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Menu Item Group

To create a menu item group:

  1. From the Xenial Portal homepage, select Data Management.

  2. From the Ordering Settings menu, select Menu Layout.

  3. From the Menu Layout menu, select Menu Item Group.

  4. From the Menu Item Group List homepage, select New Menu Item Group.

  5. The following introduces the sections of the Menu Item Group editor.

    Section

    Description

    General

    Define general settings including the menu item group name and its active status.

    POS Display

    Define POS display settings of a menu item group.

    Items

    Add items to a menu item group.

    Voice

    Define voice ordering settings for a menu item group.

  6. From the upper-right of the screen, select Save.

General

To define general settings for a menu item group:

  1. From the Create New Menu Item Group form, locate the General section.

  2. In the Name field, type a name for the menu item group.

  3. Toggle Active to Active if the menu item group is available for use at the site.

    • Multi-site users: To the right of the field, select the globe icon to define values for each site.

POS Display

To configure POS display settings for a menu item group:

  1. From the Create New Menu Item Group form, locate the POS Display section.

  2. From the POS Display section, define the following:

    Field

    Description

    Maximum Rows

    Type the maximum number of menu rows to populate with the items in this group.

    • Use the -/+ controls to adjust the value as needed.

    • If no value is specified, all items in the group are displayed regardless of how many rows are required to display all items.

    Start on New Row

    Toggle On to always display items in this item group on a new row even when there is room to display the items on the same row as another group.

    Color 1

    Select the primary color for the menu item buttons.

    Color 2

    Select the secondary color for the menu item buttons to produce a gradient effect.

Items

To add items to a menu item group:

  1. From the Create New Menu Item Group form, locate the Items section.

  2. From the upper-right of the Items section, select Add Items.

  3. From the Add Items window, select the items to add to the group.

  4. From the lower-right of the Add Items window, select Add # Items.

  5. From the Items section, select and drag the control to the left of the listed items to sort them in the desired sequence.

Filter the Product List

To filter the product list on the Add Items window:

Voice

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The following information is only applicable to users with a subscription to Voice Ordering. Site subscriptions to this service are made from the Xenial Portal.

To define a menu item group name and synonyms for voice ordering:

  1. From the Create New Menu Item Group form, locate the Voice section.

  2. In the Name field, type the primary group name used with voice ordering, e.g. Lunch Entree.

  3. In the Synonyms field, type typical pronunciations or alternate names for the group (separated by a comma), e.g. Lunch MealsLunch Combos.