Dynamics 365/AX 2012 Modern/Enterprise POS 'Speed Scanning' feature

I didn't realize that its somewhat unknown that there is a speed scanning feature in the POS for rapid item entry. I was answering some questions at AXUG for some end users and this was brought up. Then again as a use case for a customer. That prompted a post. 

If you are selling multiple units of something in a store (e.g. 4 bottles of wine) and don't want to scan the product, click change qty, and enter qty, you can instead do this handy little trick. 

USE CASE: We need to scan 4 of the same bottle as fast as possible.

SOLUTION: In the number pad, enter 4 and hit the '*' asterisk button. Then scan the barcode or enter the item. BLAM! That item with a qty of 4. 

Some notes to this: 

• You need to use the number pad control
• You can use the keyboard or the onscreen numpad. 
• You must enter a barcode or the item id either with a scanner or through the number pad
• Searching for an item will not allow this to work.
• When you enter the quantity and hit asterisk, the entry field clears out all of the fields. Its still there in the background so enter the item
• This works for all versions from AX 2012 FTP to D365 F&O 8.1
• Enterprise POS (EPOS) and Modern POS (MPOS) are supported for this

Rock on!