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title: "Creating an On the Fly Discount"
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# Creating an On the Fly Discount

Discounts can be applied to any number of items on the make sale form.

To apply a discount:

- right click on the desired item or items that you want discounted and select the discount option
- once the discount screen appears the user may enter the following information:

**Type**

The type of discount to apply to the item(s).

**Amount**

The item(s) selected will be discounted by the amount entered. If there are multiple items selected then the amount of the discount will spread across all the items. Each selected item will receive a percentage of the overall amount related to the price of that item in ratio to the sum of the price of all the items.

**Percentage**

The item(s) selected will be discount by the percentage entered.

**Discount**

If the type is percentage then the value entered here will be the percentage to discount the items. If the type is amount then the value entered here will be the dollar amount to discount the item(s).

**Reason**

The selectable reasons here are user defined.