How to: Search for Items by Allergens on the POS

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To set up the Item Finder for allergens

To place the Item Finder in a POS menu in the Sales POS

Example - finding desserts that do not contain milk

You can use the Item Finder to search for items by allergens on the POS.

You can filter on an item list by division, item category or product group, and then continue filtering on option values for allergens attributes. In this way, you can for example find items that have no eggs and no milk, and give the customer a choice from this collection of items.

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Showing Allergens Attributes on the POS

To set up the Item Finder for allergens

  1. Click the icon, enter Item Finder Setup List, and select the relevant link.
  2. Click the New action to create a new setup.
  3. Fill in the fields as necessary.

The following Item Finder Setup is available in demo data:

The setup contains all 14 major allergens. No Pre Value is set. That is because the waiter needs to select which allergens to filter out when searching.

For the most common allergens, you can also set up the Item Finder per allergen. Then you select No as Pre Value and the item lists that appear in the Item Finder panel will then already be filtered on the No option for the allergen.

Note: Selecting a Pre Value means that you cannot filter on any other option, the option No is fixed.

To place the Item Finder in a POS menu in the Sales POS

The POS Command ITEMFINDER needs to be set up on a button in a POS menu like this:

  • Description: Allergens Finder
  • Command: ITEMFINDER
  • Parameter: ITEMFIND09 or the value you want to have here.

Example - finding desserts that do not contain milk

In this example the customer wants to select a dessert that does not have milk and nuts in it.

  1. In the Sales POS of the bar in restaurant S0005, on POS terminal P0011, press the Find Items (Allergens) button.
  2. Select the Allergens Finder option.
  3. Select Item Category Code in the left part of the window. It does not matter if you select the field in the Descriptionor Value column.
  4. You see now that the Item Categories are displayed in the right part of the window, the Item Categories that belong to Division Food.
  5. Select the category DESSERTS in the list in the right part of the window.
  6. The list of items in the item category DESSERTS appears:

If you want to continue and find all items in the DESSERT category that do not have milk, do the following:

  1. Select MILK in the left part of the window. The option values for attribute MILK appear:
    • Yes
    • Trace
    • No
  2. Since you are looking for items with no milk with in the Desserts, select option No. in the right part of the window.
    Now the item list is updated, and only shows items that do not contain milk.

  3. If you want to continue and use more filters, for example for items that do not contain NUT, continue in the same way as described above.

    Note: The allergens information, such as nut, milk, and so on, are data in attributes for the retail or hospitality items.

    Note: The Reset button resets your filters, and lets you start over:

  4. To put one of the items in the list into your order, select the item and press OK. The item is entered into the order, and appears in the journal.