Service areas are cafeterias or other locations, such as snack bars, which provide meal service. Service areas are assigned to a single campus, but a single service area may provide meals for one or multiple schools. Service areas are also where you define meals served (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) and service start times.
-> Go To: Administration > SETTINGS > District Details > Service Areas
Manage Service Areas
| 1. Select a Service Area to edit from the list window and click the Edit button or click the Add button to create a new Service Area. |
| 2. Enter the *Service Area Name. |
| This is name of the service areas. It's recommended to use a name that is easily recognizable, such as Cafeteria or Snack Bar. |
Campus refers to the school's physical location and must first be configured on the Campuses page in the Administration module.
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| 4. Select each Meal Category that will be served at the service area. |
Note! The Meal Categories selected here determine which meal services can be selected for POS Stations, such as Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner. If a Meal Category is not selected here, such as Dinner, it cannot be selected in the POS Console for service.
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| 5. Enter a Start Time for each Meal Category you've selected. |
| 6. Enter a PIN Prefix if needed. |
This number is used to set a set-length preamble in a customer's PIN, which allows students to enter shorter a PIN when the first part of the PIN shares the same number sequence. For example, the following students all share the first three digits of their PINs:
Julian Schultz - 2004567
James Smith - 2005387
Jenny Stuart - 2007835
By entering "200" in the Pin Prefix field, the following occurs:
Customer Julian Schultz keys "4567" on the keypad. -> mPower appends "200" to the beginning of the customer entry and returns "Julian Schultz, #2004567". |
| 7. Click Save to save or Cancel to cancel. |
