Hide a Product in the POS Frontend

    Oftentimes, merchants create products that they might need to hide at some point. Add the POS Status Attribute so that you can easily hide specific products from the front end of the POS without having to delete them altogether. 

    Note: This is feature is super useful for merchants who sell specific products at different times of the year. Ex: Valentine's Day boxes that are the same every year or seafood items only available in the summer months.

    Create the POS Status Attribute (Scroll down to the next section if you have already done this)

    1. Log in to the backend of the POS.

    2. Go to Items.

    3. Press Custom Attributes in the upper right corner.

    4. Press + New Attribute in the upper right corner.

    5. Under ATTRIBUTE CODE, enter pos_status.
    6. Under ATTRIBUTE NAME enter POS Status or a name that will be easily recognizable to you.
    7. Under CUSTOM ATTRIBUTE TYPE, select Product attribute / string.
    8. Under FRONTEND INPUT TYPE, choose Select.
    9. Under SELECT VALUES, press + Add new.
    10. Under VALUE, enter active. To the right, under LABEL, enter SHOW.
    11. Press +Add new.
    12. Under VALUE, enter hidden. To the right, under LABEL, enter HIDE.
    13. Under UI COLUMN SIZE IN POS, enter 3.
    14. If you want the POS status attribute to be display on the Quick update form, set SHOW ON QUICK UPDATE FORM as Enabled.
    15. Press Save Changes.

    Hide a Product from the front end of the POS

    1. Log in to the backend of the POS.

    2. Go to Items.

    3. Locate the item you want to hide and press the edit icon to the right of it.

    4. Under the field POS STATUS, select HIDE.

    5. Scroll down and press Save.

    6. To undo this, simply follow steps 1-3, and under POS STATUS, select SHOW.