Fusion Desktop
Fusion User Guide
This guide walks you through Fusion screen by screen, for distributors and small manufacturers.
Each part covers one menu. It starts with what the menu is for, then gives steps for common tasks. Every step has a screenshot of the screen you will see. Click a screenshot to see it full size, and press Esc or click again to close it.
Words in bold are the exact button, tab or field names on screen. A path such as Items > Product means: open the Items menu, then click Product.
Getting started
Fusion Desktop runs on your computer. Each business signs in with its own licence key.
Sign in
Open Fusion Desktop and enter your licence key on the sign-in page.
The sign-in page asks for your licence key. After you sign in, Fusion opens on the Dashboard overview for your business.
The first screen after sign-in: Dashboard > Overview.
Find your way around
The main menu is on the left: Dashboard, Party, Supplier, Sales, Despatch, Purchase, Production, Accounting, Items, Store, Godown, Connect, Profile, Add Features, Merge Tally and Settings. Click a menu to open its pages. The top bar holds the currency, language, credits, support, chats and notifications buttons. See Common controls.
Dashboard
The Dashboard shows how your business is doing, built from your own books. Use the date button at the top right to choose the period.
Overview tabs
Dashboard > Overview opens on Today: last sync, today's transactions and today's sales.
Dashboard > Overview > Today. Click Sales to see sales for the selected date range.
Overview > Sales. Click Customers to see top customers and what they buy.
Overview > Customers. Click Suppliers to see purchases by supplier.
Overview > Suppliers. Click Stock to see stock position and movement.
Overview > Stock. Click Cash to see cash and bank movement.
Overview > Cash. Click Tax to see tax collected and paid.
Overview > Tax. Click Finance to see the finance summary.
Overview > Finance.
Finance report
Dashboard > Finance shows the finance report for the selected date range.
Dashboard > Finance.
Check your credit readiness
Open Dashboard > Credit Readiness to see how ready the business is for credit. The executive summary shows eligibility estimates and key figures.
Credit Readiness: executive summary. Open the Revenue section to see how it is rated.
Credit Readiness: Revenue. Open the Profitability section to see how it is rated.
Credit Readiness: Profitability. Open the Cash section to see how it is rated.
Credit Readiness: Cash. Open the Debt section to see how it is rated.
Credit Readiness: Debt. Open the Outlook section to see how it is rated.
Credit Readiness: Outlook. Open Filters to choose what the report covers.
Credit Readiness: Filters open.
Items
Items holds everything you sell: products, services, bills of materials, groups, categories and menus.
Browse your products
Items > Product lists your products, with search, filters, paging and New.
Items > Product: the product list. Open Filter items to narrow the list by group, category, brand or missing details.
Items > Product: Filter items open. Click Show variants to see the sizes and colours of a product.
Items > Product: variants shown.
Create a product
In Items > Product, click New to open a blank product form.
Items > Product: a blank new product form. Fill in the name, description and other details.
Items > Product: the new product form filled in. In Pricing and Tax, set the unit, purchase price, MRP, sale price, HSN code and GST percent, then click Save.
Items > Product: Pricing and Tax.
Edit a product
In Items > Product, click a product name to open it. You can change the name, descriptions, pricing and tax, media, group, SKU and variants.
Items > Product: a product open for editing. Scroll to Variants to see each size or colour with its own SKU, MRP and sale price.
Items > Product: Variants.
View a bill of materials
Go to Items > Bills of materials. Choose Product or Service, With BOM or All, then pick the item from the searchable list.
Items > Bills of materials: pick the item. The Visual view draws the product and its components with quantities and costs.
Bills of materials: Visual view. Switch to Tabular to see and edit components as rows with quantity, rate and cost.
Bills of materials: Tabular view.
Other item pages
Items > Service lists the services you sell, with the same search, filter and New controls as products.
Items > Service. Items > Group holds item groups that organise products and services.
Items > Group. Items > Category holds categories used on stores and in filters.
Items > Category. Items > Menu holds menus: the item lists you share on stores and channels.
Items > Menu. Items > Import brings in many items at once from a spreadsheet.
Items > Import. Items > Brahma Enrich: pick items that lack descriptions or pictures so Brahma can fill them in. This uses credits. Turn on Brahma in Add Features to use it.
Items > Brahma Enrich. Items > Uncategorized lists lines from channels that are not yet matched to an item, waiting for your review.
Items > Uncategorized.
Party and Supplier
Party is for your customers: the businesses you sell to. Supplier is for the businesses you buy from.
Party Dashboard
Party > Dashboard > Live shows today's units and sales value against yesterday, sales by hour, parties online now and a live feed of what they sell.
Party > Dashboard: Live. Report lists items selling at your parties, with units sold, cover and how much to buy for the next 7, 15 or 30 days.
Party > Dashboard: Report. Depletion shows units each party has sold through, by day and by party, against what you invoiced them.
Party > Dashboard: Depletion.
Linked parties
Party > Linked lists parties linked to your business, with tabs for Online, Connected, Pending Approval and Rejected, and filters by place, app and kind.
Party > Linked. Click Details on a party to see its business, menu, ledger and connection.
Party > Linked: party details. Party > Provision sets up party businesses or your own company units, each with its own licence key, by spreadsheet or one at a time.
Party > Provision.
Add a party
Go to Party > Add party. The party is saved as a customer ledger under Sundry Debtors.
Party > Add party: the empty form. Enter the party name, mobile, GSTIN, billing address, state and pincode, then click Save.
Party > Add party: the form filled in.
Party groups
Party > Groups lets you group parties to filter them and share menus with them together. Click New to create a group.
Party > Groups.
Find buyers
Party > Find buyers: Brahma uses what you sell, the place and the buyer type to find likely buyers on the web. Each search uses credits. Turn on Brahma in Add Features to use it.
Party > Find buyers. The Saved tab keeps buyers you saved from earlier searches.
Party > Find buyers: Saved.
Suppliers
Supplier > Suppliers lists your suppliers with their closing balance, address and GSTIN, plus Connect and Edit.
Supplier > Suppliers. Click Edit to see or change a supplier's ledger, mobile, address and GSTIN.
Supplier > Suppliers: Edit.
Add a supplier
Go to Supplier > Add supplier. The same form adds or updates a supplier.
Supplier > Add supplier: the empty form. Choose the business (optional) and the supplier ledger, enter mobile, address and GSTIN, then click Process.
Supplier > Add supplier: the form filled in.
Find suppliers
Supplier > Find suppliers: Brahma finds likely suppliers for what you need. Each search uses credits. Turn on Brahma in Add Features to use it.
Supplier > Find suppliers.
Sales and orders
Sales holds your orders, from the first enquiry to the invoice. Use the date button to choose which day or period you see.
See your orders
Sales > Order shows orders for the working date, grouped by party. Search by order, item, number or customer, or filter by status.
Sales > Order: the order list. Choose a status such as Invoiced to see only those orders.
Sales > Order: status filter set to Invoiced. Click a party row to show or hide its orders.
Sales > Order: a party row expanded. With the date set to Today, you see the new open orders for each party, with order number, quantity, date, amount and status.
Sales > Order: today's open orders. Click an order number to open it in its own window: seller, buyer, billing and shipping, items, tax and totals, with Print / Save PDF.
Sales > Order: an order in its own window. An accepted order opens the same way.
Sales > Order: an accepted order.
Create a sales order
Go to Sales > Order and click New. Start by choosing the party.
Sales > Order > New: an empty order. Click the party box to open the searchable list of customers, then type to find one.
Sales > Order > New: the customer list open. Type in Search products and pick the item from the list.
Sales > Order > New: picking an item. Set the quantity and rate, the shipping method and freight, then click Create Order.
Sales > Order > New: the order filled in.
Track orders in OMS
Sales > OMS is the order management board, with status tabs (Submitted, Paid, Violated, Accepted, Production, Rejected, Cancelled, Completed, Invoiced, Despatched) and a buyer filter.
Sales > OMS. The Submitted tab holds new orders waiting to be accepted.
Sales > OMS: Submitted. Open any status tab, for example Invoiced, to see the orders in that stage.
Sales > OMS: Invoiced.
Other sales pages
Sales > Enquiry holds enquiries from buyers, before they become orders.
Sales > Enquiry. Sales > Draft holds draft orders saved for later.
Sales > Draft. Sales > Sample holds sample orders sent to buyers.
Sales > Sample. Sales > Proforma holds proforma invoices issued before the sale.
Sales > Proforma. Sales > Invoice shows sales invoices by party, with unpaid counts and totals.
Sales > Invoice. Sales > Channels is the Raavan channel home, with connected stores, orders received and reconciliation. Turn on Raavan in Add Features to use Channels.
Sales > Channels.
Production
Production plans and records what you make, from customer orders to finished goods, with the raw materials it uses.
Add Features Turn on Karma in Add Features to use Production.
Add orders to a production plan
Go to Production > Chart. It lists accepted party orders whose items have a bill of materials, with the items they need.
Production > Chart. Tick an order to include it. The Items panel shows what it needs.
Production > Chart: an order ticked. Click Add to plan, choose to start a new plan or add to an existing draft plan, then confirm.
Production > Chart: Add to plan.
Work with a plan
Go to Production > Plan. Plans are listed by stage; the Draft tab lists plans not yet executed.
Production > Plan: Draft tab. Click the arrow on a plan to open its panel with the orders, the products to make and the components needed. Use Execute and Complete to move it on.
Production > Plan: a plan's panel.
Check raw materials
From a plan, click Raw Materials to see the components its orders need, with stock in each location and the shortage to buy.
Production > Raw Materials: from a plan. In Manual mode, add products and quantities to work out the raw materials needed and what is short.
Production > Raw Materials: Manual mode.
Record production
Go to Production > Records to see production entries for the period, with cost, location and the sales order they serve.
Production > Records. Click Show details to see what was made and the components used, with costs.
Production > Records: details open. Click New, then set the date, the order (or stock only), the location and notes.
Production > Records > New. Pick the product and quantity. Fusion lists the components to use from each location and the total cost. Click Record production to save.
Production > Records > New: filled in.
Record damage
Go to Production > Damage to record items damaged during production. It has Active and Cancelled tabs and New damage.
Production > Damage. Click New damage, then choose the date, location and damaged items with quantities, and save.
Production > Damage > New.
Price builder
Production > Price builder: pick an item to build its bulk rate, retail rate and MRP from its bill of materials cost, using percentages you can change.
Production > Price builder.
Store
Store puts your menus online so customers can order. Public stores are open to all; private stores are shared by link and QR code.
Public stores
Store > Public lists your stores and channels with item counts and live status, and buttons to open, copy the link, share on WhatsApp, edit items, edit or unpublish.
Store > Public. Click Details on a store to see its publishing progress and settings.
Store > Public: store details. This is the storefront as a customer sees it, with categories and products.
The storefront, customer view.
Share your private store
Go to Store > Private and click New private store. A private store shares a menu through an order link and a QR code.
Store > Private. Your private store appears in the list with its order link, item count and buttons to open, copy link, share on WhatsApp, show QR, edit items, edit or stop sharing.
Store > Private: the store in the list. Use the share buttons: Copy link copies the order link, WhatsApp opens a message with the link, and QR code shows a code customers can scan.
Store > Private: share buttons. Click QR code to show the store's QR code and order link. Print it or show it at the counter so customers can scan and order.
Store > Private: the QR code.
How a customer orders from your store
The customer opens the order link and sees the store's item groups.
Customer view: the store's item groups. Inside a group, the customer sees each product with its price and offer, and taps Add.
Customer view: products in a group. The cart lists the chosen items with quantity controls, tax and total. The customer taps Place order.
Customer view: the cart. At checkout the customer enters phone, name and delivery address (email is optional), checks the items and taps Place order.
Customer view: checkout. The confirmation shows the order number, the items and the total.
Customer view: order placed. In Fusion, the new order shows up in notifications, with View orders.
Notifications: a new store order. The order also arrives in Sales > Order for today, alongside the other open orders.
Sales > Order: the store order in today's list. Click its order number to open it: buyer, delivery address, items, tax and totals.
Sales > Order: the store order opened.
Custom domain
Store > Custom domain shows your own web address for a store, with Open store, Copy, Change store and Remove domain.
Store > Custom domain. Click Change store (the arrows button) to choose which store the domain opens, then confirm or Cancel.
Store > Custom domain: Change store.
Raavan stores
Store > Raavan lists connected online stores such as Shopify, with sync status and order counts. Click Connect a store to add another. Turn on Raavan in Add Features to use it.
Store > Raavan.
Campaigns
Campaigns make a festival or sale banner from one of your menus, with a QR code, ready to share. Generating the banner uses AI credits.
Create a Diwali campaign
Go to Sales > Campaigns. The list has All, Active and Drafts tabs. Click New campaign.
Sales > Campaigns. The builder has five steps: Basics, Menu, Items, Design, and Generate & Share.
Campaign Builder: Basics, empty. In Basics, pick the occasion, for example Diwali, then type the banner title, subtitle, offer line and dates. Click Next to save a draft and move to the Menu step.
Campaign Builder: Basics filled in for Diwali. The saved draft shows in the list with its occasion, menu and dates, and Publish, Edit, Share, Download and Remove.
Sales > Campaigns: the draft in the list. The Drafts tab lists campaigns that are saved but not yet published.
Sales > Campaigns: Drafts tab.
Accounting
Accounting holds your ledgers, stock, vouchers, expenses, payments and receipts, and the reports built from them.
Ledgers and stock
Accounting > Ledger Master lists all ledgers with their group and closing balance. Search, filter and open any ledger.
Accounting > Ledger Master. Accounting > Stock Master lists stock items with quantity and value.
Accounting > Stock Master.
Publish stock items as products
In Accounting > Stock Master, tick the items or pick a group, open the arrow next to Publish, and choose products or services.
Accounting > Stock Master: Publish menu open.
Transactions
Accounting > Transactions lists every voucher in the period, with type, party, amount and status.
Accounting > Transactions.
Record an entry
Go to Accounting > Entry. Choose the type (Sales, Purchase, Payment, Receipt, Credit Note, Debit Note, Journal, Contra), the date and narration, then add ledger and item lines.
Accounting > Entry: empty. Enter the ledger lines (+CR / -DR) and item lines. When debits equal credits the balance shows 0. Click Save to record it.
Accounting > Entry: a sales entry.
Record an expense
Go to Accounting > Expense and click New. The list also has Export to Excel and Sync to Tally.
Accounting > Expense. Choose Variable or Fixed, then the expense ledger, date, payment mode and amount.
Accounting > Expense > New. Type the expense ledger; if it does not exist yet, pick Create from the list. Set payment mode, bank, amount and a comment, then click Create.
Accounting > Expense > New: filled in.
Record a payment
Go to Accounting > Payment and click New.
Accounting > Payment. Choose Party, Staff Salary or Staff Advance, pick the ledger, mode and amount, then click Create.
Accounting > Payment > New.
Record a receipt
Go to Accounting > Receipt to see receipts with number, date, party, Details and Timeline.
Accounting > Receipt. Click Timeline on a receipt to see its history.
Accounting > Receipt: Timeline. Click New, pick the party, receipt mode and amount, add a comment, then click Create.
Accounting > Receipt > New.
Reports
Accounting > Balance Sheet shows assets and liabilities as on the chosen date, built from your transactions.
Accounting > Balance Sheet. Accounting > Tax returns shows GST summaries for the period, ready for filing.
Accounting > Tax returns. Accounting > E-way bills lists invoices that need an e-way bill and their status.
Accounting > E-way bills.
Add Features
Add Features turns on extra features for this business: Brahma (AI), Raavan (channels), Karma (manufacturing) and Insights (reports).
Turn a feature on or off
Open Add Features to see each feature with its status and price, and Activate, Turn on, Turn off or Subscribe.
Add Features. Click View details to see what a feature does, what it connects with, its price and subscription controls.
Add Features: Karma details. A paid feature that is not active shows Subscribe options in its details.
Add Features: Insights details. Turn off asks you to confirm. Its menus disappear but your data is kept, and you can turn it on again.
Add Features: Turn off confirmation.
Common controls
These controls work the same on every screen.
Date, currency and language
Click the date button on any list to open the date range picker. Pick a preset such as This month, or enter your own dates. The range applies on every screen.
The date range picker. Click the currency button to show amounts in another currency.
The currency picker. Click the language button to change the language of Fusion.
The language picker.
Top bar buttons
Click the bell to see notifications, such as new enquiries and order status changes.
Notifications. Click the headset to open Support.
Support. Click the chat icon to see enquiry chats from buyers.
Enquiry chats. Click the credits chip to see your AI credit balance and usage.
AI credits.
Settings and Profile
Profile holds your business details. Settings holds bank, payment, currency, users and roles.
Profile
Profile > Detail holds the business name, contact, address, GSTIN and other details shown on documents.
Profile > Detail. Profile > Media holds logos, banners and pictures used on stores and documents.
Profile > Media. Profile > Business is Brahma's business profile: what you make, sell and who you sell to. Searches and campaigns use it.
Profile > Business.
Settings
Settings > Bank holds the bank account printed on invoices and used for transfers.
Settings > Bank. Settings > UPI holds the UPI ID used for payment QR codes.
Settings > UPI. Settings > Currency holds the business currency and the currencies you trade in.
Settings > Currency. Settings > Timezone sets the time zone used for dates and reports.
Settings > Timezone. Settings > Hook holds web hooks that send events to other systems.
Settings > Hook. Settings > Package shows your Fusion package and what it includes.
Settings > Package.
Add users and roles
Settings > User lists the people who can sign in to this business and their roles.
Settings > User. Settings > Roles lists roles. A role decides which screens and actions each user can use. Click New to make one.
Settings > Roles. Name the role, pick a template (Sales Operator, Purchase Operator, Godown Operator, Accountant or Custom), tick the menus and figures it may use, then click Save.
Settings > Roles > New.
Merge Tally
Merge Tally shows how records entered in Fusion (Default company) map onto your Tally company, so you can check them before merging.
Merge Tally.
Connect
Connect links Fusion to Tally and to other businesses.
Connect Tally
Go to Connect > Tally and download TallyPlug Desktop.
Copy this business's connect key into TallyPlug Desktop so Tally links to Fusion.
Connect > Tally.
Other connections
Connect > Bhairava links a Bhairava business: paste its key.
Connect > Bhairava. Connect > Balaaji links a Balaaji practice: paste its key.
Connect > Balaaji. Connect > Admin shows connection requests and links between businesses.
Connect > Admin.
Despatch
Despatch is for shipping goods out: your shipping partners, packaging and despatches.
Despatch pages
Despatch > Shipping lists the shipping partners (transporters and couriers) you use.
Despatch > Shipping. Despatch > Packaging lists package types and sizes for shipments.
Despatch > Packaging. Despatch > Despatch opens on the Active tab, listing despatches still in progress.
Despatch > Despatch.
Purchase
Purchase holds what you buy from suppliers.
Purchase pages
Purchase > Order lists purchase orders to suppliers for the period.
Purchase > Order. Purchase > Draft lists purchase orders saved as drafts.
Purchase > Draft. Purchase > Invoice lists purchase invoices from suppliers.
Purchase > Invoice.
Godown
Godown is for your warehouses and the stock in them.
Godown pages
Godown > Warehouses lists your warehouses and locations.
Godown > Warehouses. Godown > Stock Journal moves stock between locations or adjusts it.
Godown > Stock Journal.
