Configure Menu Categories for POS

The Categories command on the POS Maintenance menu allows you to add (and remove) the categories of menu items available at your restaurants. Categories are simply used to group the menu items, making the list that a wait staff needs to choose from shorter and therefore easier to navigate quickly.

Select Categories from the Menu Items Setup section of the Point of Sale (POS) Maintenance menu.

The Category Maintenance screen has two sides.

The left side of the screen lists any already configured menu categories for all restaurants.

The right side contains the fields you need to complete in order to add or edit a category for the restaurants on your property. Your options include the following:

• Click the New button from the toolbar to add a new category. Complete the fields described below.
• Select an existing category from the list on the left, and click the Replicate button from the toolbar. Then change the field information as described below.
• Select an existing category from the list on the left and click the Delete button from the toolbar. This removes the category from the system.
• Enter a number into the List Order field. This determines where each category appears listed in the interface. This field is optional. If no order is specified, the categories are listed in alphabetical order in the POS interface.
• Enter a name in the Category Name field. This is the name that appears for the category in the interface. This field is required. Be sure to use a label that wait staff can easily associate with those types of menu items.  You may want to use the same terms as appear on your restaurant menu, simply for consistency.

When you are finished adding or editing menu item categories, click the Save button to save the changes.