Host Command Area
In most cases, the administrator creates the hosting page with a designated Host Command Area. The Host Command Area contains many of the hosting staff and manager functions for the table management system (TMS).
Host Display
Show Legend
Show and Hide Dining Table Status
Show and Hide Reservation List
Show and Hide Employee Lines
Show and Hide Wait List
Show and Hide Section Layout
Show and Hide Sections
Show and Hide Table Decorators
Show and Hide Employees
Information that appears dimmed has not been configured for use in the Host Area.
Host Legend
Table Decorators
The decorators indicate one or more table statuses. A decorator covers all or a portion of the table in the Dining Table Layout screen. You can hide certain decorators by removing the check mark next to the decorator and clicking OK. The table decorators are preset in the application.
Table 9-1 Table Decorators
| Decorator | Description |
|---|---|
| Clean | The table is clean. |
| Dirty | The table is dirty. |
| Close | The table is closed. |
| Reserved | The table is reserved. |
| Parent | The table is a parent to one or more child tables. This is the primary table when joining tables. |
| Child | These tables are joined to a parent table. |
| Seated | Hosting staff recently seated a guest at the table. |
| Occupied | A guest is occupying the table. |
| Printed | The server printed the guest check for the guests at the table. |
| Paid | The guests at the table tendered the guest check. |
| User Suggested | This is the table that the host or guest requested as part of the reservation or wait request. This decorator appears only when you select a request that is waiting to be seated. |
| System Suggested | This is the table at which the system suggests the reservation or wait request be seated based on configuration to more efficiently manage dining activities. This decorator appears only when you select a request that is waiting to be seated. |
| Selected | This decorator indicates that you have selected the table and it is available for an action or update. You can select more than one table. This table decorator cannot be hidden. |
Course Decorators
Course decorators show the current dining course for the guests on the table. Updates to the table occur as menu items are saved to the guest check and when a specific event occurs in the Kitchen Display System (KDS) (such as bumping an order).
Employee Colors
A color assigned to the employee appears on the host page to distinguish one employee from another. All TMS features that show the employee use this color as the employee indicator. If no TMS Color is defined for the employee’s Operator record, white appears to identify the employee.
Section Colors
A section color indicates tables that are assigned to sections.
Service Alerts
Service Alerts can change the Alert color window, based on the length of elapsed time since a server performed an action on the guest check for the table. When an action occurs, the Service Alert resets and the counter starts at zero. The Service Alert also shows the cover count for the table. If multiple guest checks are open on the table, the Service Alert also shows the number of checks and cover count for each check.
Check Alerts
Check Alerts can change the Alert color window, based on the length of elapsed time for the guest check on the table. The Check Alert indicates the length of time (in hours and minutes) the guest has occupied the table and whether the table is expected to be available soon.
Employee Totals
The Employee Totals window appears after you click the More button in the Legend. Employee Totals provides information about the current workload and statistics for servers assigned to tables in the revenue center for the current business date. Click OK to close the Employee Totals window and return to the Legend.