Welcome to Matih Setu
What you’ll do here: learn what Matih Setu does, who it is for, and how to use this guide.
Matih Setu is billing and stock software for Indian shops: kirana stores, general stores and other retail counters. It runs on a Windows computer at your shop.
It is made by Matih Labs. In this guide we call it “Setu” for short.
The main window. It opens after you sign in; click Matih Setu in the title band to come back to it.
What Setu does
- Billing at the counter. Scan or type items, take cash, UPI, card or credit (udhaar), and print the bill.
- GST bills. Setu works out CGST, SGST and IGST on every bill. A shop with a GSTIN gets GST invoices. A shop without one gets plain bills.
- Purchases. Enter your suppliers’ bills. Stock goes up, and what you owe the supplier is kept.
- Stock. See what is on the shelf, what is running low, what is near expiry, and stock at old and new MRP.
- Customers and suppliers. Keep each party’s khata: what they owe you, or what you owe them.
- Reports. Daily sales, day closing, the cash book, outstanding dues, GST returns and more.
- Backups. Setu backs up your shop data by itself every day.
Billing works without the internet
Bills are saved on your shop’s computer. If the internet goes, billing carries on. You need the internet only now and then, for example to activate and renew your licence.
Who this guide is for
- Shop owners. You set up the shop, add staff, look at reports and keep the backup key safe.
- Managers. You enter purchases, handle stock, and approve changes for cashiers.
- Cashiers. You make bills and take money.
Each chapter says who can do what. If something on your screen is greyed out, it needs a manager or the owner to sign in. See Users and roles.
Keyboard or mouse: both work
Setu is made for fast keyboard billing, like the billing software many shops already know. Every key Setu shows on screen can also be clicked with the mouse.
In this guide, keys look like this: F2, Enter, Alt+N. Alt+N means: hold Alt and press N.
Menu paths use the › sign. Utilities › Backup now means: open the Utilities menu, then choose Backup now.
Words in this guide
- Bill. A sale bill (invoice) you give a customer.
- Party. A customer or a supplier.
- Khata / ledger. The running account of one party.
- Dr. On a customer, Dr means the customer owes the shop.
- Cr. On a supplier, Cr means the shop owes the supplier.
- MRP lot. Stock of one item at one MRP. When an item comes in at a new MRP, Setu keeps the old-MRP stock and the new-MRP stock apart.
Getting help
- Your distributor set up Setu for you. Their name and help line show on Setu’s main window.
- Matih support helps with problems your distributor can’t fix: phone +91-6364247664, e-mail contact@matihlabs.com.
- Questions and troubleshooting explains the most common messages.
Never tell anyone your PIN, passphrase or backup recovery key. Not your distributor, and not Matih support.