> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.dripos.com/llms.txt
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# Setup Basics

> Learn how to set up a cash management system with Dripos

## Overview

Press the **tribar** <Icon icon="bars" /> in the upper left screen corner > **Cash** to access your cash drawers

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/frostbytetechnologiesinc/zKgtfjH2kD4W-2Dg/images/orders/cd1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zKgtfjH2kD4W-2Dg&q=85&s=368c3803b62427b7ca15ae8600aa7ca8" width="2018" height="1512" data-path="images/orders/cd1.png" />
</Frame>

<CardGroup cols={1}>
  <Card title="New Drawer">
    Open a new cash drawer at the start of every business day
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tip Bucket Payin">
    Combine your cash and card tips into one tip pool
  </Card>

  <Card title="View Activity">
    View all open and closed cash drawers under **Drawers**

    View all tip bucket payin activity under **Tip Buckets**
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Open a Cash Drawer

Start each day with a new cash drawer to keep track of money movement throughout the day

<Steps>
  <Step title="">
    Tap **New Drawer** and enter the starting amount of cash you are starting with in the drawer > press Submit

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/frostbytetechnologiesinc/zKgtfjH2kD4W-2Dg/images/orders/cd2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zKgtfjH2kD4W-2Dg&q=85&s=2ab4b4bf2cb135adfd13f4d3a454301c" width="1182" height="576" data-path="images/orders/cd2.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="">
    An alternative option is to tap **Till Modal** to enter the starting amount of cash by specific bills

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/frostbytetechnologiesinc/zKgtfjH2kD4W-2Dg/images/orders/cd3.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zKgtfjH2kD4W-2Dg&q=85&s=a08a9f3559e406377aff6f6ab4b0788b" width="1178" height="1054" data-path="images/orders/cd3.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## Understand Cash Drawers

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/frostbytetechnologiesinc/zKgtfjH2kD4W-2Dg/images/orders/cd5.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zKgtfjH2kD4W-2Dg&q=85&s=8d8d442889fd629700dd3d6831144510" width="1320" height="1448" data-path="images/orders/cd5.png" />
</Frame>

<CardGroup>
  <Card title="Pay In" icon="1">
    Document when cash put into the drawer (not a sale), i.e. change from grabbing milk at the grocery store
  </Card>

  <Card title="Payout" icon="2">
    Document when cash is taken out of the drawer for business purposes, i.e. to go to the store to grab a gallon of milk
  </Card>

  <Card title="Close Drawer" icon="3">
    Press to close a drawer at the end of the day
  </Card>

  <Card title="Starting Cash" icon="4">
    Initial amount of cash the drawer had upon opening
  </Card>

  <Card title="Paid In/Out" icon="5">
    Total balance of pay ins and pay outs
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cash Sales" icon="6">
    Total cash sales on the POS since the drawer was opened
  </Card>

  <Card title="Expected in Drawer" icon="7">
    Based on the starting cash, pay ins/out, and cash sales
  </Card>

  <Card title="Expected Deposit Amount" icon="8">
    Based on if the same starting cash amount is to remain in the drawer after closing (Expected In Drawer - Starting Cash)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Events" icon="9">
    All events except sales, including drawer opening and closing, tip bucket pay ins, and other pay ins and pay outs.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

***

## Close a Cash Drawer

Close a cash drawer at the end of every day, or at the start of a shift change - whichever makes the most sense for your business!

<Steps>
  <Step title="">
    Find the open drawer and tap Close Drawer

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/frostbytetechnologiesinc/58CqbDgq14lJFANX/images/finance/cl1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=58CqbDgq14lJFANX&q=85&s=3de266f4802ac4ae01e12790bec321bd" width="1994" height="1502" data-path="images/finance/cl1.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="">
    **Enter Amount in Drawer**: The total amount of cash counted in the drawer at closing

    **Drawer Reset**: Amount of cash to leave in the drawer for the next opener

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/frostbytetechnologiesinc/58CqbDgq14lJFANX/images/finance/cl2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=58CqbDgq14lJFANX&q=85&s=8b1a1fcb6ff26be95ae9d56d2a65296d" width="1174" height="972" data-path="images/finance/cl2.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step>
    **Verify Amount**: Confirm the amount counted in the drawer at closing

    **Print Report**: Print the cash drawer report with each line item listed

    <Tip>
      **Print Report** will only appear on the host device that the printer is connected to.
    </Tip>

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/frostbytetechnologiesinc/58CqbDgq14lJFANX/images/finance/cl3.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=58CqbDgq14lJFANX&q=85&s=c1a23aa5cfe99a38becdef2d6e83638b" width="990" height="744" data-path="images/finance/cl3.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## View & Edit Cash Drawers
