Creating Menu Item Components

1. Select the Enterprise, property, revenue center, or zone, click Configuration, and then click Components.
2. Insert a new Component record, enter a name for the component in the Name field, and then double-click the record to open it.
3. (Optional) Enter the name to show on the KDS for the component in the Display Name field.

   If you do not enter a Display Name, the condiments linked to this component are sent to the KDS, but the component name itself is not.

4. Enter the amount of time needed to prepare the component in the Preparation Time field.

   The Preparation Time does not impact the KDS release of other menu items. This value lets the system know how long the item will take, and is used to show the remaining time on the KDS Display.

   The Preparation Time can be affected by the PreProduction Course Offset (see Step 6).

5. Select the Print Class that sends the component to the appropriate Prep Station.

   Although you can send components to Prep and Expo Stations, for kitchen purposes, you should send components only to Prep Stations.

6. Enter a value between 1 and 64 in the PreProduction Course Offset field.

   Setting the PreProduction Course Offset to anything other than 0 replaces the elapsed time counter with a countdown when the Toolbar Prep Start/Stop function is used on the component item.

7. To show all condiments for the parent menu item with the component in the KDS, select Display All Condiments.

   The KDS shows condiments that are not part of the component within square brackets. This can help with plating food correctly.

8. To require the component item to be completed before the KDS can release the next dining course, select PreProduction Done Required.
9. Click Save.
10. If the component has condiments:
    1. Assign the component to a parent menu item. See Assigning Components to a Menu Item for more information.
    2. Reopen or refresh the Components module, and then double-click the component that you assigned to a menu item in Step 10-a to open it.
    3. From the Linked Condiments section, click Add, and then click the ellipsis point (...) button on the Linked Condiments column.

       The Add link is dimmed when the component is not linked to a menu item definition.

    4. Select a condiment, and then click OK.
    5. Repeat Steps 10-c and 10-d to add all condiments for the component.
    6. Click Save.