21 Menu Item Definitions

Menu item definitions define the menu items available within the revenue center, including:

• Screen look up (SLU) on which the menu item appears

• Menu item class to which it belongs

• Menu levels where the item is active

• Name of the item that appears on guest checks, customer receipts, order receipts, and journals

Menu item definitions are the records that customers can order. Menu item definitions appear on touchscreens and print on order chits, guest checks, and customer receipts. A menu item can have up to 64 menu item definitions in a revenue center for a single menu item master. The following figure shows the relationship between the menu item master and menu item definitions.

When customers order menu items (configured as menu item definitions), the sale count of the menu item master increases. This is the purpose of the menu item master record. Only one instance of the item needs to exist in a property, but multiple menu item definitions allow this master record to behave differently.

You can create new definitions based on an existing menu item or without using an item. You can add menu item definitions to existing menu item master records from both table and form view.