Glossary

Quick definitions of the terms used across the Solya POS Centrale, Caisse and API.

A quick lookup for the terms used throughout these guides. See Core concepts for how they fit together.

Term	Meaning
Banner (enseigne)	The commercial brand grouping your stores; single-banner in the pilot.
Region	An organisational grouping of stores, used for roll-ups and reporting.
Store	A physical point of sale that holds stock and runs cash sessions.
Fleet / device	The registers and peripherals belonging to a store.
Register / till	A point-of-sale device running the Caisse app.
Product	A sellable item defined in the catalogue, priced HT (excluding tax).
Unit / SKU	The concrete variant of a product that is counted and sold.
Brand	Catalogue master data attached to products.
Taxonomy	The category and attribute axes that classify products.
Kit	A bundle product that resolves to component units.
Reference price	A product’s master price, before any store override.
Store price	A per-store override of the reference price.
Markdown	A temporary price reduction on a product.
Promotion	An automatic price rule (e.g. buy-X-get-Y, percentage off).
Coupon	A single or batch-issued code a customer redeems.
Inventory / stock	On-hand quantity per unit per store.
Cycle count	A physical count that reconciles system stock with reality.
Write-off	Stock removed for loss, damage or shrinkage.
ATP	Available-to-promise: stock available to sell across the network.
Transfer	Stock moving between two stores.
Purchase order (PO)	Stock ordered from a supplier.
Return-to-vendor (RTV)	Stock sent back to a supplier.
Order (OMS)	A customer order captured centrally and routed to a store.
Sale / transaction	A completed checkout.
Cash session	A till’s day, from opening float to close.
Network finance	The consolidated cash ledger across all stores.
Deposit (bank)	A batch of cash reconciled and sent to the bank.
FEC	The French fiscal accounting export (Fichier des Écritures Comptables).
NF525	The French fiscal compliance standard for cash-register software.
Customer	A person in the directory with purchase history and consent.
Segment	A filter-defined group of customers.
Loyalty account	A customer’s points balance and ledger.
Gift card	A stored-value payment instrument.
Store credit / avoir	Value owed back to a customer, usable on a future purchase.
Quote (devis)	A priced proposal that can be sent, accepted and converted to a sale.
Campaign	An outbound marketing send to a customer segment.
Scope	A pos.<domain>.<action> permission string that gates an action.
Elevation	A PIN-confirmed manager override for a sensitive till action.
HT / TTC	Excluding tax / including tax (French: hors taxes / toutes taxes comprises).