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Self-Checkout Layout

You can create and modify custom Self-Checkout layout views in the Self-Checkout tab of the Designer view in the Back Office.

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Self-Checkout tab in the Designer view

The view contains the following details of Self-Checkout layouts:

  • Name: Name of the layout generated by the system.

  • Description: Name of the layout, defined in its details.

  • Theme name: Name of the theme used with this layout.

  • Actions: Click the Clone tool in this column to create a copy of an existing layout.

To create a new Self-Checkout layout, click Create New (or use to Clone tool); to modify an existing one, click the row of the layout.

The following layout details are displayed.

Basic Data

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Self-checkout layout basic data fields

Field/setting

Description

Layout Name

Enter a name for the layout.

Layout Theme

Select a colour theme for the layout.

Custom Text

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Self-checkout layout custom text fields

Field/setting

Description

Header text

Enter a header text visible on the self-checkout screen. Maximum length is 24 characters.

Header text color

Select Light or Dark.

Free text

Enter a free text visible on the self-checkout screen.

Maximum length is 30 characters/line. You can add up to five lines.

Free text color

Select Light or Dark.

You can add translations to the texts by clicking on the Translations icon.

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Translations icon

English, Finnish, Swedish and Danish language translations are supported.

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Header text translations (example)

Theme Options

Use these settings to define the colour scheme used in the Self-Checkout screen.

A draft preview of the checkout screen (including any Custom Texts you have defined) is displayed below the settings.

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Self-checkout theme options and preview

You can enter the colours in hex code, or use the colour picker to select the color or enter them in RGB code.

Field/setting

Description

Primary color

Primary color used in the theme.

Text color on primary

Text color used with the primary color: Light or Dark

Background color top

Background color used in the top of the self-checkout screen.

Background color bottom

Background color used in the bottom of the self-checkout screen.

Secondary color (opacity)

The opacity of the secondary color (decimal number between 0.01 and 0.5).

Text color on secondary

Text color used with the secondary color.

Basket background color top

Background color used in the top of the Basket.

Basket background color bottom

Background color used in the bottom of the Basket.

Basket header background color

Background color used in the Basket header.

Text color on basket header

Text color used in the Basket header: Light or Dark

Basket checkout button color

Color of the checkout button in the Basket.

Text color on checkout button

Text color used in the checkout button: Light or Dark

Visual Assets

You can add image/video files to be used in the self-checkout screens by dragging-and-dropping them directly to the Welcome screen, Closed Screen, Logo and/or Background fields.

Supported file formats:

  • Welcome/Closed:

    • Images files: PNG/JPG/WebP

    • Video files: MP4 (H.264)/WebM.

  • Logo:

    • Image files: PNG/JPG/WebP only.

The maximum size for the files is 2 MB.

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Self-checkout layout Visual Assets

You can also click one of the fields and then either browse and select the image, or enter the web address of the image.

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Enter media path or browse for the image to add it to the screen


Taking a Custom Self-Checkout Layout into Use

To take a custom Self-Checkout layout to use in a workstation, you need to select the layout in Self-checkout layout menu in Kiosk Service settings of the workstation.

If you have not defined any Visual Assets in the Self-Checkout Layout settings, the Closed screen media and Welcome screen media defined in the Kiosk service settings will be used in the screens.

Save your changes and Refresh the settings in the POS after you have made changes to the Self-checkout layout settings.

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Selecting the Self-checkout layout in Kiosk Service settings