Item Preparation Instructions

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To display item instructions on the Kitchen Station

Create Item Instructions

In the Web Kitchen Display System it is possible to open up instructions on how to prepare an item or a recipe in the kitchen.

To display item instructions on the Kitchen Station

There are two ways to open item instructions on a preparation station.

Operation button on button panel:

Add a button with the Instructions operation ID to the Kitchen Operation Profile.

A button displayed in each item line:

Select the Enable Product Information option in the Kitchen Functional Profile.

Create Item Instructions

  1. Click the icon, enter Item Instruction List, and select the relevant link.
  2. Create a new entry by pressing New.
  3. In the Item Instruction Card, select an item or recipe to create instructions for. The Item Description is populated from the selected item.
  4. Item instruction type can be:
    • Link - Add an html address to the Instruction link field. The Web KDS opens the link inside a popup modal on the Kitchen Screen.
    • Text - Add text instructions to the HTML field that is displayed in the item instruction popup modal on the Kitchen Screen.
    • HTML - Add html formatted instruction text to the HTML field which is displayed in the item instruction popup modal on the Kitchen Screen.

Other fields:

The following fields can be used when using Instruction Type: Text or HTML to show some basic item/recipe information.

Fields Description
Show Item No. Select to display the ID of the item Recipe at the top of the popup modal.
Show Item Recipe Description Select to display the item/recipe description at the top of the popup modal.
Include Recipe Ingredients Select this option to list all ingredients of a recipe in the popup modal.
Show Item image Select this option to display the retail item image in the popup modal.

If you have activated the preparation instructions on the functionality profile and you have created instructions for the items and recipes that are sent to the kitchen display system, then you can open the instructions by pressing the information button marked with an i in the item line on the preparation station.