Notifications and the App Menu

Four tabs cover what you do all day. The Profile tab covers everything else — it is the app's index of every page the business has, plus the handful of things that belong to you and to this device.

The page indexCopy a link to this section

Under your name and the business switcher sit grouped panels — Account, Business, Payment Management, Monitoring, Business Settings — and they open expanded, so you can see what is in them rather than guessing at five headings.

They mirror the web dashboard's left navigation: the same rows, in the same groups, behind the same permissions. Rows that the app implements natively push a native screen; the rest open the dashboard inside the More tab, already signed in. A group whose every row is closed to you does not appear at all — so a stylist sees a short menu, not a long list of locked doors.

Tap a group's header to collapse it if you prefer the short list.

NotificationsCopy a link to this section

The Notifications row carries the unread count, and the count also shows on the group header, so a collapsed menu still tells you there is something waiting.

The screen itself:

• Unread filters to what you have not read.
• Entries are grouped Yesterday / Earlier so today's are on top.
• Tapping one takes you to the thing it is about — the appointment, the ticket, the request.
• Delete one ("Delete this notification? This cannot be undone.") or all of them ("Delete every notification?").

What generates a notification is decided by your notification settings, and by which permissions you hold — you are not notified about approvals you cannot approve. See What your clients actually receive for the client side of the same system.

Contact SupportCopy a link to this section

Top of the Account group, and ungated on purpose: whatever your role, you can reach us. It opens a message box plus our phone number and address for when a message is too slow.

Perceny AcademyCopy a link to this section

Right below support, because most "how do I…" questions have a tutorial. It opens this library in your device browser — every page you are reading now, on your phone.

Work Settings and today's shiftCopy a link to this section

Two rows the web dashboard keeps in its avatar dropdown:

• Work Settings — your own preferences: notifications, hours, business rules, Google Calendar. Native, searchable, and the same fields the dashboard shows. See Edit a stylist and their preferences.
• Shift List — today's punch line, for shops on a plan with multiple members.

Switching businessCopy a link to this section

Switch Business in the lower menu clears your selection and reopens the picker — for anyone who works at two shops. The switcher above the screen title does the same thing in one tap.

Signing out clears the selection too, which matters on a shared iPad: the next person gets the picker rather than landing inside the previous user's business.

LanguageCopy a link to this section

Language shows the language the app is in right now, and the sheet changes it. Your clients' messages are translated separately and automatically — this setting is about the app in your hands.

The device menuCopy a link to this section

Perceny Menu — the same menu you get by shaking the phone, which is here for anyone who does not know the gesture or whose device is bolted into a stand. It holds shortcuts for this device, not for your business:

• Go to Perceny Home — reload the app on the home page.
• Reader Settings — the card reader's own Stripe settings: network, Wi-Fi, appearance, registration code, bug report. Asks for the reader's admin PIN.
• App Settings — this device's Perceny settings page.
• Environment — points the app at another environment. Passcode-protected; you will not need it.

Reader network problems get solved from here. See Card reader will not connect.

VersionCopy a link to this section

Version shows the app build, the over-the-air update, the API version, whether the window is in phone or tablet layout, whether this is a smart-reader build, and whether Tap to Pay is available on this hardware.

Screenshot it when you report a problem. It answers the first four questions support would otherwise ask.

Signing outCopy a link to this section

Bottom of the menu, in red, with a confirmation: "Sign out of Perceny on this device?" It clears your tokens and the remembered business.