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Add Menu Item Overrides on Your Flipdish POS
Add Menu Item Overrides on Your Flipdish POS
Updated over 7 months ago

This article will explain how to add menu item overrides on your Point of Sale.
Item Overrides allow you to automate the reduction of a menu item's availability, based on which property, dispatch type, marketplace, day of the week, or time of the day.

Requirements:
You will need access to your Point of Sale's Back Office

Instructions:
Step 1 - Log into your Point of Sale Back Office with your email address and password. (Please note menu editing can't be done through the Point of sale device)
Step 2 - Click on the Business name in the top right drop-down. This is the Franchise level view. Please don't click on the store name in the drop-down list.
Step 3 - Click "Configuration" on the left-hand side of the page.
Step 4 - Click on Menu.
Step 5 - Double Click the menu you wish to edit.
Step 6 - Double Click "Categories".
Step 7 - Double click the category that contains the item you wish to change.
Step 8 - Click on the item you wish to add an override to (ensure it's highlighted before proceeding).
Step 9 - Click "overrides".
Step 10 - Click "Add New Override".
Step 11 - Name your Override.
Step 12 - Select if you want it to be enabled straight away

  • In the first tab, you can set Organization constraints such as which property (or physical location) these changes would apply, to which venue (which includes your marketplaces, website, mobile app, or kiosk) and to which dispatch type like delivery, takeaway, dine-in, and collection.

  • In the second tab, you can choose your "days constraints". This allows you to select the day of the week that the override is applicable and please note if no days are selected the override will apply every day.

  • And then in the final tab, you can choose your "time constraints". This allows you to select the time of the day that the override is applicable and please note if no times are selected the override will apply all day.

Step 13 - Fill in the necessary information
Step 14 - Click "Save" in the pop-up box
Step 15 - Click "Save" in the top right corner of the page
Step 16 - Click "Back" until you reach the Categories and Modifier options
Step 17 - Click "Close" to return to the list of all your available menus
Step 18 - Click on the menu you just edited
Step 19 - Click "Publish"
Step 20 - Confirm you wish to publish by clicking "Yes" in the pop-up box

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