Configuration

What it does

Menu Configuration is where you set up the reusable building blocks the rest of your menu relies on — measurement units, allergen definitions, VAT rates, and kitchen stations. You define these once here, then simply pick them when creating items and modifiers, instead of re-typing them every time.

Getting started

1. Open Menu → Configuration. It's organized into sections you expand one at a time.
2. Measurement units — add the units you sell and stock by (grams, millilitres, pieces…), used to describe item sizes and variants. Each new unit is defined as a multiple of one you already have: choose what it is defined as and say how many of that unit go into one of the new one — a kilogram is 1000 grams. Leave the base blank to create a unit that defines its own scale.
3. Allergens — define the allergens you'll tag on items and modifiers (gluten, nuts, dairy…). They can then be shown to guests.
4. VAT rates — define the tax rates you apply to items. These are the rates you pick from when setting an item's VAT.
5. Stations — set up your prep stations (grill, bar, cold kitchen…), which route items to the right kitchen display and printer.
6. Complex items — choose what happens to a combo/set item when one of its parts runs out of stock: show it greyed out with a note about what's missing, or hide it from ordering entirely.

Key things to know

• Everything here is defined once and reused. You don't re-enter units, allergens, VAT rates, or stations on every item — you pick from the lists you set up here.
• A unit is defined against another unit, and that is what makes conversion possible. Because a kilogram is recorded as 1000 grams, you can buy in kilograms and use in grams and the system keeps up. Two units can be converted between exactly when they trace back to the same starting unit — which is why pieces and portions never convert into grams, and never should.
• Built-in units can be renamed but not redefined. Translate "Kilogram" into your own language freely; what it is defined against, and by how much, stays fixed. Units you add yourself can be changed completely.
• A unit can't be defined against itself, directly or in a loop. If you try, the change is refused — otherwise there would be no way to work out what anything is worth.
• Stations route work to the right place. Assigning an item to a station sends its ticket to that station's kitchen display column and printer — see the Kitchen Display (KDS) and Printing articles.
• VAT rates work with your tax setup. The rates defined here are what you apply per item; whether tax is charged and how it's shown is covered in the Tax (VAT) article.
• Allergens follow the item. Allergens you attach to items (and modifiers) are shown on the public / QR menu so guests can see them.
• Manager setup. Only staff with catalog-management permission can change these definitions; everyone else just uses them when building the menu.
• Complex items setting only matters if you sell combos or set meals. It controls what a guest or cashier sees when one of a combo's parts runs out — greyed out with a note naming the missing part, or hidden from the menu completely. See the Catalog article for how to build a combo item itself.

FAQ

Q: Where do I find these settings?
A: In Menu → Configuration. Expand each section — Measurement units, Allergens, VAT rates, Stations — to add or edit entries.

Q: What are stations for?
A: A station (grill, bar, cold kitchen…) represents a prep area. Assigning an item to a station routes its kitchen ticket to that station's display and printer, so each part of the kitchen sees only its own items.

Q: Where do the VAT rates I choose on an item come from?
A: From the VAT rates you define here. Add or edit them in this section, then pick the right rate on each item.

Q: Do measurement units change the price?
A: No — units just describe how an item is sold (its size or portion, like 300 ml or 250 g). Pricing is set on the item and its variants.

Q: I have grams but I buy in kilograms. What do I add?
A: Add a unit called Kilogram, set Defined as to Gram, and enter 1000. From then on you can receive deliveries in kilograms and write recipes in grams — the conversion is automatic. See Inventory.

Q: Why can't I convert pieces into grams?
A: Because there is no correct answer — a piece of one thing weighs nothing like a piece of another. Units only convert when they trace back to the same starting unit, so weight, volume and count stay in separate worlds on purpose.

Q: What does "Base unit (not a multiple)" mean?
A: It creates a unit that defines its own scale, rather than being so many of something else. Gram, millilitre and piece work this way. You need one only when you are measuring something none of your existing units can express.

Q: Will allergens show to my guests?
A: Yes — allergens you attach to an item or modifier appear on the public / QR menu.

Q: What does the "Complex items" setting control?
A: It decides what happens when a combo/set item can't be made because one of its parts is out of stock — either show it disabled with a note naming what's missing, or hide it from the menu entirely until it's available again.