In a typical Table Service Food and Beverage environment, with several servers using various salespoints to place orders, it is advantageous to set up the salespoints to require log-in by servers prior to their performing various functions (and automatically log-out from those servers after those functions have been performed). This helps prevent servers from inadvertently ordering or selling items under the wrong operator log-in. A setting in the [Preferences] section of the .INI file, LogOutAfterFinalize=TRUE, determines whether the system logs out an operator after completing activities on a sale (including ordering and paying as well as finalizing in the Table Service Food and Beverage environment; see the Salesware .INI Settings Reference for details). Allowing operators to log in with swipe cards in conjunction with this functionality speeds their performance at the salespoint. Configuring auto-log-in with a swipe card is described below:

 

 

Note: The text must begin with a %. The Auto Sales Log-in Code field can store up to twenty-five characters. Obviously, the text entered is unique for each operator so that the system can distinguish one operator from another; the data entered in SysManager must be an exact match to the data entered via card swipe at the salespoint in order to automatically log-in the operator.