You can create and maintain restaurant Inventory within the Inventory Setup module. The screens within the module are differentiated between the Inventory Template and the Inventory tab, and functionalities vary depending on which tab you are working on.
Adding aTemplate
Select Inventory Setup
Within theSearching Inventory section, select the Location and Product Code where you would like to add a new Inventory Template
Click Add Template and enter the following information in the pop-up window:
Template Name: Enter the unique name of the Inventory Template
Template Description: Enter the unique description of the Inventory Template
Click Add Template
Deleting a Template
Select Inventory Setup
Within the Searching Inventory section, select the Location, Product Code and the Template to get the Inventory Template that you would like to delete
Click Delete Template and confirm the deletion
Adding a Time Slot
Select Inventory Setup
Within the Searching Inventory section, select the Location, Product Code and Template where you would like to add a new time slot to
In the New Time Slot section, enter the following information:
New Time: Enter the time in military format
New Type:
Book by Reservation: Select the table top for this time slot
Book by Guests: Guests will be displayed as the value
Availability: Enter the inventory for this time slot
Reserve fields 1-5: Enter the amount of inventory that is reserved for Groups, VIP, Manager etc. use. The header of the field is customizable in the Look Up Setup module under the RESERVE Look Up Type. See Editing a Look Up Code
Web Inventory:
Open: Time Slot will be available for bookings via the web service
Close: Time Slot will not be available for bookings via the web service
Click Add To Template
Editing a Time Slot
Select Inventory Setup
Within the Searching Inventory section, select the Location, Product Code and Template where you would like to make changes
Select the time slot in the grid and make the required change
Click Save
Deleting a Time Slot
Select Inventory Setup
Within the Searching Inventory section, select the Location, Product Code and Template where you would like to make changes
Select the time slot in the grid and click Delete Inventory and confirm the deletion
Adding aTime Slot
Select Inventory Setup
Within the Searching Inventory section, select the Location, Product Code and Date (can select a date, multiple days or date range) to where you would like to add a new time slot to
New Time: Enter the time in military format
New Type:
Book by Reservation: Select the table top for this time slot
Book by Guests: Guests will be displayed as the value
Availability: Enter the inventory for this time slot
Reserve fields 1-5: Enter the amount of inventory that is reserved for Groups, VIP, Manager etc. use. The header of the field is customizable in the Look Up Setup module under the RESERVE Look Up Type. See Editing a Look Up Code
Web Inventory:
Open: Time Slot will be available for bookings via the web service
Close: Time Slot will not be available for bookings via the web service
Note:
If there are existing time slots for the selected dates/days, only the days without that time slot will be created. New Time Slots can only be added to the current date or future dates.Click on Add To Selected
Editing aTime Slot
Select Inventory Setup
Within the Searching Inventory section, select the Location, Product Code, Template and Date (possibility to select a day, multiple days or date range) where you would like to make changes
Select the time slot in the grid and make the required change. You will need to provide a justification if you are changing the time slot inventory to zero
Click Save
Deleting a Time Slot
Select Inventory Setup
Within the Searching Inventory section, select the Location, Product Code, Template and Date (possibility to select a day, multiple days or date range) to which you would like to make changes to
Note:
You cannot delete a time slot associated with a dining reservationSync With Template
Select Inventory Setup
Location: Select the location
Product Code: Select the Product Code
Template: Select the Template that you want to overwrite
Click Sync with Template
Template: Select the template that should be applied
Date From: Select the date from which onwards the template should be applied to
Date To: Select the date until which the template should be applied to
Note:
If there are existing time slots for the selected dates/days, only these time slots will be overwritten with the values from the template. If there are no existing time slots for the selected dates/days, any template can be applied.
Click Sync with Template