With Kitchen selected in the product panel, select Maintenance > Hardware > Print Designer Configuration > Chit Item Category Grouping to access the Chit Item Category Grouping function. Use this function to group and organize items on a production chit by category instead of the order in which you enter items. If you use CFC, you can have a Chit Item Category Grouping record for each store or use the same Chit Item Category Grouping record for multiple stores. If you use Aloha Manager, you have only one Chit Item Category Grouping record. Once grouped, all production chit layouts defined in the Print Designer function use this grouping. For example, you can group items by:

• Courses, such as appetizers, entrees, and desserts.
• Stations, such as grilled, fried, and cold.
• Length of time to prepare, such as two minutes, three minutes, five minutes.

We recommend putting an item in only one of these categories and any item not assigned to a category within the grouping prints independently. You can configure only one Chit Item Category Grouping record, per store. If you later decide you do not want the grouping, delete the Chit Item Category Grouping record.

Chit Item Category tab

Group Bar: Groupings

Category — Allows you to select a general category to include in the grouping. The order in which a category appears here is the order in which it prints on the production chit. Documented Version: AK 19.3.

Group header — Denotes the name to appear for the grouping on all production chit layouts created in Print Designer. The name of the category appears as the default text, but you can use an alternate name that is more descriptive or friendly. To have more than one category appear as though it belongs to a single category, type the same group header for each applicable category. Documented Version: AK 19.3.