Family Groups

Each Menu Item Master is assigned a Major and Family Group, so it is presented with similar menu items on reports such as:

• Cloud: Summary, Menu Item Sales and Performance, and Comparison reports

• Point-of-sale (POS) Client: Family Group Sales

The following features are available on the Row Header Function menu:

• Promote: Moves the record from its current hierarchy level to the Enterprise level.
• Merge: Moves the record from its current hierarchy level to the Enterprise level and deletes all other records with the same object number that are identical to it.

The following table shows how Major and Family Groups are used to organize menu items:

Table 17-5 Organizing Menu Items Using Major and Family Groups

Major Group	Family Group	Menu Item Master
Food	Appetizer	Onion Rings
Food	Appetizer	Flatbread
Food	Entrée	Chicken Parmesan
Food	Dessert	Brownie Sundae
Non-Alcoholic Beverages	Soda	Cola
Non-Alcoholic Beverages	Juice	Orange
Liquor	Rum	Rum & Cola
Liquor	Gin	Gin & Tonic
Liquor	Vodka	Screwdriver
Beer	IPAs	12 oz. India Pale Ale
Beer	Pilsner	12 oz. Pilsner
Wine	Merlot	Gls Merlot
Wine	Cabernet	Btl Cabernet
Retail	Shirts	T-shirt
Retail	Sundries	Sunglasses

Family Groups can also be used when configuring the following objects on a workstation UI:

• Sales Screen Lookup (SLU) Type

• Smart Key Condition

Configuration

EMC Module: Family Groups

Hierarchy: Enterprise

Table 17-6 Family Groups Configuration Fields

Field	Description	Data Type	Restrictions
Object Number (#)	Numeric value assigned	Number	Unique 1 through 999999999
Name	The family group’s name	Translatable String	128 characters
Report Group	If set to 0, POS client reports do not include this major group. Otherwise, reports include this major group and display in order (from lowest to highest).	Number	0 through 99
Parent Major Group	Assigns the Family Group to a Major Group so the Menu Item Masters are not accidentally linked to an invalid Major or Family Group combination.	Lookup List (Menu Item Masters)

Note:

Prior to the Simphony 19.7 release, it was possible to configure Major Groups and Family Groups in zones and properties. Oracle Simphony Major Group and Family Group Clean Up (DOC13640) contains more information.