What's New on Release 21.1 - Epicor

• The discount is always given as a gift card. The gift card SKU must be set up inoption 9079 (including the “sells with” credit SKU that offsets the selling of thegift card).• The gift card is always a fixed amount entered in the “Gift Card Amount” field.• An item list is required – even if the rebate only applies to one item.• Requiring a coupon is optional.• No discount restrictions – this DP applies to all purchases of the item, regardlessof the posted price (even if it is already discounted).<strong>New</strong> Options 9078 and 9079 for Issuing Gift Cards with Dynamic Promotions• <strong>New</strong> option 9078 "POS Allow use of Gift Card on Dynamic Promotion types 8 and 10."When adding a type 8 promotion, you can define a minimum purchase amount and upto six ranges for the system to use in determining the amount of the gift card thecustomer receives. For example, if you want to give a gift card that is 25% of thetransaction's total, but require a minimum gift card of $5 and a maximum gift card of$200, you would set Minimum Purchase amount to $20, Tier 1 Up To amount to $800with Gift Card Percent for 25%, and Tier 2 Up To amount to blank for unlimited with GiftCard Amount of $200. A gift card SKU for the amount of this discount is posted to thecustomer's transaction and activated once the transaction is totaled; therefore, set thisoption to S if you want to allow the use of a gift card on DP Type 8. You can also usetype 10 “Instant Gift Card Reward” if you set this option to S. This type of DP gives theconsumer a gift card for a fixed amount if they purchase a specific item. To set this up,enter the gift card SKU to use in Option 9079 "SKU to use for Dynamic Promotion giftcard.” To offset the amount of the free gift card, the system posts a Credit SKU, whichyou must set up first (see below)• <strong>New</strong> option 9079 "SKU to use for Dynamic Promotion gift card." In this option, enter thegift card SKU to post for Dynamic Promotion Type 8 - Discount off ‘all item’ total’(tiered) or Type 10 – Instant Gift Card RewardSet up a credit SKU to work with options 9078 and 9079, as follows:• Add an SKU to Inventory Maintenance that automatically posts as a credit bysetting its Location to CRED and its Promo Sales Code to C. Also, this creditsku should have Discountable=N, Tax Status=N, Keep Price=Y, Keep Stock=N,Price Rounding=2, Replacement Cost = .001, and Desired GP% = .01%• In Inventory Maintenance, use Misc Menu option W to add this CRED SKU as a"Sells With" (type 4) to the gift card giveaway SKU you entered in option 9079.Set the % of Parent Sku's Price to 100%.• When the system posts the gift card giveaway SKU for the amount of the reward,it also automatically posts the "sells with" SKU as a credit for the same amount.What’s <strong>New</strong> on Release 21.1--Eagle for the Aftermarket Page 7