Matrix templates

Creating product matrix templates is not a must, but a very useful step if you have several machines with similar products and their prices. With the matrix templates, you can easily fill out product matrices for single machines.

How to create a new matrix template:

1. Enter the template name.

2. Choose how many rows and columns you need. The idea is that ideally it should be set up like your actual machine’s display, but may not be applicable in cases when you don't have products displayed. Then it's up to your personal convenience.

1. Select the products you are selling or create new ones if you haven't previously created them in the Products section. Also, if you haven't created products before, you can select SmVend Default Product, but then it will be difficult to distinguish sales results in reports later on.

2. Once you have selected the product, enter the correct price for it.

1. When all the desired fields in the matrix turn blue, it means that it's ready and nothing is missed.

2. Also, below the matrix itself, you can indicate the maximum amount of each resource per machine, so then in the Stocks you can regulate the amount based on how much of that resource is left in the machine.

3. Check out all the entered data once again and click Create.

Then you can use the created template to fill out the product matrixes for the single machines.

If you've filled out the machine product matrix with the template and then made changes to the template, the machine matrix won't be updated automatically. To apply the changes, you need to fill out the machine matrix with the template again.