Creating Tiles (Adding Widgets to a Page)

  1. From the dashboard, click a page and then add a widget.
  2. (Optional) Enter the Primary Text, Secondary Text, or both that should appear on the widget.

    The secondary text appears beneath the primary text in a smaller font.

  3. Select the size for the tile:
    • Small: One tile (small square)

    • Wide: Two tiles (rectangle)

    • Large: Four tiles (square)

    • Extra Large: Nine tiles (large square)

  4. (Optional) If you want to add a background image to the tile:
    1. Click Open.
    2. Click Upload images(s) and browse to the location of the image file, or type the image uniform resource locator (URL) and click OK.
    3. If images were previously uploaded, click View Album Contents and select the image.
    4. Click Select to save an existing image or Crop to modify the image, and then click Done.
  5. If you want to add a URL widget:
    1. Type the URL for the website of choice.
    2. If you want to show the keyboard icon on the tile’s top toolbar, select Show Keyboard. This allows workstation operators to click the keyboard icon to have the tablet keyboard appear on the tile.
  6. If you want to add an Image widget, click Open to add an image that appears when the workstation operator selects the tile (not the same as Tile Image).

    If you do not add an image here, the assigned tile image appears by default.

  7. If you want to add an IP Camera Feed widget, type the web address (URL) of the IP camera’s video stream in the Video URL field.

    Include the end query that defines the user and password of the camera (for example, http://CAMERAIPADDRESS/videostream.cgi?user=USERNAME&pwd =PASSWORD&resolution=32&rate=0).

  8. If you want to add a PDF Viewer widget, enter the directory path to access the PDF document in the URL field.
  9. If you want to add a Twitter widget, add a hashtag or account in the Query text field (for example, #oracle or @oracle).
  10. If you want to add an InMotion Chart widget, select the Report that you want to show and the data that you want to appear by default from the Chart drop-down list.
  11. If you want to add an Image Slideshow widget:
    1. Click Slideshow Item, and then click Open to add an image that appears during the slideshow.
    2. Enter the primary and secondary text that appears on the image during the slideshow.
    3. If you want to add images to the slideshow, click Add More.
    4. If you want to remove an image from the slideshow, click Delete Item.
  12. If you want to add a Today’s Special widget:
    1. Type the name of the tile in the Header Text field, and select a Template.
      • Template1 shows each menu item individually during image rotation.

      • Template2 shows each menu item and a preview pane of other menu items during image rotation.

    2. Click Menu Item to add an image, enter the menu item name in the Title field, and then enter a Description of the menu item.
      • The Oracle MICROS Tablet E-Series 8-inch supports up to 823 characters, including spaces.

      • Oracle MICROS Tablet E-Series 11-inch supports up to 627 characters, including spaces.

    3. Enter a Price, and additional text or pricing information in the Extra field.
    4. If you want to assign a time range to show specials for differing meal periods:
      1. Click Add Group, expand the Group panel, and click Recurrence.

      2. Enter a time range in 24-hour format during which the group of menu items appear, and select either Daily or the days of the week that the group of menu items appear.

    5. Add as many menu items and groups as needed, and then click OK.
  13. If you want to add a Command widget, assign one of the available commands to the tile.

    The Command widget does not support adding a tile image.

  14. If you want to add a Weather widget:
    1. If you want to use the default service provider, select wunderground from the Provider drop-down list for weather updates.
    2. If you want to use a different service provider, enter the API URL, and then enter the API Key to authorize running the weather application programming interface (API).
    3. Enter a city name or zip code in the Location/Zip Code field for specific forecasts, and select the desired temperature scale from the Scale drop-down list.
  15. If you want to add an EMC widget, select the EMC task from the Command drop-down list.
  16. Click Save.
  17. Click Publish for new pages or Republish for existing pages.