Sign Up and Setup for the Visual Deck

Sign Up and Setup for the Visual Deck

AlertThe visual deck is ONLY available to Rental Customers on our Advanced to Ultimate plans. Legacy Support customers will need to Switch to Rental to be able to access the visual deck
WarningYou must have at least version Retailer 3.3.2 to use Visual Deck. See How do I update Retailer?

Visual Deck is our new near real-time sales reporting platform! With Visual Deck, you can monitor your store’s sales data from anywhere, without needing to remote into your store. Customize your dashboard tiles to focus on the key metrics that matter most to your business. Additionally, you can now generate weekly and monthly review reports, ensuring you’re always up-to-date on your business performance.

Signing Up for the Visual Deck

  1. Go to www.towersystems.com.au and login using your Tower Advantage username and password. 
  2. Click on Billing
  3. Click on Subscribe to a Plan
  4. Click on the Visual Deck Tile
  5. Select the Visual Deck Plan and complete the checkout process.

Once this is go back to your Tower Systems Dashboard and you should see the new Visual Deck button.
Visual Deck can also be access directly at client-vd.towersystems.au




Visual Deck Setup

Once you have signed up for the visual deck you do not have to do anything to set it up but, it can take up to 24 hours before your data is ready to be viewed inside the visual deck.  

If you can't wait there are steps you can take to make this process a little faster.  Ten minutes after you have completed the signup, on your Main Computer exit and re-enter Retailer.  Then click on Tasks -> Weblink Full Sync.  This will initiate your first sync of your sales history and stock data.  This could take up to 3 to 4 hours to complete and process before it is completely visible inside Visual Deck.

Resend Sales to Visual Deck

Retailer uploads sales information to Visual Deck every 30 minutes. There is also an option to re-sync the last 2 years worth of sales to Visual Deck.
From the Main Screen of Retailer, click Tasks -> Visual Deck Resend Sales.
This is not required in normal circumstances and should only be used under advice of Tower Support

Guide to Visual Deck

Across the top of Visual Deck, you can create multiple pages (called a Deck) using the 'New Deck' button
To add a new data point to the current page, click 'Add View'
To customise the current Deck, click Actions -> Edit Deck


Account Settings

In the top right corner, click your Username then click 'Account Settings'
Click the Preferences tab
Layout Editable: Toggle this off to prevent changes to your Visual Deck layout
Show Grid: Toggle this to Show or Hide a Grid in the background of your Visual Deck views
Default Date Range: Set the initial date range option to use when loading Visual Deck. We recommend one for the 'Last X days' options

Automatic Emails

In the top right corner, click your Username then click 'Account Settings'
Click the Preferences tab
Click the toggle next to 'Receive Marketing' to enable emails.
Next to 'Receive Marketing Variants', select the frequency of emails

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