Adding a button to a touchscreen menu

After creating a touchscreen menu, you must create buttons to populate the touchscreen menu. The number of buttons you can fit in a touchscreen menu depends on the layout you specified. For example, in a 6 x 3 layout, you can fit 18 buttons in the touchscreen menu.

  1. Select Configuration > Touchscreen > Screens / Buttons.
  2. In the row of the touchscreen menu, click Buttons.
  3. Click Add Buttons.
  4. Specify this information:
    Button Type
    Select the button type from these options:
    • Touchscreen Menu: A screen that contains the options for menu items, payment tender options, discounts, and other button type options.
    • Menu Item: A product that is sold by the system. If you select this option, then the Prompt list is enabled.
    • Discount: A reduction from the usual price of a menu item.
    • Macro: A button that automatically runs all buttons under a touchscreen menu in one tap. You must set up a separate touchscreen menu to link to a macro button.
    • Function Button: Named procedure that accomplish a specific task.
    • Srv Chg/Discount All: A reduction or an upcharge to a check.
    • Tender: A method that is used to receive payments.
    • POS Reports User: A report that is generated based on employee information.
    • POS Reports System: A report that is generated based on revenue center information.
    • Quick Tender: A payment tender option that automatically specifies the amount required to close a payment transaction in an on-screen numeric keypad. If you select this option, then the Quick Tender Amount field is enabled.
    • Order Type: Course menu items that are served in a specific order.
    Link To
    Specify an item that is linked to the button. For macro buttons, specify the touchscreen menu to run when the button is tapped.
    Quick Tender Amount
    Specify the displayed text for the Quick Tender button type.
    Button Text
    Specify the displayed text for the button type.
    Note: This field is automatically filled with the same value that you specified in the Link To field or Quick Tender Amount field.
    Color
    Select a color.
    Order
    Specify a number for the placement order of the button in the touchscreen menu. Buttons are arranged from left to right, where the first button is displayed in the upper left corner. For example, if you specify 0, the button is displayed in the upper left corner of the touchscreen menu. If you are going to link the touchscreen menu to a macro button, then specify a number for the sequence of the buttons.
    Prompt
    Select an option to prompt you to specify the required information. Selecting a prompt option related to weight enables the Tare Weight and Move Decimal fields.
    Tare Weight
    Specify the weight of the menu item.
    Move Decimal
    Specify the number of decimal places required for the menu item. For example, specify 2 to provide two decimal places.
    Scheduled
    Select this check box to schedule the display of the button. Selecting this check box enables the Start Date and End Date fields.
    Start Date
    Use the calendar to specify the start date of the menu item.
    Start Time
    Specify the start time of the menu item in the format HH:MM.
    End Date
    Use the calendar to specify the end date of the menu item.
    End Time
    Specify the end time of the menu item in the format HH:MM.
    Assign
    Click this button to assign an event to the button for recurrence.
    Modify
    Select this check box to show a notes dialog box when the added button is tapped in Infor POS. Use the notes dialog box to specify instructions in preparing the menu item in Infor POS.
    Active
    Select this check box to enable the button in the selected revenue center.
  5. Click Save.