Attributes can be used as dining preferences requested by the customers or members. You link them to comment categories and register them as comments for your customers' reservations.
Creating dining attributes
Attributes with Option Values
Attributes with option values make registering certain common dining attributes very easy. These are attributes like occasion and dietary preferences.
- Click the
icon,enter Attributesand select the relevant link. - Click the New action to create a new attribute.
- Enter a code and a description.
- Select Option Value in the Value Type field.
- In the Options section, enter text in the Option Value field for each option.
- Click the Create Comment Category From action. The Comment Category Card appears showing the new comment category.
Allergens and Allergies
Allergens attributes are set up with weighted option values. They are grouped together in an attribute group.
The allergens attributes are used as item attributes. See Setting Up Allergens as Item Attributes.
As dining attributes (indicating to which allergens the customer is allergic to) you create a single attribute from an attribute group and create a comment category from this attribute. See Allergies as Comments.
Attributes for dining table and dining section preferences
If you use allocation, you can use attributes to let the customers select what kind of dining table they prefer when they make a reservation.
- First, you need to assigning attributes to your dining tables.
- Then you register these dining table preferences as comments for your customers' reservations.
Tip: You can also let the customers select in which restaurant section(s) they want to dine.
Including dining preference comments and attributes in panels
The Dining Reservation Desk panel
You must add your dining table and section preference attributes to the #DR-ATTRIBUTES menu in the Dining Reservation Desk panel. Then you just have one Comments menu button to open the Comments panel for other comments and preferences.
Here is an example of how to construct the POS menu lines:
| Description | Command | Parameter |
|---|---|---|
| Table Attribute | DR-TABLEATTR_FILTER | |
| x | DR-TABLEATTR_FILTER | CLEAR |
| Section | DR-SECTION_FILTER | |
| x | DR-SECTION_FILTER | CLEAR |
| Comments | COMM_SHOW | #COMM-COMMENTS |
The Comments panel
The comment categories that have linked attributes are used as parameters to the COMM_NEW command in the panel's function menus.
Here is an example of how to design a function menu in the panel:
| Description | Command | Parameter (Comment Category) | Parameter Setup | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allergies | COMM_NEW | ALLERGIES-SEVERE | Linked Attribute: Attribute created from group, only severe options kept | |
| Section Pref. S5 | COMM_NEW | SECTION S5 | Linked Attribute: Dining area section attribute for restaurant S0005 | |
| Section Pref. Luksa | COMM_NEW | SECTION LUKSA | Linked Attribute: Dining area section attribute for restaurant Luksa | |
| Dining | COMM_NEW | DINING | No attribute linked, just a general dining comment | |
| Diet Pref. | COMM_NEW | DIET | Linked Attribute: Diet attribute | |
| Table Pref. | COMM_NEW | DR-TABLE ATTRIBUTES | Linked Attribute: Dining table attribute | |
| Table Pref. S10 | COMM_NEW | DR-TABLE ATTR-S0010 | Linked Attribute: Dining table attribute for restaurant S0010 | |
| Birthday | COMM_NEW | OCCASION | OPTIONSEQUENCE 10000 | Linked Attribute: Occasion attribute, option per button |
| Wedding Anniversary | COMM_NEW | OCCASION | OPTIONSEQUENCE 20000 | Linked Attribute: Occasion attribute, option per button |
| Theater | COMM_NEW | OCCASION | OPTIONSEQUENCE 30000 | Linked Attribute: Occasion attribute, option per button |
| Concert | COMM_NEW | OCCASION | OPTIONSEQUENCE 40000 | Linked Attribute: Occasion attribute, option per button |
See also
Attributes and Dining Preferences
Assigning Attributes to Dining Tables
How to: Manage the Dining Reservation Desk
How to: Track Comments and Special Requests for Dining Reservations