Creating a New Item

Users can create items using Item Maintenance in the Back Office. Item Maintenance allows the user to assign a variety of properties to items, as well as apply naming conventions when naming new items.

ClosedHow to Create a New Item
  1. Open the Back Office.
  2. Click Maintenance.
  3. Click Item Maintenance.
  4. Select New from the Item Name drop down.
  5. Configure your item settings as desired. See Components of Item Maintenance for an explanation of all available item options.
  6. After configuring all item settings, click File > Save As.
  7. In the Save Item window, enter an Item name. For more information on item names, see Naming Items below.
ClosedAbout Naming Items

It is suggested that items be named using prefixes when creating items in Item Maintenance. For example, APP for Appetizer, BEE for Beer, CON for Condiments, etc. This allows the user to organize similar items which are then sorted alphabetically.Items are often named with a three-digit prefix, but can have more than three characters, if desired.

For example,if creating an appetizer named Baked Artichoke, the user would begin by following the steps above in Creating a New Item. In Step 7 above, the user would name the item using the appropriate prefix, APP for appetizer. The Item Name would then appear as APP-BAKEDARTICHOKE. Using set naming conventions, such as button prefixes, makes items more easily identifiable in the database.

In some cases, the user may want to use numbers in the naming of menu items. For instance, when creating meat temperature modifiers. Because the items will sort alphabetically, items sharing a prefix will be displayed based on the root of the item name, in this case Rare, Medium rare, Medium, Medium well, and Well done. To display modifiers in order from most to least cooked (or vice versa) , users can number the menu items, like so: CON-TMP/1/RARE, CON-TMP/2/MEDIUM RARE, CON-TMP/3/MEDIUM, CON-TMP/4/MEDIUM WELL, AND CON-TMP/5/WELL DONE.

Many users also use numbering when creating pizza modifier items, allow the user to list the most popular pizza toppings first in the modifier list, while less popular modifiers appear later in the modifier list. For example, CON-PT/1/PEPPERONI, CON-PT/2/SAUSAGE, etc. If the menu has a more than 10 toppings, be sure to begin numbering with two digit numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.).

The Item Maintenance window displaying the Meat Temperature Condiment group

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