Modifiers
Modifiers are used to modify an item. An item that is a modifier is created like any other item. For example, if the main item is “Ice Cream,” a modifier can be used to enable the selection of the kind of ice cream – “Vanilla,” “Chocolate,” etc. Modifiers are especially useful in Food Service environments, for packaging products together, and for “up-selling.”
Characteristics of modifiers include the following:
• Modifiers for an item can be optional, or they can be configured to prompt the operator for a selection, or they can be configured to prompt and require the selection of a certain minimum/maximum number of modifiers.
• Modifiers can be visually separated on the Modifier dialog in Sales. This is done by inserting the appropriate number of “blank” items (items with no description) in between “real” modifiers on the Modifiers tab (of an item while editing the item in SysManager).
• Using modifiers, any type of product can be packaged. For example, a product that creates an access record, that requires a pod booking and that creates an electronic rental form can be included in the same package.
• When a guest is added to an item, that same guest can be attached to the entire item’s modifiers (assuming the modifiers are configured to accept guest information) or you can attach different guests to a main item and each of its modifiers. See Inherit Guest Information from Main Item check box in the following screen capture.
• Modifiers can have specials and date/times set independently of the main item or other modifiers.
• Modifiers can follow Max4Sale restrictions.
• Modifiers follow the DCI restrictions, not the item tree restrictions.
• Multiple layers of modifiers can be used. For example, if a rental item is added as a modifier, the rental item may also be modified by a “Damage Insurance” modifier.
• Item descriptions are available under the Available items and Assigned item scroll boxes.
Note: Even though it is possible to use multiple layers of modifiers, care must be taken not to overwhelm operators with screen after screen of modifier options.
• Modifiers can automatically be added to an item by using the following Sales screen action macros (see the Salesware Sales Screen Action Macro Commands document for more information):
MODIFYITEM(“DDDDDDDDDDCCCCCCCCCCIIIIIIIIII”)
MODIFYITEM2(“DDDDDDDDDDCCCCCCCCCCIIIIIIIIII”)
MODIFYITEM adds the specified DCI as a modifier to the item.
MODIFYITEM2 adds the specified DCI as a modifier to the item only if it is not already present as a modifier.
Modifiers are associated with a main item via the Modifiers tab (SysManager > Activities > DCIs > New item/Edit item > Modifiers), as shown in the following screen capture:
The radio buttons shown in the screen capture can be used to make modifiers:
• Optional
• Prompt
• Prompt/Required
Modifiers can added to any item from anywhere in the item tree by selecting the appropriate Department and Category. Clients usually create separate categories to keep similar modifiers together, as shown in the following screen capture (there are groups of modifiers for entrees and salads):
