Main Point of Sale (POS) menu - Overview

The Point of Sale (POS) Menu area can be used by your for restaurant and retail staff in Skyware to allow (amongst other things) access to the restaurant check screen. The menu interface contains commands that provide access to features used for working with the food and beverage service areas of the Property. This includes being able to create and update checks, make quick sales, view check history and any voided checks. The POS menu also contains the Kitchen Display System command, which allows you to show all tickets sent to the kitchen for meal preparation, and you can run various Point of Sale (POS) system reports using the commands in this menu. The POS Menu is one of the screens which may be selected as the landing page upon logging into Skyware for specific Users (by an authorized Manager in the User Maintenance screen, reached via the Configuration Menu). Other choices include: Dashboard, Full Menu, Short Menu, Staff Reader Board, Housekeeping, or Charts.

If your Property does not currently have our Point of Sale System and you are interested in adding it, please contact us at  Sales@SkywareSystems.com.

 

 

After logging in, if the POS Menu is not your default landing page you may open it by using the Quick Menu button labeled Point of Sale (POS) , or select the command Point of Sale (POS) => from the Other section of the Full Menu.

 

1. Select Point of Sale (POS) => from the Quick Menu:

Quick Menu with Point of Sale (POS) => command highlighted OR Quick Menu with Point of Sale => command highlighted, NEW look for Skyware

OR:

2. Select Point of Sale (POS) => from the Other section of the Full Menu.

 

Click the icon on the left, or the breadcrumb words "Full Menu" on the top right of the screen to open the Full menu.

Full Menu Icon OR Full Menu option when viewed using the modern light look of Skyware ORBreadcrumbs links with Full Menu highlighted

This will display the Full menu in a tabular form, with four sections, Registration, Status, Cashier and Other.

Full Menu Table OR Full Menu popup version seen in Modern Light look of Skyware

The Point of Sale (POS) => command is in the Other section.

Other Section of the Full Menu with Point of Sale (POS) => command selected or Other section of the Full Menu with Point of Sale => command selected, NEW look for Skyware

 

Note: If you are looking for the Maintenance screen for the Point of Sale (POS) system, enter the Configuration area of the Manager's Screen (rather than the Full Menu) and click Point of Sale (POS) => to open the POS Configuration Menu. The similar commands in different menus open different screens.

 

When selected the POS Menu will open.

Point of Sale (POS) Menu, NEW look for Skyware

The POS menu is divided into four categories: Checks, Reports, Kitchen and Other; however the Other Category does not currently contain any commands.

 

The Checks section includes commands for:

 

Create/Open Check: Opens the Skyware Restaurant Log in page, see also Create or Open a Check.

Quick Sale: Takes you to the Quick Sale version of the restaurant check page. This option is useful for cafe counters or bar systems where table assignments or meal period selections are not required.

Open Checks: Allows you to see a list of currently open checks, and to select a check to view or modify.  

Note: If there are no currently open checks, the screen will say No Records To Retrieve!.

Check History: Allows you to search all Checks closed.

Voided Checks : Allows you to see the transaction log of all voids and search all voided check items.

 

The Reports section includes commands for:

 

POS Postings Scan Report: Allows you to generate the Posting Scan Report, which shows the posting date, post department and type, amount, and other information relevant to Point of Sale (POS) postings.

Note: You can also generate an A/R Posting Scan Report , a Hotel Posting Scan Report or a Condo Posting Scan Report from this screen, using the check boxes at the top of the screen.

Shift Report: Allows you to generate a Shift Report, which shows all payments made into the Point of Sale (POS) system for the date and shift selected.

POS Department Revenue Report: Allows you to generate a revenue report for a particular restaurant or location.

Daily Recap: Allows you to generate a listing of all selected categories, with how much was ordered and the value amount, for any specified date.

Sales By Item Report: This command is similar to the Daily Recap report but it allows you to show multiple days, weeks or monthly periods, as opposed to one day only.

Shopping List This command and Quantity on Hand deal with inventory. This allows you to know usage, thus determining when and what needs to be re-ordered.

Quantity on Hand: This command and Shopping Lists deal with inventory. This allows you a quick way to generate a report on the inventory of items, and compare quantities to high (maximum numbers you should have), and low points (re-order point) for each.

Gratuity Income Report: Allows you to generate a report which shows how much revenue was posted for a specific date range, and how much gratuity was posted in the same date range (this does NOT include cash tips).

 

The Kitchen section includes commands for:

 

Kitchen Display System (KDS): Opens the KDS screen. The KDS is designed to allow you to view and manage orders from your Point of Sale (POS), on a screen in your kitchen area. The real-time screen display will help in reducing mistakes and ticket times (over paper tickets).

 

Date Updated October 17, 2024