{"title":"POS setup scenarios and variations","slug":"pos-setup-variations","url":"https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/pos-setup-variations","url_markdown":"https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/pos-setup-variations.md","subtitle":null,"summary":"Set up POS for a way of selling that needs several features together, such as taking orders on a roaming tablet or running a guided sequence with the customer. Each scenario names the registers, layouts, views, and actions it needs.","type":"Help_Documentation","video_url":"","keywords":"POS setup, ways to sell, roaming tablet, mobile POS, tablet selling, table service, clienteling, guided selling, product demonstration, configurator, assisted selling at POS, selling motion, register experience","last_modified":"2026-09-17T05:42:27+0000","body_markdown":"A register does not have to be a fixed counter that customers queue at. You can run POS on a tablet carried down an aisle, on a screen a salesperson turns around, or at a check-in desk, and give each one only the screens that job needs.\n\nThe articles here are like recipes for how to use a combo of StoreConnect features to set up POS to meet your business and staff needs.\n\n-   **Registers and outlets** are the physical locations, tablets, tills, stations, etc. that a business location has.\n-   **POS Layouts** and **POS Layout Fields** decide what a screen shows and in what form, as a list, record, form, or grid.\n-   **POS Views** are Liquid templates, so a screen can show anything a browser can render and anything Salesforce holds.\n-   **POS Action Groups** and **POS Action Items** decide what the buttons do, including opening a custom view or calling another system.\n\nFor general setup and design info, see [Set up POS](admin-set-up-pos) and [POS customization and design](pos-customization-and-design).\n\n## In this section\n\n- [Enter orders on a roaming tablet](enter-orders-on-a-roaming-tablet)\n- [Guided selling and product demonstration](guided-selling-and-product-demonstration)"}