Sentral supports two types of discounts:

- Sibling discounts – allocated to students based on their position in their family.

- Flag based discounts – allocated to a student based on their having a flag allocated to them.

Note: For flag-based discounts, the flag must be created first.

To create a Discount Category for Flag based discounts:

1. Go to Finance Setup.

2. Select Discount Rates.

3. Select Add Discount Category.

4. Give the Discount Category a name e.g. Hardship Discount.

5. Choose the Fee types that should attract the discount. See Fee Types.

6. Choose the Discount type -

    o Flag based discount.

      If Flag based discount is selected the following options become available:

    o Flag(s) that attract the discount

    o If multiple flags have been selected, does the discount require all, or just one of the flags to trigger.

This will create a Discount category. A Discount category requires discount rules

To add a Discount amount to Flag Based Discount Category:

1. Select Add Discount Value.

2. Give the discount a name e.g. Scholarship.

3. Select if the discount is a percentage or fixed dollar amount.

4. Choose the school year the attract the discount (remember that a year level can only be used once per Discount Category, if a year level is not available, it may have been used in a different rule already).

5. Choose the percentage or fixed amount to affect the child that has been allocated with that flag.

Watch our video tutorials to learn about Sentral Finance or view user and admin guides.