Assigning Effectivity Groups to Combo Meal Group Menu Items

You can assign combo meal group items to an effectivity group. When configuring combo meal items you can establish a timeframe for the items to be active and available to order. This results in seeing only items linked to an active effectivity group in the combo meal selection choices on workstations Effectivity groups allow you to make combo meal group items:

  • Available for a limited time

  • Available for a future date

  • Disabled

Disabling an item lets you make it unavailable as a combo meal group item without deleting the item from the configuration. This allows you to make the item available again more easily.

To assign an effectivity group to a combo group menu item in the EMC:

  1. Select the Enterprise, click Configuration, and then click Menu Item Maintenance.
  2. Leave the default record type of Menu Item Master in the Record Type field’s drop-down list, and then click the Search button.
  3. Double-click a combo meal menu item to assign to an effectivity group.
  4. Click the MI Master - Effectivity tab.
  5. In the Effectivity Group section, click the ellipsis (...), assign the effectivity group, and then click Save.

    Figure 17-36 Enterprise Menu Item Master – Effectivity Tab


    This figure shows the Menu Item Master module’s MI Master Effectivity tab along with the record’s Effectivity Group configuration section.

    Note:

    In the Menu Item Master module, you can only assign one effectivity group at a time per menu item. If the menu item record is inherited at the property and revenue center levels, the original effectivity group selection cascades to those levels. You can also toggle to the property or revenue center levels and override (or delete) an assigned effectivity group or assign it another effectivity group altogether. After saving, the item’s effectivity group setting remains active at that level until the effectivity date/time is reached and expires.

    Figure 17-37 Property Menu Item Master Effectivity Group Setting


    This figure shows the property level’s effectivity group section along with the Effectivity Group section’s Override and Delete links.

    Important:

    The Menu Item Master module’s effectivity group setting takes precedence over other effectivity settings. For example, if the menu item master effectivity setting is disabled (or expires), the menu item does not appear on the workstation (including combo meal items), despite being linked to an active effectivity group within a combo meal group.

    See Creating Combo Meal Groups for more information about configuring combo meal groups.

    See Configuring Effectivity Groups for more information about creating effectivity groups.

Parent topic: Combo and Fixed Price Meals