The settings on this page customize how employees interact with Toast POS devices.
To review and change settings on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page, you must have the Web Setup > 6.6 Restaurant Operations Setup access permission.
The following table provides information about the settings of the Login Screen section on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page.
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The settings described in this table affect the set of buttons that are available on the Toast POS devices used by servers, and the way that orders appear on order screens and on printed and KDS device kitchen tickets. |
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Mask Passcode |
This setting allows you to implement passcode masking.
You can also allow employees to access Toast POS devices that have a magnetic card reader by swiping a card with a magnetic stripe. On Toast POS devices, you associate a card with an employee passcode by selecting Manager Activities > Register Swipe Card. |
Additional Text |
This setting accepts a text string. The text appears along the bottom of the sign in screen of your Toast POS devices. It appears above the Toast POS version number and in the same size font. |
The following table provides information about the settings of the Order Screen section on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page.
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The settings described in this table affect the set of buttons that are available on the Toast POS devices used by servers, and the way that orders appear on order screens and on printed and KDS device kitchen tickets. |
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Additional Modifier Groups |
This setting lists modifier groups that you can include on the order screen for every menu item. The modifier options that servers select from these modifier groups appear on kitchen tickets to help coordinate serving, packaging, plating, and preparing items to each guest's specifications. To include a button for an additional modifier group, select Enabled. In the example that follows, all of the additional modifier groups are enabled. A button appears for each enabled modifier group on the right, or bottom, of the order screen after the menu-related modifier groups for the item being ordered. If an ordered item does not have any associated menu-related modifier groups, servers select the ordered item to access buttons for additional modifier groups. You can also change the sequence in which the additional modifier buttons appear on order screens. To move a button to a different location, click and drag the grid icon next to the additional modifier group.
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Valid SSIDs |
This setting identifies the valid service set identifier (SSID) name of your wireless local area network (WLAN). When you use this setting to set one or more SSIDs, Toast POS devices will only connect to the internet using the specified network(s). To add an SSID, select Add SSID and enter the name of the network in the entry field that appears.
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Show Send/Hold/Stay Buttons (Quick Order only) |
This setting appears only if Orders Send Only After Check Is Paid is No. This setting lists actions that you can include on order screens in quick order mode. To include a button for one of these actions, select Enabled. You can also change the sequence in which these buttons appear. To move a button to a different location, click and drag the grid icon next to the button name.
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Orders Send Only After Check Is Paid |
This setting determines whether payment is required before orders are sent to the kitchen for fulfillment.
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Prompt for Tab Name (Quick Order only) |
This setting determines whether a tab name (or credit card swipe) is required for dine-in orders when servers use quick order mode to send an order to the kitchen. The tab name appears at the top of the kitchen ticket under the order number.
For more information about the effects of these options, see KDS ticket contents. |
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Prompt for Dining Option (Quick Order only) |
For restaurants and devices that do not have a default dining option, this setting determines whether a dining option must be specified when servers send an order to the kitchen using quick order mode. The dining option appears at the top of the kitchen ticket.
For more information about the effects of these options, see KDS ticket contents. |
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Show Item Sent Time |
This setting determines whether the time that the order was sent to the kitchen appears below the item list on the order screen.
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Modifier Display Mode |
This setting controls how modifier options appear under menu items on order screens and printed and KDS device kitchen tickets. Illustrations of the order and kitchen tickets for each setting are provided. The example order is for a sandwich item with the following modifiers entered in sequence: required modifiers for meat (chicken) and side (green salad, which has an extra charge and requires the dressing modifier, balsamic), and optional modifiers of bacon (extra charge), lettuce, and tomato. Add modifier charges to item price is set to No - Show price of each modifier separately and Modifier Group Sorting is set to Display in order modifiers are listed in their modifier group.
For more information about the effects of these options, see KDS ticket layout. |
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Show Default Modifiers |
This setting determines how a default modifier option in a modifier group, if any, appears on order screens and printed and KDS device kitchen tickets. Illustrations of the order and kitchen tickets for each setting are provided. The example order is for a sandwich item that has default modifiers of lettuce, onion, and tomato. The guest in this example asks for lettuce and tomato but no onion. Modifier Display Mode is set to Vertical: list one modifier per line.
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Consolidate Menu Items |
This setting determines whether each item in an order appears on a separate line, or if identical items (with identical modifiers if any) in an order are summed and shown on one line with the total count.
Illustrations of the order and kitchen tickets for each setting are provided. The example order is for two identical chicken wings with Buffalo sauce. Modifier Display Mode is set to Vertical: list one modifier per line.
For more information about the effects of these options, see KDS ticket layout. |
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Consolidate Discounts |
This setting determines whether an item-level fixed currency discount is applied to each item in a consolidated group of identical items in an order.
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Consolidate Modifiers |
This setting determines whether each modifier option for a menu item appears on a separate line or if identical modifier options are summed and shown on one line with the total count. The configuration of the Combine Modifiers setting affects the way that modifier options appear on:
You can select:
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Add modifier charges to item price |
This setting determines whether the prices defined for modifier options are summed with the menu item price for one total, or appear separately from menu item prices.
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Modifier Group Sorting |
For restaurants with Modifier Display Mode set to Vertical: list one modifier per line or Horizontal: list all modifiers on one line, comma separated, this setting controls the sequence in which modifier options appear on order screens and printed and KDS device kitchen tickets.
For example, you serve different kinds of barbecue sauce with your chicken wings, defined as options in the modifier group as mild, medium, hot, and insane. When guests order more than one of the sauces with their wings, they can either be listed in the order that the server adds them (hot, mild, insane), or always in the same sequence relative to each other (mild, hot, insane). For more information about the effects of these options, see KDS ticket layout. |
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Modifier Ordering Priority |
This setting defines the sequence in which modifier group buttons appear on order screens. This option applies to modifier groups defined in the menu. If you enable any of the additional modifier groups, they appear after the menu modifier groups.
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Show Fast Cash Button? (Quick Order only) |
This setting determines whether servers using quick order mode can use a single button to accept payments in cash for the exact amount of the check.
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Close Order Screen After Printing Receipt |
This setting determines whether the order screen remains open to the same order after servers tap Print to print a guest receipt.
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Auto Switch User |
This setting defines how frequently servers need to sign in to Toast POS devices. Applies to all order screens: Quick Order, Table Service, and Delivery.
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Edit Other Employees' Checks Confirmation |
This setting determines whether employees who have the Edit Other Employees' Orders access permission must respond to a confirmation prompt when they edit another employee's check.
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Enable Promo Code Search |
This setting defines whether order screens include the Promo Code option on the Overflow menu (the ⋮ icon).
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Enable Manual Entry When Using Scale |
This setting determines whether servers, when using a device that is connected to a scale, can enter item weights manually.
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The following table provides information about the settings of the POS Scheduling Settings section on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page.
The following table provides information about the settings of the Service Areas Screen section on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page.
The following table provides information about the settings of the Tipping section on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page.
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Tip/Tax |
This setting determines the sequence in which the Toast platform computes suggested tip amounts and fixed percent service charges.
Examples of how the system calculates suggested tips and service charges follow. Suggested tip: For items totalling $50, a tax rate of 7.5%, and suggested tip percentages of 15%, 18%, and 20%, the system:
Note that the total on the check, which is paid to the restaurant, is the same in both cases. The actual tip amount paid directly to the server is at the guest's discretion. Service charge: For items totalling $1000, a tax rate of 6.25%, and a service charge of 20% (taxed at the same rate), the system either:
Note that service charges, unlike tips, are included in the check total and collected by the restaurant. As a result, the setting that you choose for this option can affect the total check amount. Appropriate variations on these computations apply to service charges that have different tax rates or that are not taxed. For more information about service charges, see Service charge overview. |
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Choose Tip Options |
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Tip Option Transaction Amount |
This setting appears if Choose Tip Options is set to Show tip options in dollars and percentages. This setting defines the total check value used to determine whether the suggested tips are dollar amounts or percentages. |
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Customize Tip Dollar Amounts |
This setting appears if Choose Tip Options is set to either Show tip options in dollar amounts only or Show tip options in dollars and percentages. You can enter up to three dollar amounts. Each value defines a dollar amount to automatically add as a tip. For example, 1.00, 1.50, 2.00.
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Default Tip Selection |
This setting appears if Choose Tip Options is set to Show tip options in dollar amounts only. This setting determines what tipping option is preselected on the guest-facing display.
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Customize Tip Percentages |
This setting appears if Choose Tip Options is set to either Show tip options in percentages only or Show tip options in dollars and percentages. You can enter up to three numbers. Each value defines a percentage of the check total to automatically add as a tip. For example, 15, 18, 20. To include these percentages on guest receipts, you must also enable the Display Tip Percentages on Customer Receipts setting on the Marketing > Receipt Setup page.
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Default Tip Selection |
This setting appears if Choose Tip Options is set to Show tip options in dollars and percentages. This setting determines what tipping option is preselected on the guest-facing display.
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Significant Adjustments to Tips Require Approval |
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Define Significant Adjustments |
This setting appears only if Significant Adjustments to Tips Require Approval is Yes - significant adjustments to tips require manager approval. This setting accepts two numbers. To define how large a tip adjustment must be to require manager approval, you define both of these thresholds.
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The following table provides information about the Shift review setup settings. To navigate to the Shift review setup page, select Employees > Shift review > Shift review setup.
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Shift Review |
This setting defines whether employees must close the checks for all of their orders and declare their cash tips before they clock out.
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Require Collect and/or Tip Out |
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Cash Drawer Lockdown |
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Gratuity |
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Non-Cash Tips |
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Cash Bank |
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Employee Account Cash Payment Collected |
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Declare Cash Tips |
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Negative Declared Tips |
This setting appears only if Declare Cash Tips is Must declare cash tips before clocking out.
For more information about the effect of these options, see the Negative Declared Tips manager access permission. |
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Closeout Over/Short Max |
This setting accepts a dollar amount. This value defines when manager approval is required for variances from the expected cash drawer balance. For more information about the effect of this setting, see To configure cash drawer closeout thresholds. |
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Closeout Over/Short Warning |
This setting accepts a dollar amount. This value defines when confirmation of the entered balance is required for variances from the expected cash drawer balance. For more information about the effect of this setting, see To configure cash drawer closeout thresholds. |
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Minimum Tip Percentage (Declared Cash Tips) |
The value of this setting defines the minimum amount, as a percentage of cash tips, that servers must report during shift review. For more information about the effect of this setting, see Close drawer. |
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Sales Category Tip Percentage |
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Sales Category, Percentage, Description |
This setting appears only when Sales Category Tip Percentage is set to In shift review, show Sales Category Tip Percentages. For each of your defined sales categories, select + Add and then use the drop down menu to specify the sales category. You then enter the following values.
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Audit Removed Items |
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The following table provides information about the Shift review report settings. To navigate to the Shift review report page, select Employees > POS report configurations > Shift review report.
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Section Name |
This setting lists sections that you can include in your shift review report.
Select the section to include it in the shift review report. You also have the option to change the sequence in which these sections appear. Click or tap and drag the grid icon next to a section name and move it to a different location in the list. |
The following table provides information about the settings of the Z Report Configurations section on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page.
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Section Name |
This setting lists sections that you can include in your Z report.
To include a section on the Z report, select Enabled. You also have the option to change the sequence in which these sections appear. Click or tap and drag the grid icon next to a section name and move it to a different location in the list. |
The following table provides information about the settings of the Closed Drawer Report Configurations section on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page.
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Closed Drawer Report |
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Section Name |
This setting lists sections that you can include in your closed drawer report.
To include a section in the closed drawer report, select Enabled. You also have the option to change the sequence in which these sections appear. Click or tap and drag the grid icon next to a section name and move it to a different location in the list. |
The following table provides information about the settings of the Time Clock section on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page.
The following table provides information about the settings of the Tax Options section on the Front of house > Order screen setup > UI options page.
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Receipt Tax Options |
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Receipt Tax Label |
This setting appears only if Receipt Tax Options is Display all tax rates on one line. This setting accepts a text string. This string appears on printed guest receipts to identify the total amount charged as tax. |
Smart Tax |
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