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title: Retail | Terminal Overview
description: BLAZE uses terminals to track inventory and cash drawers.
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# Retail | Terminal Overview
## BLAZE uses terminals to track inventory and cash drawers.
### Overview
- [Terminal Types Explained](https://support.blaze.me/hc/en-us/articles/retail-terminal-overview#Terminal)
- [Set the Shop Terminal Type](https://support.blaze.me/hc/en-us/articles/retail-terminal-overview#Set)
- [Create A Terminal](https://support.blaze.me/hc/en-us/articles/retail-terminal-overview#cre)
- [Assign a Terminal](https://support.blaze.me/hc/en-us/articles/retail-terminal-overview#Assign)
- [FAQ](https://support.blaze.me/hc/en-us/articles/retail-terminal-overview#FAQ)
### Terminal Types Explained
- **By Active Device Terminal:** If you have a storefront with a few iPads with Budtenders that float between the different devices with fixed cash drawers, this is the setting for you.
- **To Assigned Employee's Terminal:** If you want your employees to have their own cash drawers that record their specific sales, this is the setting for you. *BLAZE recommends this setting to best keep track of specific employee activity.*
- **To Assigned Terminal of Employee Who Completed the Transaction:** If you want your device's terminal to be assigned to the employee who last completed the transaction, this is the setting for you.
### Set the Shop Terminal Type
1\. Navigate to Global Settings \> Current Shop Settings \> **Shop Information**
- Click the **Edit** button
- Scroll to the bottom and find **Terminal Sales Allocation**
2\. Select 1 of the 3 [terminal types](https://support.blaze.me/hc/en-us/articles/retail-terminal-overview#ter)
- **By Active Device Terminal**
- **To Assigned Employee's Terminal**
- **To Assigned Terminal of Employee Who Completed the Transaction**
3\. Click the **Save** button
Here is a video showing these steps:
### Create a Terminal
1\. Navigate to Global Settings \> Current Shop Settings \> **Terminals**
2\. Click the **Add Terminal** button
- Enter the name of the Terminal
- Select the Inventory assigned to the terminal
- Select the [Check-Out type](https://blaze-6831432.hs-sites.com/hc/en-us/articles/retail-fulfillment-overview?hsLang=en)
- **NOTE:** If unsure of the type, select the option that the other terminals are assigned to
- Set the status to Active
- Click the **Save** button
Here is a video showing these steps:
### Assign a Terminal
1\. Navigate to Global Settings \> Manage Employees \> **All Employees**
2\. Find the employee to assign the terminal to, click the **View** button
3\. Click the **Edit** button and scroll to the bottom of the page to **Assigned Terminal**
- Select the desired terminal
- Click the **Update** button
Here is a video that shows these steps:
### FAQ
**Q: I'm getting an error that says Terminal Reassignment Notice, what does that mean?**
A: This means that another device is assigned to the terminal.
- Please place all orders on hold and stop using all devices
- One by one, with each device, check the BLAZE Retail POS app's settings to [reassign one terminal to each device](https://blaze-6831432.hs-sites.com/hc/en-us/articles/retail-pos-app-creating-and-using-terminals?hsLang=en)
- *Repeat as necessary*
**Q: The terminal assigned to my profile changed! What happened?**
A: There are a few explanations for this that usually have to do with the [shop's terminal type](https://support.blaze.me/hc/en-us/articles/retail-terminal-overview#se)
- If set to **By Active Device Terminal**, this happens often since the terminal is assigned to whoever is using the device
- If set to **To Assigned Employee's Terminal**, it's likely someone reassigned your terminal
- If set to **To Assigned Terminal of Employee Who Completed the Transaction**, this happens often since the terminal is assigned to whoever completes the transaction
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