How to search for items in the POS

Modified on Wed, 06 Sep 2023 at 05:20 PM

Basic POS Search

You can search for an item in the POS by typing the item's name, description, or key words into the search field. Press {ENTER} to search, and the results will be listed in most relevant order.

Example: Searching in the POS

Advanced Searching

There are several advanced searching options that use keyboard shortcuts:

Keyboard Shortcut	Result
{Alt + L}	fills the search box with the most recent search
{F2}	Use instead of {ENTER} to search for all items beginning with the search term (e.g. searching PINK with {F2} returns items named PINK, PINKERTON and PINK FLOYD)
{Shift + F2}	Use instead of {ENTER} to search for all items exactly matching the search term (e.g. searching PINK with {Shift + F2} returns items named PINK)
{Ctrl + F2}	Use instead of {ENTER} to search for items whose extended name begins with the search term (e.g. searching MADDEN NFL with {Ctrl + F2} would return X360/MADDEN NFL 10, PS3/MADDEN NFL 09, etc.)

Search Results

After searching, a window will open with the items found. The items are listed in the top part of the window. The details of the currently selected item, like the price and the stock in stores, are in the bottom part of the window.

Items will be highlighted in color if they are unavailable or haven't been released yet. Unavailable / out of print items are highlighted in red, and items that haven't been released yet are highlighted in blue.

Example: POS Search Results

Sorting Search Results

Search results can be sorted by clicking any column header at the top of the item list.

There are checkboxes to hide unavailable / out of print items, out of stock items, or items of a specific category. Select a checkbox or use the keyboard shortcut (listed below) to apply the filters. Note: for category, you must first select an item in the list to filter on its category.

Keyboard Shortcut	Result
{C}	hide / unhide unavailable items (checked by default to hide unavailable items)
{O}	hide / unhide out of stock items
{L}	filter by items with the same category as the currently selected item
{A}	filter by items with the same name as the currently selected item