Adding Menu Items

When you add an item, you make a copy of an item already in the system and then update the item settings.

1. Log in to the EMS app, click Add Menu Item, and then filter or search for the current item.
2. Double-click the item to make a copy of it.
3. Specify POS workstation number settings, and then update the item name.
4. If necessary, update the major group and family group, click OK, and then click Next.
5. Select the view, and then select the locations to receive the menu item.
   In the tree view, use the Location Hierarchy drop-down list to select another location.
6. Click Next.
7. Update revenue center settings.

   The app shows the revenue center settings defined in the POS workstation database for your organization. The documentation for your POS workstation provides more information on settings. To use an existing menu item class, select Existing, and then click Select. Select the menu item class, and then click OK. To use a new menu item class, select New, and then enter the menu item class number.

8. To update the name, major group, or family group for the menu item at one or more locations, select Locations Table.

   To change a menu item name for all locations, enter the new name, and then click Set. To change major and family groups, click Select, and then select the new groups.

9. To change POS workstation definitions for the menu item, select Definitions Table.
   Select the location from the Location Filter drop-down, and then update the POS workstation definitions. POS workstation documentation contains more information about settings.
10. To change price settings for the menu item:
    1. Select Prices Table, and then select the location details.
    2. To set the new price, enter the price, and then click Set.
    3. To adjust prices, specify a currency amount or a percentage.
       For example, if an item named Burger is $5.00 and you want to increase the price to $6.25, enter 1.25. To decrease the price by $1.00, enter -1.00. To increase the price by 5 percent, select Percent and enter 5.00 in the Adjust By field. When the system makes the adjustment, the Price field shows the new price and the Diff column shows the amount of the adjustment. If you adjust prices by a percentage, you can select a value to round the percentage.
    4. Click Add Price.
11. On the Publish Data page, specify when the changes take effect.

    To schedule the changes to take effect at a later time, select Create a new batch to publish, and then specify the date and time.

    To add the changes to a batch, select Add to an existing batch, and then select the batch from the table.

12. Click Publish.