Building Management Cafeteria Tab

Configuration > Buildings > Building Management > Cafeteria

The fields on this page are used to configure Point of Service operation at the building.

Screenshot of the Building Management Cafeteria Tab as described on this page.

  1. Other Schools Served - Add other buildings to this box if visiting students enrolled at those schools should be claimed where they are enrolled. By default, this box is empty, which indicates that all students served at this building will be claimed with this building. The homerooms of the buildings listed in this section will show as homerooms on the POS of the building that is serving the meals.

  2. Download Building/Building Group For Disconnected Serving - Buildings listed in this box will have their student databases downloaded into the browser where this school's POS licenses are linked so that visiting students can continue to be served if the POS becomes disconnected.

  3. Default Labor Hours - enter the scheduled daily labor hours for this building to be used in the Meals per Labor Hour report. Daily labor hours can be updated based on actual data in Accounting > Labor Hours.

  4. Identify Persons By - select the identifier that will be entered at the POS for both staff and students
    Point of Service Identifier
    Student Identifier (this also applies to Staff Identifier)

  5. Serving Session - click to sort by serving session

  6. Show On Point of Service - click to sort by Show on POS status

  7. Start Time - click to sort by start time

  8. End Time - click to sort by end time

  9. Pencil - click to edit an existing serving session. See Step 10 for details.

  10. (+) New Serving Session - click to add a new serving session to the Cafeteria
    Screenshot of the Add New Serving Session modal as described on this page.​

    1. Serving Session - select serving session to be available for use at this cafeteria

    2. Default Reimbursable Meals Planned and Default Non-Reimbursable Meals Planned (optional) - enter the typical number of meals planned at this building.
      Note: This is for documentation purposes only.

    3. Start Time and End Time (optional) - enter the start and end times of this serving session

    4. Show On Point of Service - check to make this serving session an available option on the POS. If unchecked, this serving session will only be available for Bulk Transactions.

    5. Offer Vs Serve - check to indicate that this serving session is Offer vs. Serve at this cafeteria
      Note: This is for documentation purposes only.

    6. Delete - click to delete the serving session from this cafeteria

    7. Cancel - click to return to the previous screen without saving changes

    8. Save - click to save changes

  11. Enforce Serving Times at Point of Service - check to prevent meals from being entered outside of the serving times entered above

  12. Allow Serving Time Override (not pictured) - check this box to indicate that the Serving Times warning can be overridden

  13. Close - click to return to the previous screen without saving changes

  14. Save - click to save changes