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Context sensitive actions on pressing a row and a column
Context sensitive actions on pressing a dining table button
The Dining Allocation panel shows data that the system builds up by going through information for the selected dining area on dining tables (whether they are available, occupied and/or reserved) and the dining reservations, waiting list, and walk-in entries for the selected day.
The panel appears when you press a button with the TR-SHOW_ALLOC_PANEL command in your usual graphical, button, or list view of your dining tables.
It also opens from the Dining Reservation Desk panel.
Note: In the demo data, the panel is set up for 2 dining areas on 3 POS terminals:
- store S0005, the Restaurant hospitality type, POS terminal P0011, Restaurant Downstairs.
- store S0005, the Restaurant hospitality type, POS terminal P0112, Reservation Desk,
- store S0010, the Restaurant hospitality type, POS terminal P0019, Upstairs Coffee and Bar.
To see the panel, press the Table Allocation on the respective panels.
The panel can be customized to a certain degree.
The panel shows:
- reservations, walk-in, and waiting list entries for the selected day (the grid on the left).
- time scrolling menu - to select which time to view in the panel. You can scroll by period, day, date, month, and week. The timeline view shows dining table information for 120 minutes at a time (recommended time range).
- dining tables in the dining area in three separate views that you can toggle between:
- filter menus - to see only dining tables that belong to certain sections, or with certain capacity or status.
- period menu - to see only reservations for a specific dining period and the dining tables during that period.
- actions - to create a walk-in entry, to refresh the panel and close it, to search seated guests, to search reservations.
- statistics - on a press of a button you see how many tables are free by capacity and the estimated waiting time.
Context sensitive actions on pressing a row and a column
The reservation list and the dining table list view are set up with actions that happen when you press a certain row and a certain column. This action is usually a display of a drop-down list with possible actions.
Context sensitive actions on pressing a dining table button
The Graphical and Timeline views are built with buttons. They are set up with actions that are usually a display of a drop-down list with possible actions.
See also
How to: Customize the Dining Allocation Panel
How to: Customize the Timeline View
How to: Identify Allocation Statuses Visually
How to: Scroll by Time and Filter in the Dining Allocation Panel
How to: Search for a Reservation in the Dining Reservation List
How to: Allocate Dining Tables