--- title: "Decimal Quantities on Retail Products" slug: "decimal-quantities-on-retail-products" updated: 2026-04-28T18:18:28Z published: 2026-05-24T14:39:40Z canonical: "help.idibilling.com/decimal-quantities-on-retail-products" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.idibilling.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Decimal Quantities on Retail Products This supports the ability to specify a decimal quantity (e.g. 1.5) for a retail product on web-based transactions. Use this solution to bill for charges or fees that do not always use a whole number value to represent the quantity of the assessed item. For example, you need to bill for the time that your professional-technical services were on-site. The noted agreement between all parties involved states that the end subscriber will be invoiced for each *quarter of an hour* that the technician is on-site. So, the technician can then potentially be on-site for: ¼ (.25), ½ (.5), ¾ (.75), 4/4 (1), 1 ¼ (1.25), etc. hours. Now you can create a retail product that represents one hour or other unit of measure. Then, when added to a transaction, enter the decimal quantity that best equates to the time or effort spent. The ability to enter a decimal quantity for a retail product provides an improved experience for all parties involved while it reduces the risk of data entry errors. > [!NOTE] > **Note:** > > This functionality requires Starting Blocks to be enabled in your system. ## Overview This functionality supports: - The ability to configure retail products in the IDI Desktop Client Product Catalog that support being added to web orders with a decimal amount as its quantity. > [!NOTE] > **Note**: > > This is only applicable for retail products that are not serialized and not inventoried. - Transactions where a decimal value to the hundredths place (e.g., 25 or 1.99) can be entered as the quantity for properly configured retail products. This also supports: - Calculating extended price, cost, and applicable taxes are calculated accordingly. - Applying on-the-fly retail discounts against the retail product’s decimal quantity and calculating the amounts accordingly. - Invoices (pdf documents) for retail transactions that display decimal values for quantities when applicable, and display the correct extended price and tax amounts. - Core web receipt and invoicing templates have been enhanced to display decimal quantities when applicable. The following core reports have been updated to support decimal quantities: - POS Register > Transaction Activity Detail - POS Sales > Management > Sales by SKU - POS Sales > Management > Sales by Inventory Category - POS Sales > Management > Sales by Associate/Sales Channel - POS Sales > Management > Sales Summary By User - POS Sales > Management > Sales Summary by Store - POS Sales > Management > Sales Summary by Store by Day - POS Sales > Operations > Sales Detail - POS Sales > Operations > Sales Detail by Store - POS Sales > Taxes > Sales Detail with Taxes - POS Sales > Taxes > Tax Exempt Sales Detail ## Retail Product Setup in IDI Desktop Client Product Catalog The Add/Edit Retail Product form has a new *Use Decimal Quantity* setting on the *Behavior* tab. *Use Decimal Quantity* cannot be used when the product is set up as: - Serialized - Inventoried - Is returnable If any of these settings are checked *Use Decimal Quantity* is not selectable. Similarly, when *Use Decimal Quantity* is set, these settings are disabled. On the *Main* tab, be sure *Serialized*, *Is Inventoried* and *Is Returnable* are not checked. Also check *Allow Direct Invoicing* if the product is intended for Direct Invoicing. Main Tab Settings: ![Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3f7f8ade-bcb1-4ec8-af25-0c0ad8601afb/Images/Documentation/graphical-user-interface-application-description-62(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-14T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=uzJYJDohTjPNDDWZQTDUDyjcprehj9dtqgyn7Fc52yw%3D) Behavior Tab Setting: ![Graphical user interface, application, Word Description automatically generated](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3f7f8ade-bcb1-4ec8-af25-0c0ad8601afb/Images/Documentation/graphical-user-interface-application-word-descr-14.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-14T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=uzJYJDohTjPNDDWZQTDUDyjcprehj9dtqgyn7Fc52yw%3D) > [!NOTE] > **Note:** > > The associated **Advanced** button is for information only. ## Using Decimal Quantities on Orders When you add a retail product that allows decimal quantities to a transaction, The Details view lets you enter a decimal amount (e.g. 10.75) in the quantity field. ![Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3f7f8ade-bcb1-4ec8-af25-0c0ad8601afb/Images/Documentation/graphical-user-interface-application-description-63.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-14T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=uzJYJDohTjPNDDWZQTDUDyjcprehj9dtqgyn7Fc52yw%3D) You can add retail discounts as required. The extended price will be calculated accordingly. ![Background pattern Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3f7f8ade-bcb1-4ec8-af25-0c0ad8601afb/Images/Documentation/background-pattern-description-automatically-gene.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-14T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=uzJYJDohTjPNDDWZQTDUDyjcprehj9dtqgyn7Fc52yw%3D) Similarly, the correct extended price and tax-related amounts are displayed on the *Tax & Totals* tab and invoice. ![Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3f7f8ade-bcb1-4ec8-af25-0c0ad8601afb/Images/Documentation/graphical-user-interface-text-application-descr-56.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-14T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=uzJYJDohTjPNDDWZQTDUDyjcprehj9dtqgyn7Fc52yw%3D) ![Graphical user interface, text, application, email Description automatically generated](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3f7f8ade-bcb1-4ec8-af25-0c0ad8601afb/Images/Documentation/graphical-user-interface-text-application-email-25.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-14T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=uzJYJDohTjPNDDWZQTDUDyjcprehj9dtqgyn7Fc52yw%3D)