Offline billing
Whether the internet is working decides when your bills are sent, not whether you can make them.
Bills
Saved on the phone first
Printing
Works with no signal
Sending
By itself, when the signal returns
Sent twice
Still one bill
What you need to know
6 topics
01 · On the phone
Every bill is written to the phone the moment you save it, and printed or shared from there. Nothing at the counter waits for a signal: the customer in front of you gets a bill whether the network is fast, slow or gone. The same goes for looking up stock, recording udhaar and payments, and the day's figures on the phone.
02 · Bill numbers
Each person billing has their own series, like A-1, A-2, A-3, and the phone gives out the next number as you save. A day with no internet still ends with every number in order, and the server keeps the numbers the phone gave.
03 · Sending
Bills made offline wait on the phone and go up on their own once there is a connection. There is nothing to press and nothing to enter again. If the same bill is sent twice, say because the signal dropped halfway, it is still counted once: never two bills, two stock deductions or two payments.
04 · Status
On the phone, the sync status shows one of five words, so you can tell at a glance whether your work has reached the server.
05 · Conflict
Sometimes a bill made offline cannot go through exactly as it was: stock changed on another phone in the meantime, or two phones used the same bill number. BillCountr does not quietly overwrite anything or throw work away. It marks the bill as a conflict and shows why, and a clash of bill numbers is set aside for the owner to review.
06 · Needs internet
Signing in on a new phone, resetting a password (the code comes on WhatsApp), issuing a credit note for a return and changing your plan all need the internet. So does seeing a bill made on another phone: it arrives once both phones have synced.
Common questions
Keep working. Make and print bills, look up stock, record udhaar and payments, and see the day's figures. Everything waits on the phone and sends when the internet comes back.
No. It sends by itself when there is a connection.
It can be sent twice, but it cannot be counted twice. Each bill carries its own identity, so a repeat is recognised and the first result is kept.
Your bill is still saved and printed. If the stock it expected has changed in the meantime, it is marked as a conflict to look at, rather than overwriting the newer figure.
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