Setup guide: Kitchen Categories
Here you can learn to configure Kitchen Categories so that particular items go to specific kitchen printers and KDSs.
Ensure your menu set up in the Company
All products are attached to the Default category when the menu is first created.
If you would like to create separate categories so that their respective products (e.g Dessert, Drinks, Pizza, Pasta) go to their respective KDSs.
Company : Management > Menu > Menu Setup > Categories > Kitchen Categories > New Kitchen Category
New categories will then be listed under the Kitchen categories table
Now you can assign the Products to this new Kitchen Category
In bulk by Management > Menu >Menu Setup > Edit Category > Select Printer Category > Update Category
This action will assign all Products in this Category to this Kitchen Category
Printer Category will return to Please Select once saved, but the Kitchen Category will have been assigned, which you can double check by following the instructions below
Individually by Management > Menu > Products > Search Product > Edit > Select Kitchen Printer Category
A Product can only be assigned to one Kitchen Category, but a Kitchen Category can be assigned to multiple Kitchen Printers or KDS here Store : Setup > POS > Kitchen
(C) after the Kitchen Category name denotes a Kitchen Category created in the Company Menu
Store : Setup > POS > Kitchen > Kitchen Printer Listing
Edit > To add the Kitchen Categories to this Printer
New Kitchen Printer > To add a new physical Kitchen Printer
Store : Setup > POS > Kitchen > Kitchen Displays
Edit > To add the Kitchen Categories to this Printer
New Kitchen Printer > To add a new physical Kitchen Printer
Before you start
Ensure your menu set up in the Company
Back office
Assign Kitchen Categories
All products are attached to the Default category when the menu is first created.
If you would like to create separate categories so that their respective products (e.g Dessert, Drinks, Pizza, Pasta) go to their respective KDSs.
Company : Management > Menu > Menu Setup > Categories > Kitchen Categories > New Kitchen Category
New categories will then be listed under the Kitchen categories table
Now you can assign the Products to this new Kitchen Category
In bulk by Management > Menu >Menu Setup > Edit Category > Select Printer Category > Update Category
This action will assign all Products in this Category to this Kitchen Category
Printer Category will return to Please Select once saved, but the Kitchen Category will have been assigned, which you can double check by following the instructions below
Individually by Management > Menu > Products > Search Product > Edit > Select Kitchen Printer Category
A Product can only be assigned to one Kitchen Category, but a Kitchen Category can be assigned to multiple Kitchen Printers or KDS here Store : Setup > POS > Kitchen
(C) after the Kitchen Category name denotes a Kitchen Category created in the Company Menu
Kitchen Printers
Store : Setup > POS > Kitchen > Kitchen Printer Listing
Edit > To add the Kitchen Categories to this Printer
New Kitchen Printer > To add a new physical Kitchen Printer
Kitchen Display (KDS)
Store : Setup > POS > Kitchen > Kitchen Displays
Edit > To add the Kitchen Categories to this Printer
New Kitchen Printer > To add a new physical Kitchen Printer
Updated on: 27/11/2024
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