What's the difference between [:something] & [something] & {something:something2} & {something} , etc.?

[QMcKay]

Excellent Question! I haven’t received a definitive answer to this question either, and it causes a lot of confusion. I will give it shot

Syntax breakdown for {braces}, [brackets], (brackets), :colons:, etc

{something} is a printer template tag. {something:something2} is a printer template tag, drilled-down to a more specific level. Printer Template tags can be read or referenced in many areas of SambaPOS, such as in Rules. For example, {TICKET TOTAL}, {ENTITY NAME:Customer}, or {ENTITY DATA:Customer:Address} can be read in Rules. {:something} is a reference to a value held in a Program Setting (variable) called something … you can create and modify your own variables using Action Update Prog…