Transaction definitions (explained)

A transaction definition is a group of settings that help you control how raw data from the transaction sources are displayed in XProtect Smart Client together with the video recordings. The output is a reader-friendly format that resembles real-life receipts, for example till receipts and receipts from automated teller machines.

More specifically, transaction definitions let you:

define when the individual transactions begin and end.
insert line breaks as required.
filter out unwanted characters or text strings, for example if the data comes from a printer connection and contains unprintable characters for indicating line breaks, when to cut off a till receipt.
substitute characters with other characters.

You can use the same transaction definition on multiple transaction sources.