Point of Sale (POS) Pick Categories are utilized to quickly filter items, and are a way of organizing your items available at the Outlets on your Property.
Note: Categories are simply used to group your menu items, making the list that staff needs to choose from shorter and therefore easier to navigate quickly. These categories can be a useful tool if you offer multiple items that can be grouped together by type (for example your soda or beverage options can be entered into a pick category and therefore grouped together).
The POS Item Pick Categories command allows you to add or edit the Fast Pick categories available. This allows the Fast Pick button, found on various pages, to open a separate screen listing all configured items for the selected category field and provides checkboxes that allow you to easily select (and deselect) multiple options for the field.
The Point of Sale (POS) Pick Categories command may be found in the Menu Item Set Up section of the POS Configuration Menu, or in the Menus section of the Sales and Catering Configuration Menu if your Property uses Skyware Systems Sales and Catering Module.
If your Property does not currently have our Point of Sale (POS) Module and you are interested in adding it, please contact us at Sales@SkywareSystems.com.
If your Property does not currently have our Sales and Catering Module and you are interested in adding it, please contact us at Sales@SkywareSystems.com.
From the Quick Menu (left) choose Manager's Screen to be taken to the Manager's Commands screen.
The Manager's Command menu has two sections, Manager's Configuration and Manager's Maintenance.
Select Configuration => from the Manager's Maintenance section.
This will open the Property and Configuration Menu screen. The list of property configuration options are divided into four sections, which are Required Configuration, Optional Configuration, Locales/Dates and Sub-Systems.
Select Point of Sale (POS) Configuration from the Sub-Systems area of the screen.
Note: Alternately, you may also be able to select Configuration directly from the Quick Menu, if the menu has been set up to include the Configuration option. This will also take you to The Property and System Configuration Menu.
Select Point of Sale (POS) Configuration => from the Sub-Systems area of the screen.
This will take you to the Point of Sale (POS) Configuration menu.
Select POS Item Pick Categories from the Menu Item Set-up section of the Point of Sale (POS) Configuration menu.
Select Managers Screen from the Quick Menu on the left side of the screen, then select Configuration > Sales and Catering =>.
Select Manager's Screen to be taken to the Manager's Commands screen.
The Manager's Command menu has two sections, Manager's Configuration and Manager's Maintenance. Select Configuration => from the Manager's Maintenance section.
This will open the Property and Configuration Menu screen. The list of property configuration options are divided into four sections, which are Required Configuration, Optional Configuration, Locales/Dates and Sub-Systems.
Select Configuration to be taken to the Property and Configuration Menu.
Alternately, you may also be able to select Configuration directly from the Quick Menu, if the menu has been set up to include the Configuration option.
This will take you to The Property System Configuration Menu.The list of property configuration options are divided into four sections, which are Required Configuration, Optional Configuration, Locales/Dates and Sub-Systems.
Select Sales and Catering => from the Sub-Systems section.
Note: The Sales and Catering Menu (often found in the Quick Menu) is NOT the same as the Sales and Catering Configuration Menu, and contains different commands. Here, you need the Sales and Catering Configuration Menu.
The Sales and Catering Configuration Menu has four sections: Sales, Catering, Menus and Inventory.
Select POS Item Pick Categories from the Menus section.
When selected, the POS Item Pick Categories screen will open.
The screen display is split into two frames, with the left side of the screen listing any already configured categories for the property and the right side containing the fields you need to complete in order to add or edit a category for the Property. Any changes made on the right, once saved, will be updated in the listings to the left.
The currently configured Category options can be displayed by:
Order: This determines where the Category appears listed in the interface.
Name: The name of the Category can be sorted alphabetically or a particular Category searched for manually.
Not Active: This is a Yes or No option, depending on how the Category has been marked in its details on the interface.
Selecting any Category Name displays the details on the right. The right side contains the fields you need to complete in order to add or edit a Category for the Outlets on your Property.
Your options include the following:
Generate a new entry:
Click the New button from the toolbar to add a new Category.
Complete the fields described below.
OR:
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.
Edit the current selection:
Change the field information described below.
List Order: This determines in what order the pick category appears listed in the interface.
Enter a number into the List Order field.
This field is optional. If no order is specified, the categories are listed in alphabetical order in the Point of Sale (POS) interface.
Category Description: This is the name that appears for the Category in the interface.
Be sure to use a label that staff can easily associate with those types of menu items.
This field is required. Use a label that will be easy for staff to identify and select.
Not Active?: This checkbox may be checked or unchecked. By default it is unchecked.
It should only be checked if the category is no longer in use.
Once a category has been added to the list on the left, it will remain in the list (cannot be deleted) if there has been any checks created using it. Once a check is created, it exists in several places in the system, and therefore there cannot be a check for something that does not exist
When you are finished adding or editing the Pick Categories, click the Save button to save the changes.
To view any changes made, click the Activity log button in the local tool bar.
Date Updated March 24, 2025