This article reviews the Tip Distribution Details page within Tip Automation. Here, users can view tip distribution totals by employee, and approve or unapprove the displayed tip distribution.
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 | The Tip Distributions Details page for an associated tip distribution is opened by clicking 'View' in the 'Pending' or 'Approved' Tip Distribution tabs on the 'Tip Automation' page. |
Tip Distribution Details Page
For documentation purposes, the Tip Distribution Details page has been broken into the following sections:
A) Header - Page information and action buttons
B) Contributors Table - List of employees who have contributed to the tip distribution
C) Receivers Table - List of employees who will receive distributed tips
Header
| Field | Description | |
| 1 | Back Button | Click to return to the Tip Automation page. |
| 2 | Tip Automation Rule | Tip automation rule used to calculate the tip distribution. |
| 3 | Rule Description | The user-entered description for the tip automation rule. |
| 4 | Location | Location associated with the tip distribution. Only employees with worked hours at the displayed location will be included in the tip distribution. |
| 5 | Date | Date range of the associated DSS that includes the tip distribution. |
| 6 | Time Range | Time range of the tip automation rule. Only sales and tips from these hours are included in the distribution. |
| 7 | Last Calculated Timestamp | Date and time the tip distribution was calculated. |
| 8 | Export to Excel Button | Click to download the associated Tip Distribution Export. |
| 9 | Approve/Unapprove Button | Approve - Shown for unapproved tip distributions. Click to approve the tip distribution. Unapprove - Shown for approved tip distributions. Click to unapprove the tip distribution. Learn more about approving and unapproving tip distributions here. |
| 10 | Action Menu | Contains the following actions: Refresh Data - Recalculates the tip distribution with current rule configuration and DSS data. Rule Configuration - Opens the Tip Automation Rules sidesheet with the rule used to calculated the distribution selected. |
Contributors Table
| Field | Description | |
| 1 | Search | Search for the entered text |
| 2 | Contributing Employee | Employee who worked a contributing job |
| 3 | Contribution Totals | Totals for all contributing employees |
Contributors Columns
| Column Title | Description |
| Name | Contributing employee's name. |
| Job | Contributing employee's job associated with the contributed tips. |
| Net Sales | Net sales associated with the employee during the hours associated with the tip automation rule. |
| Declared Tips | Cash tips not associated with a sales ticket and declared by the employee during the hours associated with the tip automation rule. |
| POS Cash Tips | Tips received by the employee on sales tickets tendered to cash during the hours associated with the tip automation rule. |
| POS Card Tips | Tips received by the employee on sales tickets tendered to credit or debit card during the hours associated with the tip automation rule. |
| Total Tips | Total tips used for the distribution. The tip automation rule 'Declared tips paid with payroll' setting has the following impacts on Total Tips: If the 'Declared tips paid with payroll' setting is enabled, this amount will be: POS Cash Tips + POS Card Tips+ Declared Tips If the 'Declared tips paid with payroll' setting is not enabled, this amount will be: POS Cash Tips + POS Card Tips |
| Tip Out | Tip contribution amount of 'Total Tips' or 'Net Sales', as calculated by the tip automation rule. |
| Balance Applied | Tips Out shortfall from previous days. |
| Tips Owed | Amount of tips still owed to the employee after the 'Tips Out' and 'Balance Applied' amounts have been contributed. Total Tips - Tips Out - Balance Applied Note: The minimum amount for tips owed is $0.00. A negative tips owed amount will result in a contribution shortfall that will be carried over to future distributions in the 'Balance Applied' column. This does not impact the total amount distributed to receiving employees. |
Receivers Table
| Field | Description | |
| 1 | Search | Search for entered text |
| 2 | Receiving Employee | Employee who worked a receiving job |
| 3 | Receiving Totals | Totals for all receiving employees |
Receivers Columns
| Column Title | Description |
| Name | Receiving employee's name |
| Job | Receiving employee's job associated with the received tips |
| Worked Hours | Number of hours worked in the receiving job during the hours associated with the tip automation rule |
| Tips Owed | Additional amount of tips owed to the employee from the tip distribution |