Creating quick menus

To create a quick menu, complete these tasks in the following order:

Create a quick menu. Refer to Creating a quick menu.
Create a POS button for the quick menu. Refer to Creating a POS button for a quick menu.

Creating a quick menu

To create a quick menu, create a new record In the Quick Menus parameter group in WebOffice EOM. Use the following table to determine the appropriate action for each option.

Option name	Required	Action	Sample value
Menu ID	Yes	Enter a numeric ID for the quick menu, between two and 99999, as preferred. Note This option cannot be modified after the record is created. The value for this option does not follow any form of sequence. Enter a unique numeric value as preferred.	2110
Menu Name	Yes	Enter the name of the quick menu.	Books
Button Columns	Yes	Enter a numeric value, between one and eight, to specify the number of button columns the quick menu will display.	4
Button Rows	Yes	Enter a numeric value, between one to eight, to specify the number of button rows the quick menu will display.	4
Grid Style	Yes	Select one of the following: None (Display Image or Label)—this option displays either the image or the label of the quick menu on its assigned POS button. If the image is not available, the label is displayed. Thirds (Display Image, Label and 2nd Line of Text)—this option displays the image, label, and a second line of text of the quick menu on its assigned POS button.	Thirds (Display Image, Label and 2nd Line of Text)
Active	Yes	Select Yes from the drop-down list of options to activate the quick menu.	Yes

Creating a POS button for a quick menu

This task creates a POS button for a quick menu, which enables the menu to be accessed from the POS application. The following sample image specifies the parts of a button for a quick menu. Use the image to determine the button parts indicated in each option.

To create and assign a POS button to a quick menu, create a new record in the Quick Menu Buttons group. Use the following table to apply the appropriate action for each option.

Option name	Required	Action	Sample value
Button ID	Yes	Enter the numeric ID of the button, between two and 999999, as preferred. Note This option cannot be modified after the record is created. The value for this option does not follow any form of sequence. Enter any unique numeric value.	2
Display Order	Yes	Enter a numeric value between one to 999999. This option determines the order of the button on the Menu Maintenance screen and Quick Menu screen.
Parent Menu Name	Yes	This option determines in which quick menu the POS button will display. Do one of the following: If creating a first-level quick menu, enter Main Menu to display the button on the main Menu Maintenance screen and main Quick Menu screen. If creating a sub-level quick menu, enter the name of a first-level or a sub-level quick menu defined in the Quick Menus parameter group. Example For example, the parent menu value of a third-level quick menu should be the name of its direct upper-level menu, a second-level quick menu. This indicates that the POS button will be displayed on the second-level menu on the POS application. Important The name of the parent quick menu must be identical to its name defined in its record in the Quick Menus parameter group. Note Do not enter the name of the quick menu the button is created for. This may cause the button to not function properly when pressed on the POS application.	Main Menu
Label	No	Enter the title text of the POS button.	Books
Additional Text	No	Enter a second line of text for the button. This text will be displayed below the label of the button. Note Leave this option blank to display the item price as the second line of text on the POS button. The POS application uses #0BFCF1 (cyan) as the color for this text. The color of this text cannot be configured.	Classic, Fiction, and Non-fiction
Action Type	Yes	Select Open Menu to enable the button to open its assigned menu.	Open Menu
Action Data	Yes	Enter the exact name of the quick menu the POS button is created for. Note The name of the quick menu must be identical to its name defined in its record in the Quick Menus parameter group.	Books
Action Termination Key	Yes	Select None from the drop-down list of options. This option classifies the POS button as an accessible quick menu on the POS application.	None
Item Price	No	Leave this blank. This option is not applicable for buttons created for quick menus.
Item Description	No	Leave this option blank. This option is not applicable for buttons created for quick menus.
Background Color	No	Enter the hexadecimal code of the color to be used as the background color of the button. Note If left blank, the POS application uses #374350 (oxford blue) as the default color.	#240A40 (violet)
Foreground Color	No	Enter the hexadecimal code of the color to be used as the color of the label text of the button. Note If left blank, the POS application uses #FFFFFF (white) as the default color.	#FFE5B4 (peach)
Background Color Pressing	No	Enter the hexadecimal code of the color to be used as the background color of the button when pressed on the POS application. Note If left blank, the POS application uses #374350 (oxford blue) as the default color.	#0000FF (blue)
Foreground Color Pressing	No	Enter the hexadecimal code of the color to be used as the color of the label text when the button is pressed on the POS application. Note If left blank, the POS application uses #FFFFFF (white) as the default color.	#808080 (grey)
Image Location	No	Enter the URL location of the image that will be used as the display image of the button on the POS application.	https://upd.com/books.png

Sample quick menu

The sample configuration provided in the tables creates the quick menu highlighted in the following image.