Set up visual profiles

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack

A visual profile contains basic information that determines the appearance of Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail POS registers. This topic explains how to use the POS visual profiles form to select the POS application and the colors or pictures that are visible on the register.

You can create several visual profiles and assign specific profiles to run on specific registers.

Note

This topic has been updated to include information about features that were added or changed for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3. For more information, see the section later in this topic.

Set up visual profiles

  1. Click Retail > Setup > POS > Profiles > Visual profiles.

  2. In the POS visual profiles form, click New to create a new visual profile.

  3. In the Profile number field, enter a unique identifier for the profile.

  4. In the Description field, enter a brief description for the profile.

  5. On the General FastTab, select the settings for the POS registers that use the selected profile.

    • Select the Full screen mode check box to display Retail POS in full screen mode rather than in a window.

    • The Screen width must be at least 1024 pixels. The Screen height must be at least 768 pixels.

    • Select the Design allowed on POS check box to allow a store to modify the profile design on a register.

    • Select the Hide cursor check box to hide the mouse cursor in Retail POS.

    • In the Theme field, select a visual theme for Retail POS. Each theme is a set of coordinated colors for the point-of-sale screen.

  6. On the Login background FastTab, in the Image ID field, select a picture to be displayed as the background on the logon screen of Retail POS. If you select 0, no image is displayed.

Set up visual profiles in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3

  1. Click Retail > Setup > POS > Profiles > Visual profiles.

  2. In the POS visual profiles form, click New to create a new visual profile.

  3. In the Profile number field, enter a unique identifier for the profile.

  4. In the Description field, enter a brief description for the profile.

  5. On the General FastTab, in the Application type field, do one of the following:

    • Select a Retail POS application type, and then enter the following information:

      1. On the General FastTab, select the Full screen mode check box to display Retail POS in full screen mode rather than in a window.

      2. The Screen width must be at least 1024 pixels. The Screen height must be at least 768 pixels.

      3. Select the Design allowed on POS check box to allow a store to modify the profile design on a register.

      4. Select the Hide cursor check box to hide the mouse cursor in Retail POS.

      5. In the Theme field, select a visual theme for Retail POS. Each theme is a set of coordinated colors for the point-of-sale screen.

      6. In the Font scheme field, select a font scheme, either Standard or Large. This affects the size of the text on the Retail POS screen.

      7. On the Login background FastTab, in the Image ID field, select a picture to be displayed as the background on the logon screen of Retail POS. If you select 0, no image is displayed.

    • Select a Retail Modern POS application type, and then enter the following information:

      1. On the General FastTab, in the Theme field, select a visual theme for Retail POS. Each theme is a set of coordinated colors for the point-of-sale screen.

      2. In the Accent color field, select an accent color to use with the selected theme.

      3. In the Font scheme field, select a font scheme, either Standard or Large. This affects the size of the text on the Retail POS screen.

      4. On the Login background FastTab, in the Image ID field, select a picture to be displayed as the background on the logon screen of Retail POS. If you select 0, no image is displayed.

      5. On the Background FastTab, in the Image ID field, select a picture to be displayed as the background of Retail POS. If you select 0, no image is displayed.

Assign a visual profile to a POS register

  1. Click Retail > Setup > POS > POS registers.

  2. In the POS registers list, select the register that you want to assign a profile to.

  3. On the General FastTab, in the Visual profile field, select the appropriate visual profile.

See also

About setting up Retail POS

POS visual profiles (form)