Change Allowance Usage Timings

Day types can be used to customise how long your canteen remains open for purchases on any given day. You can apply a single day type to all days if this customisation is not required, or you can apply a different day type to each day of the week.

Select the Calendar view. From the sidebar, ensure Day Type is selected, listing any currently available day types.

Once Day Type is selected from the sidebar, you can create, edit, or delete day types by selecting the relevant option from the toolbar.

Creating a day type

To create a new day type, select Create Day Type from the toolbar. The following window will appear:

Day Type Name — Enter a name for the day type, such as the day it is intended to be used for.

Sitting Name — A single day type can have several sittings, e.g. breakfast, break, and lunch. Enter a sitting name that you want to use.

Start/End Time — Enter the start and end times of the sitting.

Till Startup Page — This option sets the category that will be shown by default in the till view, during the sitting. Other available categories can still be selected as normal on the till, but the one selected here is the one that will be displayed to the till operator first.

Allow Free School Meal — Tick this option to enable FSM purchases during the sitting.

Allow Supervisor Meal — Tick this option to enable SVM purchases during the sitting.

Select Add to add the sitting to the day type. You can remove sittings by selecting it from the list in the day type window and selecting Delete.

Select OK to save changes to the day type, or Cancel to discard any changes you've made.

Editing a day type

To edit a day type, select it from the sidebar list and select Edit Day Type from the toolbar. You can edit all settings and add/delete sittings in the day type as required.