Finance My Drawer

My Drawer

Introduction

The drawer represents a cashier's current in-hand financial position — the running total of all cash and non-cash instruments they hold at any point during their shift. Every payment received, float transfer, deposit, or withdrawal automatically updates the drawer balance.

Navigation

Main Menu → Financial Transaction Manager → Drawer tab → My Drawer

My Drawer Page

The My Drawer page (cashier/my_drawer.xhtml) shows the current balance broken down by payment method.

Section	Description
Cash balance	Physical cash currently in drawer
Card balance	Card payments collected (to be settled with bank)
Cheque/Slip balance	Cheques and bank slips held
Voucher balance	Vouchers collected
Other methods	Any other payment instruments

Balances update in real time as transactions are processed.

My Drawer History

To view a chronological list of all entries that have affected your drawer:

1. In the Drawer tab, click My Drawer History.
2. This opens cashier/my_drawer_entry_history.xhtml.
3. Each entry shows: date/time, transaction type, amount, running balance, and reference bill number.

An administrator can view any cashier's drawer history via cashier/cashier_drawer_entry_history.xhtml.

Drawer Entry Types

Entry Type	Trigger
Payment received	Patient bill payment processed
Float transfer in	Float received from another cashier
Float transfer out	Float issued to another cashier
Deposit	Funds deposited to safe/bank
Withdrawal	Funds withdrawn from safe
Opening float	Shift start initial fund
Shortage recorded	Shift shortage bill created
Excess recorded	Shift excess bill created

Technical Reference

Item	Detail
Controller	DrawerController, DrawerEntryController
My drawer page	cashier/my_drawer.xhtml
My history page	cashier/my_drawer_entry_history.xhtml
Admin history page	cashier/cashier_drawer_entry_history.xhtml
Entities	Drawer, DrawerEntry