointment to the Cancellation List Insight Professional or higher only See the How to add a Cancellation Appointment section on page 39 for instructions on how to use this area of Insight e f necessary you can change the length of the appointment by clicking on the up or down arrow buttons in the Length field beside the Time for the appointment e Click on the down arrow button in the Request field if you wish to specify whether the appointment was a request for the employee it was booked with or for any female or male employee e Click on the down arrow button in the Confirm field if you wish to specify the confirmation method for the client for this appointment e
54. children or couples coming in together Clients entered in without any family members will appear under the Individuals group Each family will have their own group with the head of the family listed in the group title Within each group the clients are sorted by Time In Walk Ins Grid The main work area of the Walk Ins screen is the grid listing all of the clients that are waiting or in the process of being served The columns in the grid are all self explanatory with the possible exception of the Family column When using the Family Member feature you will select a head of the family and then the family members that belong to that person In the grid the head of the family is indicated with the profile of a person in the Family column Family members are indicated with the icon of four family members standing together This will not necessarily make it obvious which family members belong to which heads of families other than seeing that they may be entered into the list at close to the same time If you choose the Grouped By Family option you will then see each head of the family with all of the family members grouped together so there will be no mistaking which family members belong to which heads of families Double clicking on anyone in the grid whose status is either Waiting or Being Served will pop up the Edit Walk In window For details on this screen see the Edit Walk In Window section on page 67 Insight Salon a
55. ck OK If the membership is of a type that is billed monthly the Recurring Payment Setup screen will pop up Enter or swipe the client s credit card to get the number and expiry date Verify the amount and billing parameters as necessary Click Save If you have redeemed a gift certificate on this invoice and there is change remaining when it is finished you will get an opportunity to either pay the remainder out in cash or reissue the gift certificate in Insight Click the Reissue button if you wish to keep the remaining amount available to the client as a gift certificate or Pay Cash to just give the client the change in cash If you chose to reissue the gift certificate then click the Use Existing button to keep the same gift certificate number or Assign New to use a new number for the gift certificate If you chose to assign a new number you need to enter the expiry date and a gift certificate number that does not already exist in the Insight system If you chose to pay out the remainder of the gift certificate in cash it will have no remaining value If you have these items the cash drawer opens and receipt prints The Invoice Summary screen will appear displaying the invoice number paying client cashier cash drawer if enabled and invoice totals If you are using the Cash Drawer Management feature of Insight you may change the cash drawer that the payment for this invoice goes into by clicking on the Change Drawer button Select the d
56. cking this button will bring up the Sales screen with the invoice already active and ready for you to work with View Edit F7 Clicking this button will open the View Edit Appointment window that allows you to view the client s appointment s for the day and edit the information if necessary For details on this screen see the View Edit Appointment Window section on page 61 Move F5 Clicking this button places you into a special Move mode in which you cannot perform most of the normal appointment screen functions until you either pick a new spot to move the appointment to or cancel the move Delete F8 Clicking this button gives you the choice of removing the selected appointment from the appointment book and specifying that it was either a cancelled appointment or that it was made in error and should just be deleted The Cancel option should be chosen if the reason for deletion was that the client called you to cancel their appointment Confirm Clicking this button will open the Client Confirmations window that allows you view and contact your clients to confirm their appointments for the day that you are on For details on this screen see the Client Confirmations Window section on page 53 Schedule Clicking this button will open the Employee Schedule window that allows you to alter the employee s schedule for the day that you are on For details on this screen see the Employee Schedule Window section on page
57. d the pieces out to your employees Changing the Report Layout to Landscape will provide you with more columns per page but will not show as much time Depending on your business hours and time intervals on the appointment sheet you may still be able to see your whole day on one page Changing the Appointment Colors option will change the amount of color that is used on the report which can be useful if you only have a black and white printer or if you simply want to use less color ink in your inkjet printer Insight Salon amp Spa Software 46 Cells that contain an appointment The following options are available when right clicking on employee or resource cells that have an appointment booked in them Check In Client This option will mark the appointment as Checked In and create an On Hold invoice that you can view from the Sales screen Once this option has been selected it is no longer available for the selected appointment Print Client Ticket This option will create a Client Ticket report that you can print which includes client contact information all appointments for the current day and previous service and purchase history Check In Client and View Invoice This option will mark the appointment as Checked In create an invoice and bring up the Sales screen with the invoice already active and ready for you to work with Once this option has been selected it is no longer available for the selected appointment Edit
58. dit tip Enter the new tip value and click OK NOTE Not all paytypes can have their tip edited in this manner for some you will need to edit the paytype and change the tip in the item entry area see the Editing a Paytype on the Invoice section on page 15 above Finishing the Sale Click the Finish button NOTE You can only complete an invoice once the amount owing is equal to zero or there is change to be given If you have sold a gift certificate on this invoice the Confirmation screen for the gift certificate will pop up NOTE This confirmation only appears if you are letting Insight number the gift certificates for you Record this information on the gift certificate that you hand to the client so that it can be redeemed in the future Click OK If you have sold a service series on this invoice the Confirmation screen for the service series will pop up Record this information on the series card that you hand to the client so that it can be redeemed in the future Click OK If you have sold a tanning package on this invoice the Confirmation screen for the tanning package will pop up Record this information on the card that you hand to the client so that it can be redeemed in the future Click OK If you have sold a membership on this invoice the Membership Redemption screen for the will pop up You may select which date ranges have been redeemed on this invoice and change the membership start date if necessary Cli
59. diting the client s credit card Do not use negative numbers for the Amount or Tip fields Print Slip or Authorize button Clicking this button will attempt to perform the authorization on the credit card If that is successful or the I already have an authorization checkbox is checked off it will be added to the payment grid Cancel button Clicking this button will abort the transaction and return you to the sales screen already have an authorization checkbox Clicking this checkbox will prevent Insight from authorizing the credit card for this transaction This should be used in cases when the card was already authorized outside of Insight i e a phone authorization Post button This button will take the place of the Print Slip button and is used to finalize the transaction when you have entered any tip the client may have added to the credit card slip If you do not click this button the credit card will not be charged and you will not receive the funds from it Insight Salon amp Spa Software 30 3 Tanning Bed Waiting List This screen will only be available if you have a tanning timer manager connected to your computer and properly set up in Insight If this is the case you will see a Timer Monitor box next to the date and time box on the Insight menu bar Please refer to the Tanning Timer Manager section on page 265 to learn how to set this up How to Use the Tanning Bed Waiting List e Click in the Ti
60. dule Specific Colors Employee is OFF DarkGray Employee is ON BREAK Bl ooo Special Break Fuchsia Appointment Status Bar Colors Show Status Bar on Future Appointments Client has NOT ARRIVED E Coral Client has CHECKED IN B cola Clienthas CHECKED OUT ps MediumSeaGreen TR ved B r ReloadSaved Cancel ass ae Wem Use the drop down lists to change the colors as desired For the Selection Style choose Framed if you only want a thick border of color around the highlighted area or Filled if you want it to be a solid color If you want to reset the colors to what is currently being used on the appointment book click the Reload Saved Colors button Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 43 e Click the OK button to apply your color changes NOTE Warning Changing colors on one computer will affect the colors on all computers How to Close the Appointment Book for a Day e Go to the day that you wish to close e Click the Actions button and choose Close Day e This will mark all the employees scheduled for the day as On Holiday NOTE To reopen this day you will need to go to each employee that will be working click on the Schedule button uncheck the On Holiday checkbox and then click Save How to Find Appointments for a Client e Click on the Actions button and choose Find Appointments for Client from the menu e A list of all of your clients and all of their appointments will pop up e If an appointment was selected the
61. e ACCOUNTS tab 3 ne ien PR ea e RE RE ap ERES uS De a E dee 305 Revenue amp Return Accounts tab ecccceseceeeeeeeceeeneeeeeeeseeeeeesenseneeneeeeeseeeeseseaseseseaeeseseeeessseeseseeneesesceeesssenenens 307 Expense Accounts tab imc sie e iere id ae ieee elie 308 Inventory ACCOUNTS tab een idem iei o e ie oso re D Pe ei Due ducere c toes vga eco Poo ous 308 Insight Salon amp Spa Software x Tax Accounts BEE 309 Email Templates PP m 309 How to Add a New Email Template 309 Email Templates Reference ooonnoconncccnnccinnncnnncccnoncconncncnn rancia nn cnn 310 SMS Templates io 312 How to Add a New SMS Template 312 SMS Templates Reference AAA 313 Company Informaltlorn EE 314 Company Information Reference ener en nennen enn nr sn nete inns nns nnne renis 315 Kerg iso EP 317 Menu Bar Properties Reference nennen trennen nnns sns trtn enne sitne nnns entrent 317 16 Help 319 17 Exit 319 Insight Salon amp Spa Software xi Copyright Notice The software described by this document also referred to as Insight is copyrighted and all rights are reserved by Syntec Business Systems Inc The distribution and sale of this software is intended for the use of the original purchaser only and for use on a single machine whether a standalone computer or a workstation component of a multi terminal system This software can be used by multiple computers connected by a network provided that a network license has
62. e ER He HER HERE E ERR CORE PER ae RIP Re Er e RS 118 Departments amp Categories uerge dee tete ade YD gei d euo aea da ai dena a d aae Ea e drea 119 What is a Department sienose ioie hanee aeea iiaee ea 120 Whatis a Categor tao Rime nc ee ico 120 How to Add Departments amp Categories AAA 120 Tips for Configuring Departments amp Categories nennen nennen nennen nennen 120 Departments and Categories Reference enne e nnne nre 120 Update lim PriGes EET 122 How to Update Service Prices vicario att 122 UpdateItem Prices Refererce oneri cr eto a ten Tenit eegene eds 123 8 Products 125 Important Information About Product QOUBS s eire dad 125 acis E 125 How to Add a Retail Product ssssssssssssssessseeeeee eene enne ther en nnne nr entrer en resins nnns nnne en 125 Product Screen Reference ccccecceceeececeee cesses ceeeeeeceaeeeeaaesaeeeceaeeeeaaeseeaaeseeeeeceaeesseaaesgeeeeseaeeesaeeseaaeeneneeess 126 ACTIVE LOOK UDS ira cri aos dl oe 126 Product Code and Description Fields ccoo rara EEN 126 A oe ie Qa ee 127 Barcode EE 127 PRU cc EE 127 Product Into TD E 127 Wsage Warning Messages Tabii ae aaa aa a aaao pa aaa a iaae rap aS AE arare SA EE E EONA akaa iaasa 129 Professional Products 2 EE 129 How to Add a Professional Back Bar Product ococcconccccccccccooccnanacononcnono nana no nn nan cn conc nana cnn nc ran nnne 129 Insight Salon amp Spa Software
63. e Employee that you wish to move NOTE Moving an employee up in the Appointment Book Order will move them closer to the left side of the appointment book e Click the Move Up or Move Down buttons as needed TIP You can also use the drag and drop feature to move employees and resources Click on the employee or resource but do not let go of the mouse button Continue holding the mouse button down while moving the mouse then let go of the mouse when you have highlighted the slot you wish to move it to e Click the OK button to close the screen when you are finished arranging the employees How to Adjust an Employee s Schedule for One Day Scheduling an employee to work when they are marked as not working e Select any time slot in the desired employee s column TIP If you cannot find the column skip these first two steps and use the Actions button to find and schedule the employee e Either click the Schedule button or right click in the employee s column and choose Schedule from the menu e Ifthe desired employee is not visible on the appointment screen click the Actions button then Schedule Employee and select the employee from the lookup window that appears e The Employee Schedule screen will pop up 3 Employee Schedule Halley Reynolds Saturday January 23 2010 9 00 AM 10 00 AM 11 00 AM 12 00 PM 1 00 PM 3 00 PM 4 00 PM 5 00 PM Existing New COn Holiday Legend Employee is OFF Employee is on Coffee 1
64. e Invoice Click the Gift Cert button in the top left and the Gift Certificate entry screen will pop up Insight Salon amp Spa Software 6 Gift Certificate Purchased By Faith Graham Initial Value 40 00 Purchased For Mom re Include Tax Expiry Date 1 2 2011 ES GC 0000002 Tip Type Value C Percent Notes Anniversary Gift Tip Amount 5 90 Calculated Value 50 00 Total Price to Charge 50 00 Service Calculator Item Code Description Ql Price Total Item Code Description IMAN MANICURE PED PEDICURE I want to Gift Certificate Calculator Apply Service Total to Close Service e Type in the name of the person for whom this gift certificate is being purchased or click the lookup button to select from your client list e Change the Expiry Date if necessary NOTE The Expiry Date is only a guideline that encourages your client to come back within a specified time period You will still be able to redeem a gift certificate that has expired although Insight will warn you of this fact In many areas it is not technically legal to expire a gift certificate If the default expiry months for your gift certificates is set to zero the expiry date will show as Never e If you are just selling this gift certificate as a flat currency amount then in the Initial Value field enter the amount that the gift certificate should be worth e If you want the value of the g
65. e deleted because it was booked incorrectly Edit Button Click this button to edit the information for the appointment that you have selected NOTE Once you have clicked the Edit button it and the Close button will change into Save and Cancel buttons Close Button Click this button to abort booking the package and close the Package Booking screen Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 61 5 Walk Ins How to Use the Walk Ins Module Some people may also refer to this module as a queue system for serving clients on a first come first served basis How to Add a New Walk in e Click the Add New Walk In button or press the F6 key on your keyboard 3 Add New Walk in Es Sort By First Name Client Name Jenni Add New Client A Walk in Service LCUT Employee Name Another Service Carol Claney Length ns Christine McCallum Employee Bed Garry Hrushka Request Halley Reynolds Troy Yee Notes Save and Save and Save Cancel New Family Add New F3 Save F6 Add New F7 Add Family Member F9 Cancel NUM e Select the client using the Active Lookup as on the Sales or Appointment Book screens TIP If you are adding a family add the main family member i e mother or father first as this will make it easier later NOTE If the Client does not appear you can click the Add New Client button to bring up a screen to add the client If you do not track clients before they actua
66. e most sense to choose the After a Specific Number of Appointments option Confirm By These options will set the confirmation method for each of the appointments booked Notes Notes may be entered for the standing appointment booking The notes that you enter here will show up for each appointment that is booked Preview Appointments In step 7 you are given a grid with each appointment showing you the date time and employee that Insight will attempt to book for Insight Salon amp Spa Software 59 Remove Selected Date Button If any of the appointments are unsuitable for any reason you may select them and click this button and they will be removed from the list and not booked NOTE Deleting an appointment from the list will not cause an additional appointment to be added on to the end of the list So if you specified that 10 appointments should be booked but you delete one of them you will only end up with 9 appointments being booked Deal With Any Conflicts In step 8 you are given a grid with each appointment showing you the date and status for each of the appointments Appointments that were not able to be booked for some reason appear in red These conflicts must be dealt with before you are able to continue The Edit button allows you to make the necessary changes to any of these appointments When you are in edit mode a Go to date button will appear that allows you to go to the appointment book screen fo
67. e the Package Information Window section on page 29 for details on this window Products Use the Products button when you want to sell a product The Active Lookup will change to display all of the retail products that you have entered into Insight Payment Buttons NOTE More than one payment type can be used on an invoice Select the Paytype s H f Cash S al Visa B g HM MO FREI Series Foreign Other Cash Use the Cash button when your client is paying for the invoice using cash in your local currency Debit Use the Debit button when your client is paying for the invoice using a bank debit not credit card You can also specify a tip amount to include in the payment Check Use the Check button when your client is paying for the invoice by writing you a check You can specify a tip amount to include in the payment and record the check number as well Visa Use the Visa button when your client is paying for the invoice using a Visa credit card If you have credit card processing enabled through Insight the Credit Card Processing window will pop up See the Credit Card Processing Window section on page 29 for details on that window If you are not processing credit cards through Insight the work area will become active and allow you to enter the Amount Tip Amt Card No and Exp Date Amex Use the Amex button when your client is paying for the invoice
68. e the up and down arrow keys to find the client or type in the full name of the client NOTE If searching on Last Name you will need to include a comma and a space between the last and first names i e Smith John Once the correct client is highlighted select the client by pressing Enter or Tab on the keyboard or double clicking on the client s name in the Active Lookup If the client is not in the list you can click the Add New Client button to bring up a screen to add the client NOTE If you do not track clients before they actually receive a service you can check the This Client is a Walk in checkbox and Insight will not require that the client be in the list DO NOT click the checkbox just because the client didn t call ahead If you do not select a client Insight will put the appointment under a generic Walk In Client Once you have found the client you can press the enter key or click into the Services box below Either click in the Active Lookup with the mouse use the up and down arrow keys or start typing in the Service field to find the service you wish to book NOTE If you also offer Tanning services you can choose which kind of service Tanning or not Tanning to search for by clicking the Switch to Tanning button above the services Active Lookup Insight Salon amp Spa Software 32 e To select the service press Enter or Tab or double click in the Active Lookup Sort By Service No v Swit
69. ear Choose Client Choose the Client for whom you wish to book the Standing Appointments nis SortBy First Name v e Faith Graham Garry Hrushka 655 664 8523 Sam Snead 555 573 8927 Scott Hug 555 387 3493 Tara Schmidt 555 290 5732 pointm 3 Es c 2 tana S New 1 Client 2 Service 3 Employee 4 Details 5 Notes 6 Preview 7 Conflicts cansa Select the client from the list of clients exactly as you would in the Active Lookup when booking a regular appointment If the client does not appear you can click the Add New Client button to bring up a screen to add the client Click the Next button when you have selected the correct client NOTE At any time during this process you may click the Previous button to go back to a prior step Select the service from the list of services exactly as you would in the Active Lookup when booking a regular appointment and click Next to continue Select the employee with whom they wish to get the services Select the Request status if necessary Click Next Select the regular start time for the service Adjust the length of time for the service if necessary Choose the frequency that the service is to be repeated and follow the indented steps for the appropriate choice below Daily e Ifthe service should be booked for every x number of days select the day number to repeat the booking on e fthe service should be booked
70. ear in the I Want To button menu Edit item code If you click on this menu item all of the information for the selected item will be copied to the Work Area where you can make the necessary changes Remove item code If you click on this menu item the information for the selected item will be removed from the invoice Payment Grid The area beneath the Item Grid is the payment grid which contains all of the payment types being used to pay for the invoice You cannot make changes directly in this area If you double click on an payment in the grid all of its information will be copied to the Work Area where you can make the necessary changes Insight Salon amp Spa Software 23 Want To Button The I Want To button beneath the payment grid gives you the following options NOTE You must select an item in the payment grid before these menu items will appear in the I Want To button menu Edit the payment type If you click on this menu item all of the information for the selected payment type will be copied to the Work Area where you can make the necessary changes Remove the payment type If you click on this menu item the information for the selected payment type will be removed from the invoice Change the tip on the payment type If you click on this menu item Insight will allow you to change the amount of the tip on the selected payment type NOTE The change tip option will only appear for certai
71. eate a New Payroll Hun 203 How to Edit a Payroll PUn iiti er e a ai a T every 203 How to Recalculate a Payroll Hun 204 The Commissions are Wrong on my Payroll Hun 204 What are Prior Pay Period Adluestmente ener enne nennen nnne 205 The Taxes are Wrong on my Payroll Run 205 Insight Salon amp Spa Software vi KU e EE ne NEE 207 Payroll System Reference iii li 207 Pay Pertod Bange grid EE 207 ee e DEE 207 Income Tab IEEE 207 T xes amp Deductions EE 210 E O 210 Canad EE 211 A stralia cotos rola 212 Final Calculations Asiei ati rre di co cd Pers 213 13 Reports 215 Ke Eege da ida 215 Credit Card Reina 215 SASS e 215 Employee Summaty REI 215 Category Mai eol EE 216 Sales Dy Vendetta dale 216 sales by Product Line me tec tet n at rada AER abla iia 216 Sales EE 216 Tanning Sales aiii a EE 216 Oe Ee 216 No Salina tiara ee o a o a e e do ries e cls A Bi 216 Cash RayOUt cat 216 A a earan aaaea e a a SERA REND eene 216 ROTUNDO ass 216 Edit Summary Detat 108 ii ide a tien st 216 een Genee Mm 216 Moided Irivolces afin 216 Discounted GG S iier nter dri P pe Geena distri ae a ened ae ele eed 216 Invoice Summary 7 RTE 217 BUSINESS Sumlirialy i eiecit en ibt eet t eae rath day corte eet tester reels ee bene ce dies esc eee deua vae 217 App intment REDOMS EEN 217 Appointment Listing oi dd 217 Schedule Conflict Reprinin ivaa Ee A eee dt em REENEN E 217 No Show Report aii einai oh quee D
72. ectronically transfer or lease the software or this document The license is effective until terminated You may terminate it at any time by destroying the software It will also terminate if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this agreement You agree upon such termination to destroy the software Disclaimer Notice Syntec Business Systems Inc also referred to as Syntec does not warrant that the Insight software is error free or will operate without interruption In no event shall Syntec be liable to you for any consequential special incidental or indirect damages of any kind arising out of the use of the Insight software even if Syntec has been advised of the possibility of such damages This means that Syntec is not responsible or liable for damages or costs incurred as a result of loss of time loss of data loss of profits or revenue or loss of use of the software In addition Syntec is not responsible or liable for damages or costs incurred in connection with claims by others inconvenience or similar costs In no event will Syntec s liability for any claim whether in contract tort or any other theory of liability exceed the license fee paid by the end user The Insight User s Manual is printed in Canada Syntec believes that the information contained in the manual is correct However Syntec reserves the right to revise the manual and make periodic changes to the content without a direct or inferred obligation t
73. ements Insight will run on all PC based microcomputers that are fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Vista and Windows 7 operating systems One of these operating systems must reside on the hard disk drive of the computer prior to the installation of the Insight software Insight requires that your computer have at least 64MB of RAM 512MB recommended a VGA monitor capable of displaying a graphics mode of 1024x768 resolution SVGA monitor recommended a video card capable of displaying a graphics mode of 1024x768 resolution with at least 256 colors 16 bit high color recommended and a hard drive with at least 200 two hundred megabytes free Network installations should be running Windows 2000 or newer When using Insight on a network all the computers should have the same version of Windows If you have any questions about the compatibility of your computer with the Insight system please do not hesitate to call us at the Customer Support number Insight Salon 8 Spa Software xiv 1 Insight Basics Insight is an extremely easy program to learn to use There are four main features that appear throughout the program Your complete understanding of these features will go a long way to making Insight even easier to master For sake of example the Client screen will be used as a reference when discussing these different functions However they will easily apply to all of the other modules of Insight Using the Mouse and Key
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75. ent is paying for the invoice using a Discover credit card If you have credit card processing enabled through Insight the Credit Card Processing window will pop up See the Credit Card Processing Window section on page 29 for details on that window If you are not processing credit cards through Insight the work area will become active and allow you to enter the Amount Tip Amt Card No and Exp Date Coupon Use the Coupon button when your client is paying for the invoice using a coupon Enter the amount the coupon is worth select whether it is a currency amount or a percent The Amount option just means it is equivalent to a cash amount The Percent option means it will take off a percentage of the invoice total i e a 10 off coupon Then enter a description of the coupon Series Use the Series button when your client is paying for the invoice by taking a usage from their series You will have the option of entering in the series number or clicking a Lookup button to select it from a list Foreign Use the Foreign button when your client is paying for the invoice using cash in a foreign currency The Ex exchange Rate is the number that you would multiply one of the foreign currency by to get one of your local currency The Amount is the amount of cash in foreign currency that the client is giving to you Insight will automatically convert the foreign currency amount to your local currency using the exchange rate provided and apply that amo
76. er a tip amount when it is redeemed you will need to add that amount be on to the gift certificate This field is used to specify whether that amount is a straight currency amount or a percentage of the Initial Value amount Tip Amount This field is to store the additional amount added to the gift certificate that is intended to cover a tip NOTE The additional amount for taxes and tips on gift certificates are not treated any differently when the gift certificate is redeemed so it is possible for the client to use the gift certificate for something more expensive that was originally intended and then just pay out of pocket for the additional taxes and tip if applicable Calculated Value This field contains the total value of the gift certificate after any applicable taxes and tip amounts have been added to the Initial Value amount This is the actual amount of money that the gift certificate will be worth and can be redeemed for Insight Salon amp Spa Software 26 Total Price to Charge This field is automatically updated to be the same as the Calculated Value However it may be reduced In this way you are giving a discount on the price of the gift certificate so that the client is paying less than the gift certificate is worth If you are giving away gift certificates as a promotion you may lower this price to zero so that no payment is required when you ring them through the sales screen Add Value to an Existi
77. es Taiana apor aio ed 104 Messages RT EE 105 Series EE 105 Adding a Service Series nc 105 Series Screen Reference sssssssssssssssssssss entente tent ensis annn sn nete en renes nnns enne 106 tee UE 107 AGING a Membership tritio riera la enr eos d tede roe aetas 107 Membership Management Screen Reference ssssssssssssssssssee esee enne nennen 108 E ces ele E A ee 110 How to Add a Tanning Service ssssssssssssssseseeee ener en nen nensi tnter en resin nenne nennen 110 How to Set Which Tanning Beds Booths can Perform each Tanning Gervlce 111 Tanning Services Screen Reference A 111 Active Beet EEN 111 Service Code and Description Fields AAA 111 Service lte plo 112 Messages da EE 113 Appointment Setup Tab neriie a ie 113 Tanning Package P Cm 114 How to Add a Tanning Package 114 Tanning Packages Screen Heierence corn cnn arrancar anne 115 Active LOOKUP KEE 115 Package Code and Description Fields AAA 115 Package Info Tab eee peg edet ote iet e ep abiere teet qu peret teca ete gei eerie 115 Messages Tab reet S S 117 Bu cw 117 Service Barcode Labele 117 How to Print Service Barcode Labels esssssiesesssseseseeeeee entente nenne nennen nnne nnne tnn nnne rentes ener 117 Service Barcode Label Refererice 2 rne cb
78. esired drawer from the list and click Ok Insight Salon amp Spa Software 16 e If tips are enabled you will see the total amount of all the tips entered in so far and can enter an additional tip in the Cash Tip field e f your client needs a gift receipt click the Print Gift Receipt button e Click Ok to close the Summary screen e If there was more than one employee used on the invoice to receive credit for an item and a tip was entered on the invoice the Tip Assignment screen will pop up e Change the values in the Assigned column until you are satisfied the tips are distributed correctly e Click the Revert button if you need to set the Assigned values back to the original Calculated values e Click Ok when you are finished NOTE You can not exit from this screen until all of the tips have been assigned and the Tip Remaining is 0 00 e If you have sold a tanning service on this invoice and you have a tanning timer manager set up in Insight you will receive a pop up message e Ifthe assigned bed is ready you will be prompted to start the tanning session e fthe assigned bed is not ready you will be prompted to select a different bed e Ifthe session is not started you can click the Timer Monitor box on the right of the Insight menu bar to open the Tanning Bed Waiting List screen and manage your clients tanning sessions from there e At this point you are completely finished with this sale and Insight will update all of the appropri
79. etails on the appointment booking fields see the Book Appointment Button section on page 49 Cells that contain an appointment Double clicking on a cell with an appointment booked in it will open the View Edit Appointment window that allows you to view the client s appointment s for the day and edit the information if necessary For details on this screen see the View Edit Appointment Window section on page 61 Cells marked with PARTIAL There is no function associated with this action Cells that contain a special break Double clicking on a cell with a special break in it will open the Add Edit Special Break window that allows you to create or modify a special break for an employee or tanning bed booth On this screen you can select the Employee Date Time Length of the break and the Reason for the break Use the arrow buttons on the fields to change the values that they contain Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 48 Appointment Screen Buttons Open Cancellation List Button This option will open the Cancellation List window that allows you to manage appointments that have been put on the waiting list For details on this screen see the Cancellation List Window section on page 52 NOTE If there are appointments in the list for the current day the text on the button will appear in red Book Appointment Button When you click this button or press F6 on your keyboard the area on the left of the screen with
80. hange the employee if there are other qualified employees available at the specified time Previous Button Click this button to go to back to the previous step in booking the package Next Button Click this button to go to the next step in booking the package Cancel Button Click this button to abort booking the package and close the Package Booking screen Finish Button This button will only appear when you are on the final step of booking the package When you click it Insight will book each service and give you a message letting you know it was successful The Package Booking screen will disappear and you will be able to view the appointments that you just booked on the appointment screen Standing Appointment Booking Window This screen is written to work as a wizard in that it guides you through the process of booking a standing appointment in a step by step manner Each step is listed down the left side of the screen Active Lookup You can use the Active Lookup on the left side of this screen as it is described in the Active Lookups section on page 1 for steps 1 2 and 3 choosing the client the service and the employee At the time of choosing the employee you may also select the Request type if desired Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 58 Time and Frequency This step 4 requires the most attention when booking a standing appointment Picking the time of day for the appointment and the length of time for the a
81. hedule for this employee This effectively locks the schedule for this one day If you do not check off this checkbox you may lose the changes you have made if the employee s regular schedule is updated Reason for Locking Schedule If you have locked this schedule change you should provide a reason in the text box This will serve as a reminder to you and to others why the employee s schedule for this day is different than usual Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen Book Holidays Clicking this button will allow you to book a date range during which time the employee is going to be on holiday Lookup Schedule F2 Clicking this button will pop up a list of your pre defined schedule templates for you to choose from When you click the OK button the new schedule will be copied over and you will see the changes on your screen compared to the original schedule Save F3 Click this button to save your changes to the employee s schedule for the day and close the Employee Schedule screen Cancel F9 Click this button to close the Employee Schedule screen without saving your changes Insight Salon amp Spa Software 56 Find Other Appointments Window This screen also known as the Lookup Client Appointments screen will show you other appointments booked for the selected client Sort By First Name e Client Appointments Appointments to
82. ice Insight Salon amp Spa Software 14 Insight will perform the appropriate conversion and apply the converted amount to the balance of the invoice Other NOTE This paytype can be limited or enabled by changing the option in the Options area of System Setup Click the Other paytype button Depending on how your system is set up you may get a drop down menu of the following paytype choices select one and continue Other e Enter the Amount e IC there is a Tip Amt field enter the tip amount if applicable e Enter a Description for tracking purposes if you wish e Click Add to add the paytype to the invoice Account NOTE This feature is available in Insight Professional only Client Accounts must be enabled in system setup and the individual client s account must also be enabled See How to Use Client Accounts in the Client section for more information e Enter the Amount e Click Add to add the paytype to the invoice e The amount will be added to the client s account to be paid for at a later date Room Charge NOTE Insight does integrate with InnQuest RoomMaster Hotel Management software and can post charges to guests accounts Explaining how to use this feature is beyond the scope of this section of the manual Editing a Paytype on the Invoice NOTE Certain paytypes cannot be edited These include authorized credit card transactions series payments and foreign currency payments If you need to adjust a ser
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84. ice Code Payment Opti 0 00 Finish Cancel e Any existing tanning packages belonging to the client will be listed in the Available Tanning Packages grid NOTE In order to use tanning packages you must have selected an existing client for this invoice Tanning packages cannot be used with Walk In clients e Click the Add Package button e Enter the Package Code or click the lookup button to select the tanning package from a list e If you need to adjust whether or not the taxes are charged for this tanning package perform the following indented steps e Click on the Taxes button e Click the Charge Tax GST in Canada and Australia or Charge LTX PST in Canada to toggle the different taxes on or off e Click the This Item button to apply the changes to the tanning package you are currently editing or the All Items button to apply the changes to all of the items currently on the invoice e If you need to apply a percentage discount to the price of this tanning package perform the following indented steps NOTE If you are just discounting a straight currency amount simply adjust the Price of the tanning package e Click the Discount button e Enter the Discount Percent 10 or 25 for example not 0 10 or 0 25 NOTE To remove a discount enter 0 zero e Enter the Discount Reason e Click the OK button to apply the changes e Click the Add button and the new tanning package will appear in the gr
85. id with a Package ID of Pending and listed in bold indicating it is being sold on the current invoice e Click the Finish button and the tanning package will be added to the invoice Insight Salon amp Spa Software e Adding a Tanning Service to the Invoice e Click the Tanning button in the top left and the Tanning screen will pop up Available Tanning Packages for Faith Graham Package ID Package Name Redeeming Service Remaining 100 MINUTES 100 Minutes From Redempt want to J Add Package Service Code Description Qty Price Total TAN 15 zs 115 Minutes of UV Tanning m1 495 4 95 Payment Options 9 Pay for this service with a package listed above 1 Tanning Package s Purchased 35 00 Minute s Session s Purchased 15 Pay for this service with currency Minute s Session s Redeemed 15 ENIM e Any existing tanning packages belonging to the client will be listed in the Available Tanning Packages grid NOTE In order to use tanning packages you must have selected an existing client for this invoice Tanning packages cannot be used with Walk In clients e Enter the Service Code or click the lookup button to select the tanning service from a list e Enter the code for the tanning bed that was used or click the lookup button to select the bed from a list e Ifthe tanning service is a by the minute service then enter number of minutes used in the Qty field and press Enter or T
86. ies This feature will check for replies to your previously sent confirmation SMS messages For each appointment that is confirmed the status will change to Confirmed Via Txt SMS and the date and time of the message will be put in the Details column Send Emails This feature allows you to automatically send confirmation emails to all of your clients who have appointments for the day that have By Email selected as their confirmation method Insight will let you know how many successful and unsuccessful emails were sent Check Responses This feature will check your email for replies to your previously sent confirmation emails For each appointment that is confirmed the status will change to Confirmed Via Email and the date and time of the email will be put in the Details column NOTE Don t forget that depending on how often your clients check their email that it may be quite a few hours in between the time you send emails and the time you can expect responses to be waiting for you Refresh Clicking this button will update the grid with any new information that may have been changed while this screen was sitting open Close Click this button to close the Client Confirmations screen Insight Salon amp Spa Software 54 Confirm Pending Appointments Window This screen allows you to manage appointments that have been booked through the cancellation list wait list or through the Online Appointment Booking m
87. ies or foreign currency payment you must delete and re enter it Authorized credit card transactions may not be edited or deleted If a mistake is made on one of these credit card transactions an adjusting transaction must be made to come to the correct balance Select the payment in the grid you wish to edit Click the I want to button beneath the payment grid Click on Edit TIP You can also edit an payment in the grid by simply double clicking on it The paytype information will be displayed in the item entry area please see the above sections on making the different paytypes for details on how to use each of the screens Make your changes and click Apply Removing a Paytype From the Invoice NOTE Authorized credit card transactions may not be deleted If a mistake is made on one of these credit card transactions an adjusting transaction must be made to come to the correct balance Select the payment in the grid you wish to edit Click the I want to button beneath the payment grid Click on Remove NOTE You can also press F8 to remove a paytype once it is selected in the grid Insight Salon amp Spa Software 15 Click on Yes on the prompt verifying that you want to remove the paytype Editing a Tip on a Paytype On some paytypes you can edit the tip right in the payment grid Select the payment in the grid you wish to edit Click the I want to button beneath the payment grid Click on E
88. ift certificate to be for an amount equal to a service or group of services you will want to use the Service Calculator e Click on the Service Calculator button e Type the name of a service package or series into the Item Code field or use the lookup button to select a service from the list e Click the Add button to add the item to the list and add to the value of the gift certificate e When you have finished adding services to the list and are satisfied with the total price listed in the bottom right click the Apply Service Total to Gift Certificate button and the Service Calculator will disappear and the amount will be put into the Initial Value field NOTE Even though you may select specific services using the Service Calculator Insight does not require that the gift certificate be used for those exact services they are only a guideline to arrive at the desired total value e Click the Include Tax checkbox if you want the gift certificate to cover the amount of taxes that the selected services will incur when they are purchased e If you want the value of the gift certificate to also cover a tip for the employees who will eventually perform the services first decide whether you want that amount to be a straight currency amount or a percentage of the total value and choose the appropriate option for Tip Type e Enter the amount of the tip into the Tip Amount field e The Calculated Value and Total Price to Charge fields will no
89. in list either as an individual client or as a family member with another client that is already in the list Sort By First Name E Client Name Jenni Add New Client A Walk in Service LCUT nother Service Employee N SS Another Service Carol Claney Length 45 Christine McCallum M Employee Bed Garry Hrushka Request Halley Reynolds Troy Yee TY Notes J Saveand H Saveand H e New Family Add New ae L ance F3 Save F6 Add New F7 Add Family Member F9 Cancel NUM Lookup Option This option will appear at the top left of the screen if you are in the process of adding a family member By default it filters the client list to people who match the last name and phone number of the Paying Client To view everyone select the AII Clients option Active Lookup You can use the Active Lookup on the left side of this screen as it is described in the Active Lookups section on page 1 when choosing the Client Name Service and Employee Bed Add New Client Button Click this button if you wish to add a new client into your client database if the client you are typing in is not found in the list Walk In Checkbox If you click this checkbox Insight will not require the client name you enter to already exist in the client file This allows you to quickly put new people into the walk in list and get their full client information later on while still being able to call them by n
90. intment nennen nennen nenne nnren nennen innen nennen 39 How to check for available spots citrato ct dt esee rr Dre Eo dae ee Lee 39 How to manage pending cancellation appointments A 40 How to Change Which Employee Columns are Visible sess 41 How to Change the Order of Employees on the Appointment Bock 41 How to Adjust an Employee s Schedule for One Day Scheduling an employee to work when they are marked as not working rre tide ires arde dade codec de d up deo e eig e Ead 42 How to Add an Extra Break to an Employee s Day ener ennemis 42 How to Switch Between Standard and Multi Day Views 43 How to Change Appointment Sheet Colors sessi enn 43 How to Close the Appointment Book for a Day 44 How to Find Appointments for a Client 44 Why Does it Say There are No Available Times 44 How to Remove a Holiday that was Scheduled for an Employee sss 44 My Employee Doesn t Show Up on the Appointment Book nennen 44 Appointment Book Helerernpe EE 45 ActiVe LO0k Up LE 45 CAS iii A A Ua aa Pd E e EE de es rd deu d Dd Pues 45 Appointment Sheet Grid ety cts o ite eec tpe td da ada de it ed a gov Pe ELI Rad dea 45 Appointment Status Dat veer er ead A ec dee HEY ERR dE E e eC Hep eee 46 Appointment Grid Right Click Menus essen nennen enne ennemis nn nns nnns etre s nnns enne s nre enne ns 46 Appointment Grid Double Click Acttons AAA 48 Appointment Screen Buttons 49 Open Cancellation List Buttons iaa EES
91. irmation screen after verifying that you have selected the correct gift certificate NOTE Insight will display whether a gift certificate is past the expiry date However there is nothing stopping you from still redeeming it in Insight as enforcing gift certificate expiry dates is not legal in many areas For Gift Certificates sold prior to using Insight e Ifthe gift certificate was not entered into Insight when it was sold click the Use a gift certificate not entered in Insight checkbox e If there is a Tip Amt field enter the tip amount if applicable e Enter the Amount to redeem from this gift certificate e Click Add to add the paytype to the invoice Coupons e Click the Coupon paytype button e Enter the Amount of the coupon e Select the Type either a currency amount or a percent e Enter a Description of this coupon for tracking purposes if you wish e Click Add to add the paytype to the invoice Series e Click the Series paytype button e Enter the Series No to be redeemed or click the Lookup button to select it from a list e Click OK on the Confirmation screen after verifying that you have selected the correct series e The series paytype will be added to the invoice and the price of the service that it is for will be adjusted to match the discounted series rate Foreign e Click the Foreign paytype button e Verify the Ex exchange Rate e Enter the Amount of foreign currency e Click Add to add the paytype to the invo
92. is used to select the type of payment method the client is using to pay for the items being purchased Each of the available buttons is described below Item Buttons Gift Cert Series ze Member Tanning Packages Products Payment Gift Cert Use the Gift Cert button when you want to sell a gift certificate A new window will pop up allowing you to specify all of the relevant information See the Gift Certificate Window section on page 26 for details on this window Series Use the Series button when you want to sell a service series The Active Lookup will change to display all of the service series that you have entered into Insight Services Use the Services button when you want to sell a service The Active Lookup will change to display all of the services that you have entered into Insight Member if enabled Use the Member button when you want to sell a client membership A new window will pop up allowing you to specify all of the relevant information Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 20 Tanning if enabled Use the Tanning button when you want to sell a tanning service or package A new window will pop up allowing you to specify all of the relevant information See the Tanning Window section on page 28 for details on this window Packages Use the Packages button when you want to sell a service package A new window will pop up allowing you to specify all of the relevant information Se
93. iv Professional Product Screen Reference nono nnnnnn anna nn asa nanne ennan 131 Active Lookup eT ag cere E d ERE i E Er C ec idee e te o 131 Product Code and Description Fields idi teet ettet de tala 131 LEE NR EE EE e MM LI MIS 131 SE lge ee 132 Mille MM CERERI 132 Product Info Ezio c CC 132 Usage Warning Messages Tab ccceseceeeeescceeesenceeeeseneesessenensesenseseseeseeeseeseeseseeaeeseseeeeessenseneseeeeeseneeeseenenens 134 PACTOS NM EN NI D 134 Adding a Package ndi leet ere elo eie esu eer Regen db edite terae AES 134 Package Screen Reference cra rd ei ter e cet E tL el dea Lec adde porter ERR 135 OTI pep 135 Services TaD sse e ce ecco ed ci eere pared a i pee a dee e aie dta 135 Messages T b u nr nne MR ER E ae E EE ER OO E 136 Purchase E 136 How to Create a Purchase Order 137 How to Add Products to the Purchase Order 137 How to Adjust a Product on a Purchase Order 138 How to Remove a Product from a Purchase Order 139 What do to if the Total does not match what I think it sbould A 139 How to Receive a Purchase Order 139 How to Print Barcodes for Products that have Already Been Received sss 140 How to Print a Report of Received Quantities essere nennen 140 Purchase Order Screen Reference sss eene enne en nnns nennen inen nnns en nnnns 140 Enter Received Items WIndOW dtt t ree Sae aa Arar Aea Ea E Ree ENEE 143 Ve 144 Howto Adda Vendor
94. kage Spa Day 8500 1 1 1 100 MINUTES 100 Minute Tanning Package 35 00 Gift Card TAN 15 15 Minutes of UV Tanning 0 00 SAVE 75 Coupon iwantto Subtotal Paytype Description Expiry Amount Tip Total 1 LTX Foreign Other J Total Paid Owing wantto Actions Einish Hold H NUM F3 Finish F4 Hold F9 Abort Cash Debit Check Other Paytypes e Click the desired paytype button e Enter the Amount NOTE The Amount will always default to the entire amount still remaining to be paid You can change this to be as much as the client wants for each paytype as you may use an unlimited number of different paytypes to pay for an invoice e If there is a Tip Amt field enter the tip amount if applicable Insight Salon amp Spa Software For the check or other paytypes enter the Check No or Description Click Add to add the paytype to the invoice Visa MC AMEX Discovery Click on the desired credit card paytype button If you have a credit card swiper attached to your computer and set up in Insight you will be prompted to swipe the card now or press Esc if you do not have the card in hand Enter the Amount to be paid with this card If there is a Tip Amt field enter the tip amount if applicable The Card No and Exp expiry Date are optional you may fill them in if you wish Click Add to add the pa
95. lect the appointment you wish to try to book Insight Salon amp Spa Software 39 e Click the Check for Places button e H there are available times they will appear in the list that pops up 3 Book Cancellation Appointme Available Dates Number of Times Available Times 23 2010 1 e Choose an available date and time for the appointment from the list e Click the Next button e Review the appointment information e You can change the information on this screen if necessary NOTE Be aware that if you make changes to the appointment they may cause the appointment to no longer be able to be booked e Click the Finish button e The appointment will now be booked as Pending which means that the appointment will appear slightly different on the appointment book to indicate that the client needs to be contacted to confirm that this appointment time will work for them How to manage pending cancellation appointments e Either click the Confirm Pending Appts button or click the Open Cancellation List button and then click the View All Pending button or click the Actions button and choose the Confirm Pending Appointments option from the menu e Select the appointment from the list e f you wish to show that you called the client but were unable to confirm the appointment click the Change Status button and select a new status from the choices that pop up e Ifthe client has confirmed that the time
96. licking directly into the employee column of the grid for the desired service You may also leave them as lt Any Qualified Employee gt if the client does not specifically request an employee which will make it easier for Insight to find available times to book the package You may also specify the Gender Request for any of the services if requested by the client Insight Salon amp Spa Software 57 Confirm Package Booking Confirm the Employees Times and Request status for the Package Booking below 7 Confirm Confirm By These options will set the confirmation method for the entire package booking Search Ranges Step 4 allows you to specify what dates times and days of the week are acceptable to the client for booking the package The wider the date and time ranges that you select the greater chance of Insight finding available slots to book the package Booking Time Step 5 allows you to select the date and time that you want to start booking the package Insight will give you a list of dates and times for each date that there is enough room to book all of the services in the package Notes Notes may be entered for the package booking The notes that you enter here will show up for each service that is booked Confirm Appointments In step 6 you are given a grid with each service in the package showing you the employee date and time that it is booked for At this point you are still able to c
97. ll on hold invoices The list comes up sorted by date and client name you may change this order by clicking on the header names for the columns Date Time and Client Name Select the main invoice the one with the client that you want to keep as the Paying Client and click Merge Two Invoices Read the message that pops up and then click OK The invoice you have selected will change to bold text in italics Select the invoice that you wish to merge into this invoice and click Complete Merge The two invoices will be merged and then brought up on screen so that you may continue working with the merged invoice How to Edit an Invoice When you first enter the Sales screen or after you have completed an invoice or put an invoice on hold you may bring up a list of invoices to edit Click the Actions button and then click Edit Void Invoices or simply press F8 on your keyboard A list of all the invoices that were created for the current date will pop up If you know the invoice number click the Invoice Number option enter the number and then click Edit Invoice If the invoice you are looking for was on a previous date use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard or click on the calendar icon to select the Start Date and End Date for the date range of invoices that you wish to choose from and then click the Search button Click on the column headers to change how the list is sorted Use the arrow keys or the mouse to select the invoice you wish to
98. lly receive a service you can check the Walk In checkbox and Insight will not require that the client be in the list If you have the Business is primarily Walk In based option enabled in the System Setup this box will be checked by default e Once you have entered the client you can press the Enter key or click into the Service box below e Search for the service that the client wishes to have NOTE If you also offer Tanning services you can choose which kind of service Regular Services or Tanning Services to search for above the Services Lookup If you select a by the minute tanning service you will then be able to adjust the amount of time for the tanning in the Length field e Ifthe client is requesting a specific employee click into the Employee field and choose the employee e Select the Request type if necessary e If the client is getting multiple services and you wish to track them independently click the Another Service button to add another service to a list e Add any Notes for the client as needed e Click the Save button or press F3 on your keyboard to save this client TIP If you are adding multiple clients at the same time that are not together you can click the Save and Add New button or press F6 on your keyboard to save this client and start a new one TIP If you are adding multiple clients in a family click the Save and New Family button or press F7 on your keyboard to save this client and star
99. loyee s column on the appointment book and then click the Schedule button e Click the On Holiday checkbox to remove the checkmark and then click Save or press F3 on your keyboard My Employee Doesn t Show Up on the Appointment Book e Click on the Employees button on the Insight Menu Bar e Use the Active Lookup to find the employee you wish to put on the appointment book e Make sure that the employee s Charge Level is greater than zero e Make sure that Should this employee have a column on the Appointment Book is set to Yes on the Appt Setup tab e Check their Work Schedules tab to make sure they are working for the day you are looking at Insight Salon amp Spa Software 44 e Goto the Appointment Book perform the following indented steps e Click the Display Options button e Click the Edit button e Make sure that the Only Working checkbox is unchecked and that there is no other filter set that would prevent the employee from showing up such as Job Titles or if Multi day view is selected e Click Save and then Close If you have checked all of these things and your employee is still not showing up on the appointment book e Go to the Employees screen find the employee and click on the Appt Setup tab e Click Edit Employee and set Should this employee have a column on the Appointment Book to No and click Save e Click Edit Employee again and set it back to Yes and click Save and then see if the employee now appears on the ap
100. lse in Insight When you first enter the Sales screen or after you have completed an invoice or put an invoice on hold you may bring up a list of the invoices currently on hold and choose one to work with 3 Invoices Currently On Hold Client Name 111212 1 12 2010 11 57 AM Scott Hug Merge Activate Close Screen Two Invoices Invoice Putting an Invoice on Hold e H you are in the middle of adding an item to the invoice or editing an item you must Add Apply or Cancel before you can put the invoice on hold e Click the Hold button or press F4 on your keyboard Insight Salon amp Spa Software 18 The invoice will be saved with the information that has been added to it so far and the screen will be reset so that a new sale may be started The number of on hold invoices is displayed directly on the On Hold button Bringing up an On Hold Invoice Click the On Hold button or press F4 on your keyboard The Invoices Currently On Hold screen will pop up containing a list of all on hold invoices The list comes up sorted by date and client name you may change this order by clicking on the header names for the columns Date Time and Client Name Select the invoice you want to continue working with and click Activate Invoice or press Enter on your keyboard Merging Two On Hold Invoices Click the On Hold button or press F4 on your keyboard The Invoices Currently On Hold screen will pop up containing a list of a
101. lso press the Right or Left arrow keys on the keyboard while the highlight is in the Search field discussed below and the order will be changed to the next column in the list Selecting Information Use the Up and Down arrow keys to move within the list As you do this you can quickly move from one entry to another without having a Lookup screen pop up in front of the information that you want to view Insight will show all of the detailed information for the client that you currently have highlighted in the Lookup List on the right side of the screen As you move around in the list the detailed information to the right is constantly being updated Search The Search field can be used to quickly locate a specific item from the list that is displayed You can begin typing into the Search field and Insight will start searching for what you are typing in the list You can use the Up or Down arrow keys on the keyboard or press the Page Up and Page Down keys to move as well Show All By default Insight will only display active entries in this case clients in the list that you are seeing However there are times when you may want to locate information for a client that has already been deactivated in Insight You can check the Show All field and now Insight will also show all of your deactivated clients as well Highlighting a deactivated entry will give you the option to Reactivate them effectively giving you the chance to undelete entries that yo
102. ments that you just booked on the appointment screen Insight Salon amp Spa Software 60 View Edit Appointment Window This screen will show you the details for the selected appointment as well as any other appointments booked for the selected client for the current day Appointment Information Other Appointments Appt Status Checked Out Other Appointments For Date Saturday January 23 2010 Em Faith Graham Time 1130AM ais Length 1 00 On Saturday Jan 23 2010 Client Faith Graham BB Service Full Facial EE Pref Resource No Resources For Service il Employee Carol Claney Request R Requested Confirm By Phone sl Confirm Status Confirmed By SMS Ten e Client Status Daily Notes BookedBy Master User Double Click on Appt to switch to the Appt BookedOn Monday Jul 23 2007 at 2 15 PM Conf By Master User Conf Date Friday Jul 27 2007 at 2 07 PM SE Appointment details fields You can change information for these fields as necessary We will not go into detail for each of the fields here as they are the same as described in the sections above this Hide Show Details Button This button will alternately hide and show the Other Appointments grid and the Confirmed By and Booked By information Remove Button Click this button to delete the selected appointment from the appointment book You will be given the option to choose whether the appointment was cancelled by the client or simply needed to b
103. mer Monitor box on the Insight menu bar e The screen will pop up showing you waiting clients on the left and your tanning beds on the right e Click the Start Session button or press F5 on your keyboard to start a session for a waiting client e Click the Remove button or press F8 on your keyboard to remove a waiting client from the list if necessary you will be required to enter a reason for doing this e Click the Exit button or press F3 on your keyboard to close this screen Tanning Bed Waiting List Reference Client Grid This grid on the left of the screen shows any clients that are currently waiting for a tanning bed to become available It displays the client name the time they were checked in the length of time they have been waiting the bed they are waiting for and the number of minutes they will spend in that bed Once a session is started for a client they will disappear from this list and appear on the right in the tanning bed they were assigned to Tanning Bed Grid This grid on the right shows all of the tanning beds that you currently have set up in Insight to be controlled by the timer manager While you have this screen open Insight will continuously update the information for the beds as it is received from the timer manager This process may slow down somewhat as you add more and more beds into your business You will be able to see each bed its current status the time remaining and the client name if occupied The beds
104. mp Spa Software 64 Walk Ins le ies View Options 9 Listed By Time In O Listed By Client Name O Grouped By Status Grouped By Family Status Family Senice Being Served 09 44 AM Jenni 09 47 AM ua 4 Refresh Remove e AddEamiy H AddNew f Sat H From List Ada Senice Member Walk in Serving H Gi F3 Exit FS Start Serving F6 Add New F7 Edit F8 Remove From List NUM Refresh Button Clicking this button will update the grid with any changes to client status that may have occurred from the sales screen while the Walk Ins screen was sitting open Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen Most of the function buttons have an F key associated with them that you can press on your keyboard instead of clicking the button with your mouse Remove From List F8 Clicking this button allows you to delete someone from the walk in list You will be required to enter a reason for this for tracking purposes Add Service Clicking this button will open the Add Walk In Service For window that allows you to add another service to the selected client Use this in situations where a client comes in for more than one service For details on this screen see the Add Walk In Service For Window section on page 67 Add Family Member Clicking this b
105. n click the Add New Client button to bring up a screen to add the client Insight Salon amp Spa Software 85 e Click the Next button when you have selected the correct client NOTE At any time during this process you may click the Previous button to go back to a prior step e Select the Package that you wish to book and click Next e If the client requests specific employees or has gender requirements then select those in the grid of services NOTE It is best if possible to leave these fields all blank so that Insight will have the greatest number of options to choose from when searching for available times for each of the services in this package e Select the Confirm Method for this package if necessary e Click the Next button e Select the date that the client wishes to receive the package date range available only in Insight Professional or higher e f needed select the time range that the client is available to receive the package e Select which days of the week the client is available Insight Professional or higher e Click Next e Insight will now search for available times NOTE You can stop the searching at any time by clicking on the Stop sign Insight will stop after it has finished the day it is currently searching e Once it has finished searching Insight will display a list of available dates and times that this package is able to be booked e Select the available day and time that the client wishes
106. n payment types Totals and Taxes In the bottom right beside the payment grid the invoice totals are displayed This includes a subtotal any applicable taxes a total amount paid and amount still owing These fields are all automatically updated by Insight Subtotal 225 00 Tax 10 20 LTX 7 23 Total 242 43 Paid 242 43 Owing 0 00 Actions Button The Actions button in the bottom center of the screen allows you to perform several different less often used functions The options available with this button will change depending on what stage you are in on the sales screen Do Cash Payout No Sale This option performs the same function as pressing Alt F12 on your keyboard If you have a cash drawer it will opened and you can choose to record a cash payout if necessary View Gift Certificate History Balance This option will prompt you for a gift certificate number Once entered it will run the Gift Certificate History report Options available before selecting a client Reprint be Clicking on the Edit Void Invoices option will bring up a list of invoices that you can choose to reprint The date range of the list can be adjusted or you can enter in a specific invoice number to reprint Edit Void Invoices Clicking on the Edit Void Invoices option will bring up a list of invoices that you can choose to edit or void The date range of the list can be adjusted or you can enter in a specific invoice number to edit o
107. n that client will be selected automatically otherwise you can search for the client in the Active Lookup whose appointments you want to find e To view the day that contains a specific appointment select it in the list on the right and click the Go To button and the appointment book will move to the day the appointment is booked for and select that appointment Why Does it Say There are No Available Times e Check to make sure there is an open block long enough to accommodate the service and that the block is with an employee that can do the service e Check to make sure that the resources that the service requires are not being used by different appointments e Check to make sure that any specific times are far enough apart for the appointment to fit between them for example if the service takes two hours make sure that the start and end times are at least two hours apart e Check to make sure that the specific times fully include the available block of time How to Remove a Holiday that was Scheduled for an Employee e Click on the Appt Book button on the Insight Menu Bar e If you cannot see the employee on the appointment book perform the following indented steps e Click the Display Options button e Click the Edit button e Make sure that the Only Working checkbox is unchecked and that there is no other filter set that would prevent the employee from showing up for the day in question e Click Save and then Close e Click into the emp
108. nction buttons have an F key associated with them that you can press on your keyboard instead of clicking the button with your mouse Go To Client Clicking this button will bring up the client screen with the current client automatically selected in the list Save F3 Clicking this button will save the information for the current client that you have selected and close the Add Walk In Service For screen Cancel F9 Clicking this button will cancel adding the new service and close the Add Walk In Service For screen Edit Walk In Window This screen allows you to edit any of the information for a client currently in the walk in list Insight Salon amp Spa Software 67 Active Lookup You can use the Active Lookup on the left side of this screen as it is described in the Active Lookups section on page 1 when choosing the Client Name Service and Employee Bed Add New Client Button Click this button if you wish to add a new client into your client database if the client you are typing in is not found in the list Walk In Checkbox If you click this checkbox Insight will not require the client name you enter to already exist in the client file This allows you to quickly put new people into the walk in list and get their full client information later on while still being able to call them by name when it is their turn to be served Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you
109. ng GC button It is possible to continue using a redeemed gift certificate in Insight by adding more value to it In this way you are topping up the value of the gift certificate so that the client can continue to use it to pay for services without needing cash or credit cards at the time of payment Click this button to select a gift certificate that already exists in Insight and then you will be able to enter the amount of money to add onto it Service Calculator button Clicking this button will bring up an additional area on the Gift Certificate window that allows you to specify services intended to be purchased with this gift certificate This is only a guideline for choosing an appropriate amount for the gift certificate and it will still be able to be used for any services the client wishes when they return Service Calculator work area This area is where you will choose the services packages or series intended for purchase with this gift certificate It works the same way as the work area on the main sales screen Service Calculator grid The grid area contains all of the services packages and series that you have selected for this gift certificate I want to button Click the I want to button to get a menu of the options available for working with the service calculator The options available are Remove item This option will remove the item that is selected in the grid and subtract its price from the totals Add a se
110. ns that may show up in this status bar which are listed below Figure of a man This icon will appear if the client has requested a male service provider when they booked their appointment Figure of a woman 4 This icon will appear if the client has requested a female service provider when they booked their appointment Memo pad D This icon will appear if there are any notes written regarding this appointment Stylized R BR This icon will appear if the client has requested a specific employee when they booked their appointment Checkmark Y This icon will appear if the appointment has been confirmed i e the client has been contacted and verified that they will be coming in for their appointment Star x This icon will appear if this is the first time the client has been to your business Appointment Grid Right Click Menus There are many functions of the appointment book that you can access by right clicking on cells in the appointment sheet grid These are listed below under separate headings for the type of cell you are right clicking on Empty cells The following options are available when right clicking on an empty cell including employees marked as not working Schedule available in an employee column only This option will open the Employee Schedule window that allows you to alter the employee s schedule for the day that you are on For details on this screen see the Employee Schedule Window section on
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112. ntment at that time The appointment will disappear from the pending appointments screen and the appointment book screen If it was booked from the cancellation list it will then reappear in the cancellation list screen so that it may be booked at a different time Exit Click this button to close the Confirm Pending Appointments screen Employee Schedule Window This screen allows you to make changes to the selected employee s work schedule for the current day At the top of the screen a small two row grid is displayed The top line represents the current day s schedule for the employee and the bottom line will reflect any changes you make on this screen to give you an easy comparison between the original schedule and what you are changing it to be On the right side of the screen under the grid is a legend explaining what the different colors on the grid represent Insight Salon amp Spa Software 55 3 Employee Schedule Ex Halley Reynolds Saturday January 23 2010 3000AM 1100AM egen Tune 200PM 300PM sooPm soom Existing New O On Holiday Legend Employee is OFF Employee is on Coffee 1 E Working Today H ES B StartTime 10 00AM w EndTime 0530PM HE Bl Employee is on Meal Break Bl Employee is on Coffee 2 Cities Moo Broek Bl Employee has Appointments BI Employee special Break 09 45 AM Fu 0 15 SESTU Ves Di Do not change with Repeating Schedule Changes O Has Coffee 1 S
113. o Syntec to notify any person of such revision or changes Governing Law These statements shall be construed interpreted and governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta Canada Insight Salon amp Spa Software Xii Introduction The Insight User s Manual is designed to be a comprehensive reference to help you use the Insight software We have attempted to answer all of the basic questions you might have about the software in terms of how to use the different features Who Is This Manual For The Insight User s Manual covers the Standard and Professional versions of Insight It is designed for e Business owners managers or employees that need to learn how to use Insight on a day to day basis e Computer consultants assisting your business with your computer system How Is This Manual Organized The information is presented here in sections based on the actual buttons and menu items in Insight In each section you will find the answers to the most important questions that you need answered in order to use the software on a day to day basis Following this there is a reference section designed to explain in more detail the various screens in Insight Conventions Used In This Manual Instructions that you need to follow in order are given in point form to make the steps easy to follow Field names menu items and buttons are referred to with capitalization The reference sections are written more conversationally in parag
114. o become available You can double click on any appointment in the grid to edit its details Refresh Button Clicking this button will update the grid with any new cancellation appointments that may have been added while this screen was sitting open Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen Most of the function buttons have an F key associated with them that you can press on your keyboard instead of clicking the button with your mouse View All Pending Clicking this button will open the Confirm Pending Appointments window that allows you to contact the client to confirm appointments that were booked through the Cancellation List for the day that you are on For details on this screen see the Confirm Pending Appointments Window section on page 55 Check for Places F5 When you click this button Insight will search through the available times that the appointment might be able to fit into depending on the options that have been selected for it If there are available times a new window will pop up to display them On the left of this window all the possible dates are listed On the right each time slot for the selected date is listed You can select a date and time and click the Next button Then you will be given a confirmation screen where you can make any changes to the appointment if necessary Once you click the Finish button the app
115. o choose from and then click the Search button e Click on the column headers to change how the list is sorted e Use the arrow keys or the mouse to select the invoice you wish to void and click the Void Invoice button e Ifyou are sure you wish to void the selected invoice click Yes to the prompt NOTE Some invoices may not be voided For example invoices containing authorized credit card payments e If you chose to void the invoice you will be prompted to enter a reason for voiding the invoice this cannot be left blank NOTE All voided invoices are tracked in Insight and can be reported on This information cannot be removed from Insight Sales Screen Reference Active Lookup The Active Lookup area in the left area of the screen is where you can search to find the Client Item Codes and Employees for each sale Please refer to the Active Lookups section on page 1 to learn how this feature is designed to be used NOTE The Search field for the Active Lookup on the sales screen is replaced by the Paying Client the Item Code and the Empl fields There is no Show All checkbox for the sales screen Item and Payment Buttons These buttons in the top left of the screen are used to select the type of item you wish to sell to your client Some of these buttons will change the items displayed in the Active Lookup and some of them will pop up a new window because more detail is needed when selling these items The Payment button
116. odule running from your web site These are appointments that spaces have been found for and tentatively booked but still need to be confirmed with the client 3 Confirm Pendin h Call Status latus Go To Client SEN E m Cancel Appt H Exit Pending Appointments Grid The grid shows you all of the appointments waiting for times to be confirmed These appointments are grouped by whether they were booked from the cancellation list or from the Online Appointment Booking module Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen Go To Client Clicking this button will open the Client screen with the client for this appointment automatically selected in the list Change Status Click this button to change the Call Status of the selected pending appointment You will be prompted to select the new status The options are Not Confirmed Left Voice Message Left Message No Answer Sent Email and Sent SMS Confirm Appt Clicking this button will immediately mark this appointment as confirmed and will remove it from the pending appointments screen The appointment is now fully booked and confirmed Cancel Appt This allows you to remove the pending appointment from the appointment book Use this when you have contacted the client and they are unable to come for the appoi
117. of appointments that pops up e Once the correct client is highlighted select the client by pressing Enter on the keyboard clicking the Check In Appointment button or double clicking on the client s name e At this point the Paying Client field will be filled in for you and all of the services that this client has booked for the day will be checked in and appear in the list in the middle of the screen NOTE If you have set any employees to be Self Employed Insight may not check in all of the client s appointments How it behaves in this case depends on the employee assigned to the appointment you had selected to check in If the appointment belonged to a self employed worker then only appointments for that employee will be checked in Similarly if the appointment you selected was for a regular employee but the client also had appointments booked with a self employed worker then the appointments with the self employed worker would not be checked in Insight Salon amp Spa Software E e H there are notes on any of the appointments being checked in Insight will ask if you want to view them Adding Items to an Invoice Products Services Series only e Click the appropriate Item Products Services or Series button in the top left and the Active Lookup will change to display those items Sales gem cincet seres seme Member PayingCiient Faith Graham a Invoice Date 1 12 2010 e Tanning Packages
118. oice to pay with currency will be made for you and you will not be able to change it If there is at least one valid tanning package in the grid you will be able to choose to pay for the service using the package which is the default behavior and is recommended If necessary you can still make the choice to pay for the service using currency Taxes button Clicking the Taxes button allows you to turn on or off the taxes that are normally charged for the selected tanning service Discount button Clicking the Discount button allows you to specify a discount percentage for the selected tanning service NOTE The Taxes and Discount buttons are only available if the Pay for this service with currency payment option is chosen Totals area The totals area in the lower right area of the window shows you the number of tanning packages purchased and their total value Beneath that it shows you the services that have been purchased in minutes or sessions and the minutes or sessions that have been redeemed on the available tanning packages Insight Salon amp Spa Software 28 Package Information Window 3 Package Information Package Name Spa Day Details Discount Package List Item Name Description MAN Manicure Pedicure TOD Fu Facial Work area The work area is very similar to that on the main sales screen In the Package Name field you may select a package to sell to the client You will also need
119. ointment will be booked as a Pending appointment which you can view and confirm by clicking the View All Pending button Add New Appt F6 This allows you to add an appointment to the list It will pop up a new window in which you can select the desired date client service and employee You may also specify what type of request it is and the times that are acceptable for the client Insight Salon amp Spa Software 52 Edit F7 This allows you to edit an appointment in the list It will pop up a new window in which you can change or select the desired date client service and employee You may also specify what type of request it is and the times that are acceptable for the client Remove F8 This will delete the appointment from the waiting list Exit F3 Click this button to close the Cancellation List screen Client Confirmations Window This screen allows you to manage appointments that have been booked but still need to be confirmed with the client Many businesses find it helpful to confirm appointments a day or two in advance to cut down on the number of no shows peneme EE ea Appointment Date Saturday Jan 23 2010 ES ViewConfirm Method Any View Status Any 855 290 5732 x 555 379 2579 Confirmed By Txt SMS 555 387 3493 ClientName Sam Snead Sent Email Service Packar Address 442 Golf Course Way Tanning by the minute 12 00 PM Jul 23 2007 AR 1 Mens Cut R mmm A3 2007 Booked On
120. ons are Only Working Employees will hide the columns for Employees who are off or on holidays Show Resources will show hide the resource columns AutoFit Columns will size the columns to try to make sure all columns are visible Filter Jobs For will make it so only employees in the selected job title s will be displayed Show for Number of Days in the Multi Day View tab will change the number of day columns shown for the employee when in multi day view TIP It is recommended that you have at least one view where all employees will be visible This will make it easier to find an employee if you are unsure whether or not they should be in the current view When you are done making changes press the Save button Press the Close button to close the screen and return to the appointment book After you have set up different views you can click the down arrow beside the Display Options button to select from the list of created views How to Change the Order of Employees on the Appointment Book Click the Actions button and choose Appointment Book Order from the menu Appointment Order Setup Name Job Title Carol Claney Junior Stylist Christine McCallum Receptionist Halley Reynolds Esthetician Troy Yee Senior Stylist Garry Hrushka Senior Stylist Manicure Station Resource Spray Booth Spray Booth UV Bed Standard UV Bed a Move Up Move Down v Insight Salon amp Spa Software 41 e Select th
121. ople do this work for them then they will be placed into all of the other slots Any Processing slots must stay empty which allows you to effectively double book services using this method Once you have chosen all the necessary employees for the different slots of the appointment you may finish the appointment in exactly the same way as you would with a regular service Insight Salon amp Spa Software 33 How to Check In or Check Out an Appointment e Select the Appointment you wish to check in e Either click the Check In button or right click on the appointment and choose the Check In option from the menu NOTE Checking in an appointment will check in all appointments for the client for that day and automatically create an invoice for the client that you will be able to view either from the Sales screen in the On Hold area or from the next step below e To Check Out the client once their services are complete and finish the sale select their appointment and click on the Go To Invoice button How to Move an Appointment e Select the Appointment that you wish to move e Click the Move button press F5 on your keyboard or right click on the appointment and choose the Move option from the menu e Select the date and time where you wish to put the Appointment using the calendars in the top left if you need to change to a different day e Once you have selected the time slot that you wish to move the appointment to click the Place b
122. or details on this screen see the Employee Schedule Window section on page 55 Switch to Multi Day View This option will switch the display of the appointment book screen to show multiple days for the employee whose column you are currently selecting The number of days shown depends on the Display Options setup and can be from 3 to 31 The default is 10 The first day shown on the left will be the day you were on when you selected this option and show as many days beyond that as the setup option is set for This allows you to get a quick view of the employee s availability for a longer period of time Print This option allows you to get a printout of your appointment sheet For details on this feature see the Print section in the Empty Cells section on page 46 Cells that contain a special break The following options are available when right clicking on a cell that has a special break booked in it Edit View This option will open the Add Edit Special Break window that allows you to create or modify a special break for an employee or tanning bed booth On this screen you can select the Employee Date Time Length of the break and the Reason for the break Use the arrow buttons on the fields to change the values that they contain Delete This option allows you to delete the special break from the appointment book Print This option allows you to get a printout of your appointment sheet For details on this feature
123. or this service with currency Minute s Session s Redeemed 15 Available Tanning Packages for This field is automatically updated with the paying client Tanning package grid This grid will list any and all tanning packages that have been sold to the selected client that still have minutes or sessions available on them Any new packages that are being sold on the current invoice will also appear in this grid want to button This button gives you the option to redeem a tanning package that was not sold to the currently selected client If you select it you will be given the opportunity to enter the package id of another tanning package that exists in Insight to be used by this client If there is a pending tanning package sale in the grid you will also be given the options to edit or remove it Add Package button Clicking this button allows you to sell a tanning package to the selected client It will pop up another window in which you will need to select the tanning package and employee to receive credit for the sale Work area The work area is very similar to that on the main sales screen In the Service Code field you may select a tanning service to sell to the client You will also need to select the bed or booth that the tanning service will be performed in Payment Options There are two options available to choose how the selected tanning service will be paid for If there are no tanning packages available in the grid the ch
124. ow the steps in the How to Delete Multiple Appointments section on page 35 e Select the Appointment that you wish to delete e Click the Delete button press F8 on your keyboard or right click on the appointment and choose the Delete option from the menu Insight Salon amp Spa Software 34 e Select the appropriate reason for deleting this appointment TIP The options available are Do Nothing Cancel Appointment and Delete Appointment Do Nothing will just return you to the appointment screen Select Cancel Appointment if you are deleting this appointment because the client called to cancel or if the employee who was to perform the service had to cancel for some reason Select Delete Appointment if the appointment was simply booked in error and should not exist How to Delete Multiple Appointments If you need to delete many appointments such as those from a standing appointment perform the following steps e Click the Clients button on the Insight Menu Bar e Find the client using the Active Lookup e Click on the Appts tab e Select the first appointment that you wish to delete e Press and hold down the Shift key on your keyboard e Use the down arrow key on your keyboard to move to the last appointment you wish to delete or click on it with your mouse and then let go of the Shift key e All of the appointments to be deleted should now be selected in the grid e Click the Delete Appt s button or press F8 on your keyboard
125. page 55 Add Special Break available in an employee column or tanning bed booth column only This option will open the Add Edit Special Break window that allows you to create or modify a special break for an employee or tanning bed booth On this screen you can select the Employee Date Time Length of the break and the Reason for the break Use the arrow buttons on the fields to change the values that they contain Switch to Multi Day View This option will switch the display of the appointment book screen to show multiple days for the employee whose column you are currently selecting The number of days shown depends on the Display Options setup and can be from 3 to 31 The default is 10 The first day shown on the left will be the day you were on when you selected this option and show as many days beyond that as the setup option is set for This allows you to get a quick view of the employee s availability for a longer period of time Print This option allows you to get a printout of your appointment sheet There are three options that you can select from to adjust how the printout is displayed If you leave the options as they default to the appointment sheet will print out to look identical to how it appears on your screen although it may span over more than one piece of paper Changing the Report Style to Split Columns will print the time column for each employee which can be useful if you plan to cut up the printed sheet and han
126. pointment book e Ifthe answer is no please call Insight technical support for assistance Appointment Book Reference Active Lookup The Active Lookup will appear in the left area of the screen once you have started booking an appointment and is where you can search to find the Client Service and Employee for the appointment Please refer to the Active Lookups section on page 1 to learn how this feature is designed to be used NOTE The Search field for the Active Lookup on the appointment screen is replaced by the Client Service and Employee fields There is no Show All checkbox for the appointment screen Sort By Service No Switch to Tanning Full Foil Highlight Full Facial Partial Foil Highlight Pedicure Spiral Perm Client Melanie Ej New This Client is a Walk in Service Employee Haler Reynolds Request Any Time 12 30PM Ian Length 0 45 Confirm Dont Confirm Notes ok repeat cancel Calendars When you first enter the appointment book screen there are two calendars displayed in the top left area of the screen You can double click on a day to move the appointment book to that day Click on the left or right arrow buttons on the top calendar to change the month The bottom calendar will always be on the month after the top calendar and cannot be changed independently To quickly return to the current day double click on the bottom of the lower calendar whe
127. ppointment are the first things you will do Then you have to decide on the frequency how often they are booked of the appointments The three options are discussed below Verify Appointment Booking Details Enter in the booking details for the Appointments nis e What time should it start 02 00 PM WS How long will the appointment take 0 30 Default Time 0 30 What day should the Appointments starton Saturday Jan 16 2010 E How should the Appointments be repeated Appointment Frequency O Daily Weekly Monthly pointm 2 Every 1 gt Week s Day s of the Week C Sunday O Tuesday O Thursday M Saturday C Monday C Wednesday Cl Friday CH 2 r tano When should Appoinments stop Appointment Ending O On a Specific Date 9 After a Specific Number of Appointments Number of Appointments 10 gt 1 Client 2 Service 3 Employee 4 Details 5 Notes 6 Preview 7 Conflicts Cancel Daily This is the simplest of the options but also one of the least useful You simply have the option of choosing to book every x number of days or to book for every weekday which means Monday through Friday Because there are an odd number of days in a week the x number of days option may not be very useful For instance if you choose every 2 days your appointments might be Monday Wednesday Friday the first week and then Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday the next week Weekly This op
128. r else it will only become available if you do something else first An example of that is on the Appointment Book where some of the Function Buttons like the Move button will not be enabled unless you have first clicked on an actual appointment TIP Another important feature to be aware of is the keyboard shortcuts available on most buttons and menu items The underlined letter can be used with the ALT key on your keyboard to perform the function of each button or menu item as well For example if you hold down the ALT key and then press E it would be the same as actually clicking on the Edit Client button with the mouse We have also provided backward compatibility with our older software Crystal by including F Key functions If you pay attention to the status bar underneath the Function Buttons you will notice a list of F Keys that you can use to accomplish the same tasks So in the above example you could also press the F7 key to edit the client information as well This compatibility is provided so that our Crystal software customers can make a smooth transition to the Insight software Actions Button Many of the screens in Insight will also contain an Actions button that normally appears just to the right of the Show All field This button allows you to perform other functions that are probably done a lot less often so we didn t feel that they warranted being added as their own Function Button On any screen in Insight you can click on
129. r that date This makes it easier to place the conflicting appointment in a different time or with a different employee If you cannot resolve a conflict you can use the Delete button to remove it from the list completely Resolve Conflicts Edit or Delete any appointments that were not able to be booked until all appointments can be booked nis View Appointments All Booked Conflicted e Date Saturday Jan 23 2010 Time 02 00 PM 2 peintm Employee Carol Claney Request None Ap A Sat Jan 30 2010 Sat Feb 06 2010 E Sat Feb 13 2010 Confirm Phone Sat Feb 20 2010 Sat Feb 27 2010 Sat Mar 06 2010 Sat Mar 13 2010 Sat Mar 20 2010 J Edit Delete ES SS S Number of Conflicts 1 O 1 Client 2 Service 3 Employee 4 Details 5 Notes 6 Preview 7 Conflicts Previous n Cancel Previous Button Click this button to go to back to the previous step in booking the standing appointment Next Button Click this button to go to the next step in booking the standing appointment Cancel Button Click this button to abort booking the package and close the Standing Appointment Booking screen Finish Button This button will only appear when you are on the final step of booking the standing appointment When you click it Insight will book each of the appointments The Standing Appointment Booking screen will disappear and you will be able to view the appoint
130. r void Start a Cash Drawer Session if there is an active cash drawer in the Cash Drawer Management area The Start a Cash Drawer Session option will bring up the Cash Drawer Management screen so that you can select and open a cash drawer for use See the Cash Drawer Management section under Utilities for details on how to use this section Options available after selecting a client Account Payment Use the Account Payment option when the client wishes to make a payment towards their account balance You will prompted to enter the payment amount which will then be added to the item grid Add Client be This will prompt you to select another client from your client list to add to the invoice You will then see a Client Name drop down appear from which you can select which client to work with for each item that you are adding to the invoice Insight Salon amp Spa Software 24 Change Paying Client This option allows you to change the name of the client that will be paying for the invoice NOTE The paying client is separate from each of the items being purchased You will be given the option to update all of the items on the invoice with the new paying client the first time that you do this on any particular invoice Add View Notes Clicking on this option will bring up a window with any existing notes for the invoice which you may add or edit Notes may already exist for an invoice if it was checked in from an appointment
131. raph form Important information or tips for using Insight most efficiently are displayed in grey boxes with the word NOTE or TIP NOTE Important information and helpful ideas Customer Support and Insight Updates We will provide telephone support to our registered users as long as their Annual Support contract is in good standing At the time of printing this manual our support lines are available Monday to Friday 8 00am to 5 00pm MST and Saturday from 8 00am to 4 00pm MST If you are calling from the local calling zone please dial 780 489 1777 ext 1 All out of town customers can reach us toll free by dialing 1 800 805 4532 ext 1 If you purchased Insight through one of our international resellers you can find contact information on the Help screen in Insight Since the Insight program is constantly being worked on and updated we usually release a new version of the software every week or two These updates are available via the internet If you have access to the World Wide Web or if you know someone who does you can download them from our web site as often as you wish The Help button in Insight also accessible by simply pressing F1 will display version and copyright information about your copy of Insight It also lists our technical support phone numbers fax number and email address The name and address of the business that Insight is registered to is also displayed here Insight Salon amp Spa Software xiii System Requir
132. re there is a red square followed by the word Today and the current date As an alternative to double clicking you can also single click on a day or use the arrow keys to move from day to day and then press Enter on your keyboard to move the appointment book to the day you have selected Appointment Sheet Grid The main feature of the appointment screen is the grid This is what shows you all of your appointments for the day which employees are working and where there is free time available Each service providing employee resource room and tanning bed booth has a column on the grid and each row corresponds to a time of the day You can move to different times or employees in the grid by clicking on them with the mouse or by using the arrow keys on your keyboard The current time block is displayed in red this is based on your computer s time Insight Salon amp Spa Software 45 Appointment Status Bar For each appointment that is booked for today s date there is a status bar that you can see on the left edge of the appointment This bar will change colors depending on the status of the appointment The three different states are Not Arrived Checked In and Checked Out The actual colors displayed depend on the settings in the Appointment Book Color Setup screen That screen also controls whether the status bar shows up for all appointments or just appointments for the current day In addition there are ico
133. redit card number swiped or typed here must be a valid credit card number before you will be allowed to continue Expiry Date The credit card expiry date is shown in MM Y Y format and must be a month and year in the future Security This is the credit card CVV2 number This can be found on the back of the credit card and should be used to help get the lowest rates on your credit card transactions Name On Card This field should get filled in automatically if the card is swiped Otherwise you should enter it as it is printed on the card Address and Zip Postal Code These fields should get filled in automatically if you have the client entered into Insight and the address information entered Otherwise you should get this information from the client to help lower your credit card transaction rates Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 29 Amount The Amount will be automatically filled in with the amount still owing on the invoice This can be changed to whatever you wish Do not use this field to include the tip amount however Tip The Tip amount if any can be entered in this field For the most accurate sales information always use this field for the tip amount as opposed to adding into the Amount field Total Charged The Total field will automatically be calculated as a sum of the Amount and Tip fields and cannot be changed manually Refund button Clicking this button is the way that you specify that you are refunding or cre
134. reen see the Find Other Appointments Window section on page 57 Go To Client Record This option will open the Client screen with the client from the selected appointment already selected in the list Switch to Multi Day View This option will switch the display of the appointment book screen to show multiple days for the employee whose column you are currently selecting The number of days shown depends on the Display Options setup and can be from 3 to 31 The default is 10 The first day shown on the left will be the day you were on when you selected this option and show as many days beyond that as the setup option is set for This allows you to get a quick view of the employee s availability for a longer period of time Cells marked with PARTIAL The following options are available when right clicking on a PARTIAL cell Zoom In This option will pop up a small window showing you the precise time slots and booking for appointments that are only taking up a portion of the slot on your main appointment screen This occurs when you have an appointment that is booked for less time than a full slot allows It is possible to see the end of one appointment and the beginning of the next appointment in this window Insight Salon amp Spa Software 47 Schedule available in an employee column only This option will open the Employee Schedule window that allows you to alter the employee s schedule for the day that you are on F
135. rvice to the calculator This option will pop up a list of all of your services that you can choose from to add to the service calculator Add a package to the calculator This option will pop up a list of all of your packages that you can choose from to add to the service calculator Add a series to the calculator This option will pop up a list of all of your series that you can choose from to add to the service calculator Clear the calculator This option will remove all of the items currently in the service calculator grid Total field As you add items to the service calculator the total is updated and displayed on the right underneath the grid Apply Service Total to Gift Certificate button Clicking this button will copy the value from the Total field into the Initial Value field at the top of the screen and then close the service calculator Close Service Calculator button This option will close the service calculator without making any changes to the Initial Value field at the top Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 27 Tanning Window Available Tanning Packages for Faith Graham Package ID Package Name 100 MINUTES 100 Minutes From Redempt 15 I want to J Add Package Service Code Description Bi Qty Price Total TAN 15 15 Minutes of UV Tanning ze 1 4 95 4 95 Payment Options 9 Pay for this service with a package listed above 1 Tanning Package s Purchased 35 00 Minute s Session s Purchased 15 Pay f
136. sabled Exit F3 Click the Exit button to close the sales screen Buttons available after selecting a client Finish F3 The Finish button will attempt to complete the invoice If there is still a balance owing on the invoice it cannot yet be completed In this case Insight will behave as if you had clicked the Payment button and display the paytype buttons for you to use to select the payment for the invoice Hold F4 Use this button to put the current invoice on hold This allows you to start working on a different invoice without having to either finish or cancel the invoice you are currently working on so that you can come back to it later Abort F9 Clicking the Abort button if you want to cancel the current invoice without saving any of the information You will be prompted to confirm this action and may be required to provide a reason depending on how your copy of Insight is configured Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 25 Gift Certificate Window 3 Gift Certificate Purchased By Faith Graham Initial Value 40 00 Purchased For Mom e Include Tax E Expiry Date Tip Type Value Percent Notes Anniversary Gift Tip Amount 5 90 Calculated Value 50 00 Total Price to Charge 50 00 Service Calculator Item Code Description Awantto Apply Service Total to Close Service Gift Certificate Calculator Purchased By The name of the paying client on the invoice is pl
137. story report from Reports gt Management Reports gt Series History Type in the series number click Run Report and it will tell you how many uses are left in the top right corner of the report e Click the Payment button and then click the Series button Enter the series number and click Add and Insight will automatically use the series to pay for all of the selected services At this point the balance Owing on the invoice should be 0 zero Now click on the Services button and select the same service again You should use the same employee that you have already selected for the other services already on the invoice Change the quantity Qty to be the same number as the other services but put a minus sign in front of it to make it negative Insight Salon amp Spa Software 17 Change the Price to be the same as the other services Click Add to add these services to the invoice The Total should now be 0 and there should be Change owing Continue with the final step Finishing the return refund Finishing the Return Refund e Ifyou want to give the client the refund as a gift certificate instead of currency perform the following indented steps Click on the Gift Cert button Enter the Purchased For client and Expiry Date if you wish Enter the Initial Value to be equal to the amount of Change showing on the invoice as a positive number Do not check Include Tax or enter a Tip Amount Click Add to add the gift certificate to the invoice
138. t 0 10 or 0 25 NOTE To remove a discount enter 0 zero e Enter the Discount Reason e Click the OK button to apply the changes Adding Professional Products to a Service 1 Professional Products Adding Details for P FOIL Partial Foil Highlight Product Code Description Units Usage Amt GLOVES Rubber Gloves Pair Add Jl Remove Done Product Code ipti Units If the item you are adding is a service you can specify the professional products used for this service by performing the following indented steps Click on the Details button Enter the Product Code or click on the lookup button to select the professional product from a list Enter the number of units used up in providing this service Click Add to add the product to the list Repeat the last three steps for as many professional products as you need to add to this service Click Done when you are finished When all the information for the item is correct click the Add button to add it to the invoice How to Discount All Items on an Invoice Click the Actions button and click Discount All in the menu Click the Enter Password button if you need someone to enter a password with higher access such as the master password Enter the Discount Percent 10 or 25 for example not 0 10 or 0 25 NOTE To remove a discount enter 0 zero Enter the Discount Reason Click the OK button to apply the changes Adding a Gift Certificate to th
139. t Amount Tip Total Paid Owing 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 On Hold 3 Invoices Ed NUM Check in a Actions SE F3 Exit F4 On Hold F5 Check In F8 Edit Void Selecting the Client Checking in an Appointment If there is not already an appointment booked for the client e Use the Active Lookup to search for a client based on first name last name or phone number e Start typing in the Paying Client field to take you close to the client you are interested in and then use the up and down arrow keys to find the client or type in the full name of the client NOTE If searching on Last Name you will need to include a comma and a space between the last and first names i e Smith John e Once the correct client is highlighted select the client by pressing Enter or Tab on the keyboard or double clicking on the client s name in the Active Lookup NOTE If you have set any employees to be Self Employed you will now need to specify the Owner of the invoice This can be either the business or a specific self employed worker It is not possible to have self employed workers on a business invoice they must always be the only person on an invoice If there is an appointment booked for the client e Click on the Check In button near the bottom right of the Sales screen e Use the up and down arrow keys to find the client in the list
140. t adding a new one as a family member with the current client For convenience you will then start with a list of only the people that share the same Last Name or Phone Number This will ensure that all family members will appear on the same invoice automatically Insight Salon amp Spa Software 62 How to Add a Family Member to an Existing Walk in e Select the Walk In client for whom you wish to add a family member e Click the Add Family Member button e Select the family member from the Active Lookup TIP By default only clients with matching last names and phone numbers will be displayed in the list If you wish to see your entire client list click on All Clients above the Client lookup You can also click the Walk In checkbox and just type in the family member s name if they are not in your client list e Select the service from the Active Lookup e Select the Employee and Request type if necessary e Add any Notes for the client as needed e Click Save to finish NOTE You will notice that the Family icons for these clients will change to reflect their family status How to Add Another Service to an Existing Walk in e Select the Walk In client for whom you wish to add a service e Click the Add Service button e Select the service from the Active Lookup e Select the Employee and Request type if necessary e Add any Notes for the client as needed e Click Save to finish How to Start Serving a Walk in e Select the Walk
141. t any longer to be served and must leave In that case perform the following steps e Select the Walk In client that is leaving and click the Remove From List button or press F8 on your keyboard e Select Yes to the prompt if you are sure you want to remove the Walk In that you have selected e Enter the reason that you are removing this person and click Ok Walk Ins Module Reference View Options The View Options control how the list of walk in clients is sorted and grouped Each option is described below View Options 9 Listed By Time In Listed By Client Name Grouped By Status Grouped By Family Listed By Time In This option simply sorts the list by the time that the clients were entered into the Walk Ins system Listed By Client Name This option simply sorts the list by client name Whether this sorts based on first name or last name depends on the List Sorting options selected in the Defaults area of the System Setup screen Grouped By Status This option splits the list into groups based on the clients status The possible different statuses are Waiting Being Served and Checked Out Within each group the clients are sorted by Time In This option can make it easier to see which clients are still waiting and serve them in the proper order Grouped By Family This option splits the list into groups based on families This is most useful for businesses that have a lot of parents coming in with their
142. tatTime 12 00AM gt Length 0 05 Reason for Locking Schedule O Has Coffee 2 StartTime 12 00 AM S Length 0 05 Book Lookup Holidays Schedule pas Cancel F2 Lookup F3 Save F9 Cancel Check boxes Down the left side of this screen are the checkboxes that determine if the employee is working and what breaks they get These should all be self explanatory simply check off the appropriate boxes and then select the corresponding times and break lengths If you are booking an employee off for holidays you only need to check the On Holiday checkbox you do not need to uncheck Working Today Time fields The Time fields all work the same way You cannot type numbers into these fields Simply use your arrow keys or click the arrow buttons with your mouse to change the time The left and right arrows move the time down or up by one hour The up and down arrows move the time up or down by fifteen minutes Length fields The Length fields all work the same way These fields you are able to type into or you can use the arrow keys or click the arrow buttons with your mouse These fields change by five minutes at a time when using the arrows Do not change with Repeating Schedule Changes checkbox Whenever you are making changes to someone s schedule we recommend that you check off this checkbox What this does is prevent this day s schedule for this employee from being overwritten in the event that someone changes the regular rotation sc
143. ter 0 zero Enter the Discount Reason Click the OK button to apply the changes e Click the Finish button and the tanning service will be added to the invoice Insight Salon amp Spa Software 10 Adding a Membership to the Invoice NOTE This ability requires the purchase of the Membership add on module to Insight Click the Membership button in the top left and the Add Membership screen will pop up Membership Information Add Membership Membership Code Description Empl Price 1YEARADVANCE zs 1 Year Membership Paid in Full HR se 720 00 Enter the Membership Name or click the lookup button to select the membership from a list If the Empl employee field is not filled in you will need to select the employee to receive credit for this membership If the Empl field is already filled in but you need to change the employee for this membership click into the Empl field with your mouse NOTE The employee will be filled in automatically under certain conditions These are if there is only 1 employee that has a charge level above zero entered into Insight if there is at least one item on the invoice already if the client has a default employee selected on the client screen To find the employee you wish to use for this membership click the lookup button to select the employee from a list or enter the employee s code in the Empl field Adjust the membership Price if necessary When you are done click Add and the
144. the Actions button and Insight will display a menu either above or below the button with options that you can choose from We encourage you to explore the Actions buttons on all the screens to become familiar with the features that they contain Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 2 Lookup Buttons There are still some situations in Insight when you are adding or editing information when you can select the data to be entered into a specific field from a predefined list An example of this on the Client screen is the State field or Province if you are in Canada These special Lookup fields contain a small button at the right edge of the field with three dots on the button This indicates that you can click on this button and a Lookup list will pop up and allow you to quickly search by typing or scrolling through the list to make your selection Any time you see that button with the three dots in it you know that you can click on it to select from a list State NY see NOTE For users that prefer to use the keyboard you can always use the F2 key to display the Lookup list when you are working in a Lookup field Passwords When you are running Insight in Demo Training mode there are no passwords required to enter most areas of the program When running in Live mode most areas in Insight will prompt you to enter a password before bringing up the requested screen once you have set up a master password To set up your master password see the How to
145. the calendars will change to show you the Active Lookup and the appointment information The Active Lookup can be used for the Client Service and Employee fields Sort By Service No e Switch to Tanning Full Foil Highlight Full Facial Manicure Mens Cut Partial Foil Highlight Pedicure Spiral Perm Client Melanie EJ New v This Clientis a Walk In Service Employee Halley Reynolds Request Any e Time 12 30PM ae Length 045 5 Confirm Dont Confirm Notes ok ES T cama Client The Client name can be selected from the Active Lookup or simply typed in if it is not a client that is already in your database Add New Client button If you have typed in a client name that does not exist in your database you can click this button to bring up the Add Client window to quickly add them into your system This Client is a Walk In checkbox If you have typed in a client name that does not exist in your database and you do not wish to add them in click this checkbox and they will be treated as a walk in client Service The Service code can be typed in here or selected from the Active Lookup Employee The Employee name cannot be typed in manually You must select the employee by clicking into their column on the appointment sheet grid This ensures that only employees who are working and who are eligible to perform the requested service can be chosen for the appointment Time The
146. the item in the grid you wish to remove e Click the I want to button e Click on Remove e Click Yes on the prompt confirming that you want to remove the item Making an Account Payment NOTE This feature is available in Insight Professional only Client Accounts must be enabled in System Setup and the individual clients account must also be enabled See How to Use Client Accounts in the Client section for more information Click the Actions button and select Account Payment from the menu Enter the amount that the client wishes to pay at this time into the Amount field NOTE The full amount owing by the client is displayed at the top of the Account Payment screen Click Add and the Account Payment item will be added to the invoice Continue with this invoice by following the next steps below Making Payment for the Invoice NOTE A Tip Amt field will be displayed for most paytypes if tips are enabled in System Setup e Click the Payment button e The Active Lookup will disappear and be replaced with a selection of buttons indicating different Paytypes geom Invoice Date 1 12 2010 e D Sales 1 cin cert Series Services Member Paying Client Faith Graham Tanning Packages Products L rann Select the Paytype s Item Code Description Empl Price Qty Disc Tax Client Name Faith Graham P FOIL Partial Foil Highlight HR 5500 1 Gift Certificate 00000 0000002 5000 1 Pac
147. the lower right area of the appointment screen when you are in the middle of booking an appointment If you cannot find the desired time or employee for the booking click this button to add the client to the cancellation list also known as the wait list Book Packages Button This option will open the Package Booking window that guides you through the process of booking a package of services For details on this screen see the Package Booking Window section on page 57 Standing Appointments Button This option will open the Standing Appointment Booking window that guides you through the process of booking a standing appointment For details on this screen see the Standing Appointment Booking Window section on page 58 Actions Button The Actions button in the bottom of the screen underneath the Time column allows you to perform several different less often used functions Print This option allows you to get a printout of your appointment sheet For details on this feature see the Print section in the Empty Cells section on page 46 Appointment Book Color Setup This option will open the Appointment Book Color Setup window that allows you to change the way your appointment book screen appears Select your desired color for each option If you change your mind before clicking the OK button you can click the Reload Saved Colors button to revert to the colors that were selected when you first went into this screen Appoin
148. tion lets you specify one or more specific days of the week to book the appointments This could mean every Monday or every Tuesday and Thursday The Every x number of weeks option gives you the ability to have the appointment occur every second Monday for instance This is the best option to use if you want an appointment to occur on the same few days of the week every week or every other week such as Monday Wednesday and Friday Monthly This option should be used when you want to repeat the appointment only once every x number of months You can specify the First Second Third Fourth or Last specific weekday of every x number of months Alternatively you can specify the specific day number of the month that you want the appointment to occur on such as the 1 or the 15 However this will not always be on the same day of the week so could be a problem if your business is not open seven days a week Start and End Date The first date that you select here should be the date that you want the standing appointments to begin on They will repeat in the pattern chosen in the previous step until they reach the stop point This can either be a specific date or after a certain number of appointments have been booked Choosing the Specific Date option makes it the easiest to know when the set of appointments will be finished If the appointments are for a kind of treatment that requires a set number of sessions then it makes th
149. tment Book Order This option will open the Appointment Order Setup window that allows you to change the order in which your employees resources and tanning beds booths appear on the appointment book grid Simply select the employee or resource in the grid that you wish to move and click the Move Up or Move Down buttons to move them to where you want them to be Book Special Break This option will open the Add Edit Special Break window that allows you to create or modify a special break for an employee or tanning bed booth On this screen you can select the Employee Date Time Length of the break and the Reason for the break Use the arrow buttons on the fields to change the values that they contain Switch to Multi Day View This option will switch the display of the appointment book screen to show multiple days for the employee whose column you are currently selecting The number of days shown depends on the Display Options setup and can be from 3 to 31 The default is 10 The first day shown on the left will be the day you were on when you selected this option and show Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 50 as many days beyond that as the setup option is set for This allows you to get a quick view of the employee s availability for a longer period of time Find Appointments for Client This option will open the Lookup Client Appointments window that allows you to find and go to other appointments that have been booked for the client
150. to receive the package and click the Next button Select Date and Time Select a Date and Time for the Package from the Search Results below Available Dates Number of Times Available Times d 10 00 AM 11 00 AM 11 15 AM 11 30 AM 11 45 AM 12 00 PM 12 15 PM 12 30 PM 12 45 PM 01 00 PM 01 15 PM 01 30 PM 5 Date amp Time 6 Notes 7 Confirm Previous I Next gt J Cancel e Enterany notes for this booking and click the Next button e Confirm which employees Insight has assigned to each service NOTE If the employee needs to be changed you can select a different one available at that time from the drop down If an employee does not appear in the list they are not available to do that service at that time You can use the Previous button to go back and change the time if desired e When the client is satisfied with the services click the Finish button to finalize the booking e Click OK on the message saying that all parts of the package were booked successfully NOTE Due to the specific nature of and order that some services need to be booked at this time Insight does not allow you to change the order that the services are received and only searches for the services in the order they appear in the package Insight Salon amp Spa Software 36 Booking a Standing Appointment Click the Standing Appointments button and the Standing Appointment Booking wizard screen will app
151. to select verify the employee quantity and price Details button Clicking the Details button allows you to specify the professional back bar products used in providing the service currently selected in the package list grid Discount button Clicking the Discount button allows you to enter a percentage discount to apply to the entire package Package List grid This grid will contain a list of all of the items included in the selected package You can click into the Emp employee column to change which employee will be performing each individual service As well you can click on the tax checkboxes to turn on or off the taxes for each item as necessary Credit Card Processing Window If you have credit card processing directly through Insight this window will appear when you click one of the credit card payment buttons At first there will be a message on top of the window waiting for you to swipe the credit card or press Esc to enter the number manually Once you have swiped the card or pressed Esc that message will disappear and you will be able to interact with the window The fields are described below Credit Card Processing MasterCard Card Number y Amount 237 30 MasterCard Expiry Date Tip 000 Security Total Charged 237 30 pg lalready have an authorization number for Name On Card this transaction Address 945 Cherryblossom Avenue Zip Code 14839 Refund Card Number The c
152. u had already typed in part of the client name it will be filled in for you on this screen After you have selected a client clicking on this button will take you to the client screen and automatically bring up the record for the paying client listed on the invoice Membership Indicator If the paying client has an active membership a small key image will appear in between their name and the Go To Client button If you click on this you can view their membership information Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 22 Paying Client Scott Hug el ig Invoice Date 1 12 2010 e Account Balance Indicator If the paying client has an outstanding account balance a small balance image will appear in between their name and the Go To Client button If you click on this you can see what their balance is and choose to make a payment Notes Indicator If there are notes for the invoice a small notepad image will appear in between their name and the Go To Client button If you click on this you can see what the notes are and add to them if necessary Walk In Checkbox Clicking this checkbox tells Insight that the client name you are entering into the Paying Client field does not need to exist in your client database You will be able to have the client s name show up on the receipt without needing to add them to your client file This can be useful for someone from out of town that you do not expect to visit your business again Invoice Date This field
153. u have already removed in the past NOTE Deactivated entries will appear in the list with red text so that you can see which entries had been previously deactivated Function Buttons and Keyboard Shortcuts Function Buttons always appear at the bottom of each screen on the right side What these buttons do and how many of them appear depends on which area of Insight you are working in and what you happen to be doing at the time When you first open up the Client screen there are four function buttons displayed Add Client Edit Client Deactivate Client and Exit Clicking on any of these buttons will perform the task written on each button For example if you clicked on the Edit Client button you would now be able to change any of the detailed information for the selected client and there would now only be two Function Buttons displayed Save and Cancel In some cases some or all of the Function Buttons that are displayed may be shown in a lighter color than the others and nothing happens when you click on them This is normal For example if an employee has not been given access to deactivate clients and they go into the Client screen using their password the Deactivate Clients button will be disabled for them It will still appear but nothing will happen if they try to click on it If any of the Function Buttons are disabled it indicates that the employee that entered their password has not been given the ability to perform that function o
154. unt to the amount owing on the invoice Other If you have Client Accounts enabled the Other button will give you the option of using Account or Other Otherwise it will simply give you the Other payment type information in the work area Account Use the Account option when your client is paying for the invoice by putting an amount on their account balance Simply enter the amount to be placed on account Other Use the Other option when the client is paying using a method not listed above Enter the amount and a description of what the payment type is Loyalty Points Use the Loyalty Points option when your client is using earned loyalty points to pay for one or more products or services on the invoice Room Charge The Room Charge option is used only for clients who have RoomMaster integration with the InnQuest software It allows you to charge the client s invoice to their hotel room Paying Client The client name displayed here is the client that will be recorded as having paid for all of the items being sold on this invoice It is possible to select a client here even though they may not be receiving any of the services selected on the invoice for example someone paying for their spouse or child s service or for a bridal party Add New Client Go To Client Button Before you have selected a client clicking this button will bring up an Add Client screen that allows you to create a new client in your database very quickly If yo
155. utton or press F5 on your keyboard e Confirm the change on the Confirm Appointment Move summary screen that pops up by clicking the OK button Changes are indicated by a red arrow NOTE This summary screen can be turned off from the Options tab of the System Setup screen but this is not recommended Confirm Appointment Move Client Faith Graham Service Full Facial Move Appointment From Move Appointment To Date Saturday January 23 2010 Date Saturday January 23 2010 Time 11 30 AM Time 11 30AM a Employee Cara Claney mb Employee Christine McCallum Length 1 00 Length 100 E Requested Employee mb Requested None y e If the appointment had already been confirmed Insight will ask if you want to Clear the Confirmation so that the appointment can be re confirmed with the new information to ensure the client knows about the move TIP You can also use the drag and drop feature to move appointments Click on the appointment but do not let go of the mouse button Continue holding the mouse button down while moving the mouse and you will see a shadow of the appointment follow the mouse as you move it When you have moved the appointment shadow to where you want it then let go of the mouse and the Confirm Appointment Move summary screen will pop up just as if you had moved the appointment using the conventional method How to Delete an Appointment TIP If you need to delete many appointments for the same client foll
156. utton will open the Add New Walk In window that allows you to add another family member to the selected client For details on this screen see the Add New Walk In Window section on page 66 Add New Walk In F6 Clicking this button will open the Add New Walk In window that allows you to add another client to the walk in list For details on this screen see the Add New Walk In Window section on page 66 Edit F7 Clicking this button will open the Edit Walk In window that allows you to change the currently selected client s information For details on this screen see the Edit Walk In Window section on page 67 Start Serving Check out Go To Invoice F5 What this button does will depend on the current status of the selected client The function for each status is described below Waiting This will check them in and mark them as Being Served You will need to verify select the service and the employee on the Check In window that pops up and click the Start Serving button Being Served This will mark the client as Checked Out create an invoice for them in the sales area and open the invoice in the sales screen for you to work with or finish Insight Salon 8 Spa Software 65 Checked Out This will open the invoice in the sales screen for you to work with or finish Exit F3 Click this button to close the Walk Ins screen Add New Walk In Window This screen allows you to add a new client to the walk
157. w contain the sum of all of these amounts NOTE The tax and tip only serve to increase the value of a gift certificate and don t require the user of that gift certificate to use that amount to pay the tax or tip they are only a guideline to arrive at the desired total value e If you want this to be a promotional gift certificate you may lower the Total Price to Charge field to be as low as zero which would mean you are essentially giving away this amount of money and the client will not be charged for this gift certificate although it will still be worth the amount shown in the Calculated Value field Insight Salon amp Spa Software iy e Enter anything into the Notes field that you want your staff to be alerted to when the customer redeems this gift certificate e Once you are finished with all this information click Add to add it to the invoice and you will see a Gift Certificate line appear on the grid of items and the Total Price to Charge will be added to the invoice Subtotal Adding a Package to the Invoice e Click the Packages button in the top left and the Package Information screen will pop up Package Information Package Name Price Spa Day E a x 85 00 Details Discount Package List Item Name Description MAN Manicure PED Pedicure FACIAL Full Facial e Enter the Package Name or click the lookup button to select the package from a list e H the Empl employee field is not filled in
158. will appear in different colors based on their current status Function Buttons The function buttons in the bottom right section of the screen allow you to perform the most common tasks for this screen Most of the function buttons have an F key associated with them that you can press on your keyboard instead of clicking the button with your mouse Start Session F5 Clicking this button allows you to start a tanning session for the selected client There must be an eligible bed available or you will not be able to do this You will be given the option to put the client in a different bed than they were originally assigned to if another eligible bed becomes available before the assigned bed Remove F8 Clicking this button gives you the choice of removing the client from the waiting list in the event that they have to leave before their bed becomes available You will be required to enter a reason for doing this Exit F3 Click this button to close the Tanning Bed Waiting List screen Insight Salon amp Spa Software 81 4 Appointment Book How to Use the Appointment Book Click on the Appt Book button on the Insight menu bar 3 Appointment Book DEFAULT 12 30 PM Sat Jan 23 2010 Halley Reynolds Esthetician Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Ge Time 3 4 5 6 7 10 00 AM 10 12 13 14 10 15 aul 17 18 19 20 21 40 30 AM Manicure 24 25 26 27 28 40 45 AM px Graham a 51 11 00 AM Pedicure Sun Mon Tue Wed
159. will work for them click on the Confirm Appt button e If the appointment time will not work for the client click the Cancel Appt button select Yes on the verification prompt and the appointment will be put back into the Cancellation List TIP Alternatively you can delete the appointment right from the appointment sheet and Insight will offer to place the appointment back into the Cancellation List Insight Salon amp Spa Software 40 How to Change Which Employee Columns are Visible Click the Display Options button at the top of the appointment screen and the Appointment Book Display Options screen will pop up Appointment Book Display Optio View Name DEFAULT Appointment Book Display Interval O 5Minutes O 10 Minutes 15Minutes 20 Minutes 30 Minutes Display Employee Name As FirstName LastName Display Service As Full Service Description Se Default View Booking View Multi Day View Only Working Employees Filter Jobs For Show Resources O Esthetician By O Junior Stylist Column Sizing CO Receptionist Custom O Senior Stylist O AutoFit columns Always display 10 columns Clear Selected Job List Qa D EFAULT Select the view you wish to change or click the Add button to create a new one NOTE There will always be at least one DEFAULT view that cannot be deleted Change the various options that affect which employee columns are visible The most commonly used opti
160. you will need to select the employee to receive credit for this package e Ifthe Empl field is already filled in but you need to change the employee for this package click into the Empl field with your mouse NOTE The employee will be filled in automatically under certain conditions These are if there is only 1 employee that has a charge level above zero entered into Insight if there is at least one item on the invoice already if the client has a default employee selected on the client screen e To find the employee you wish to use for this package click the lookup button to select the employee from a list or enter the employee s code in the Empl field e The selected employee will be assigned to each item that is part of this package so if you need to assign different employees to some of the items individually simply click on the down arrow button for each item in the list and click on the desired employee e Adjust the quantity Qty and package Price if necessary e If you need to adjust whether or not the taxes are charged for this package simply click the Tax GST in Canada and Australia or LTX PST in Canada checkboxes for each service in the grid to toggle the different taxes on or off e If you need to apply a percentage discount to the price of this package perform the following indented steps NOTE If you are just discounting a straight currency amount simply adjust the Price of the package e Click the Discount button
161. ytype to the invoice Visa MC AMEX Discovery with credit card integration processing credit cards Click on the desired credit card paytype button The Credit Card Processing screen will pop up along with the prompt to swipe the client s card or press Esc to manually enter the card number a E MasterCard Card Number CH Amount 237 30 Gel Expiry Dat 3 I 0 00 EE Information ER Security Total Charged 237 30 Please swipe the card now or press ESC for manual entry have an authorization number for a Name On Card nsaction Address Refund Print Cancel Zip Code NUM Swipe the client s card NOTE The percentage the business is charged to perform a credit card transaction is almost always lower when the card is swiped than if the number is manually entered so whenever possible use the card swiping feature Optionally enter the card verification number into the Security field and or the client s address and zip postal code to help get better rates on your credit card transactions Enter the Amount to be paid with this card NOTE Do not use negative numbers in the amount fields when refunding If a tip amount is entered it will be refunded as well Click the Print Slip button or Authorize button if your business does not accept tips and the credit card slip will print from your receipt printer NOTE If your business accepts tips the card has

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