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Why is it necessary to close all Point-Of-Sale programs at the end of each day?

April 26, 2017necessary point-of-sale Programs

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Why is it necessary to close all Point-Of-Sale programs at the end of each day?

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All programs running on the network should be closed to insure that the database has been updated. The last program to be closed must be the Point-Of-Sale program running on the computer containing the main database. This insures that the backup occurs correctly. If any other programs are running when the main POS program is shut down a error message will be displayed and the backup program will wait until other program modules are shut down. It is also important to close all programs at the end of the day to insure proper saving of daily, monthly, and yearly historical data correctly.