Select Maintenance > Menu > Exception Modifiers to access this function.

Exception modifiers are items, not attached to a menu item, that you can use to modify any menu item on the Aloha Table Service order entry screen. These items are requested by guests often enough to warrant their inclusion in the order entry system. Examples of exception modifiers can include such things as cheese sauce, onions, hot sauce, and more.

After you create an exception modifier group, you attach it to a submenu. When an employee orders an item in the FOH, they can touch Modify, and then touch Special, to access the exception modifiers. This eliminates the need to manually type special modifiers for items.

Exception Modifier quick tips

There are several rules or tips to follow when you add a new exception modifier group:

• If you want to include an item in an exception modifier group, you must first add the item to the items database. Modifier group record numbers begin at 20,000 and end at 29,999.
• You can price exception modifiers, as necessary. Keep in mind, the price of an exception modifier is not sensitive to the ‘No’ or ‘Extra’ modifier buttons. In other words, if you order ‘No Cheese’ using the ‘No’ and ‘Cheese’ modifier buttons, the price of ‘Cheese’ (if there is a price assigned) does not change accordingly.
• Modifier groups can modify other modifier groups. For example, a ‘salads’ modifier group can modify a dinner entrée item and a ‘salad toppings’ modifier group can modify a salad.
• The system permits up to 20 exception modifier groups, with each group containing up to 108 items. You can define up to as many as six pages of exception modifiers.
• You must attach the modifier groups to the applicable submenus, under Maintenance > Menu > Submenus, for the exception modifier group to appear on the POS terminal when you order from the Table Service order entry screen.

Exception Modifier tab

Exception modifiers are items, not attached to a menu item, that you can use to modify any menu item on the Aloha Table Service order entry screen.

Group Bar: Settings

Name Identifies the exception modifier. Type a maximum of 15 characters.

Layout tab

The Layout tab contains button positions used to add items to the exception modifier group on a submenu. Exception modifier items appear on order entry terminals in the order in which you place them on the Layout tab. For this reason, you should pay special consideration to the order in which employees typically select exception modifiers.

The following buttons and options also appear on the Layout tab:

Sort ^ Button — Sorts the buttons vertically in alphabetical order.

Sort > Button — Sorts the buttons to flow left to right in alphabetical order.

Consolidate Button — Consolidates buttons and eliminates any blank buttons that might fall between buttons with items.

Group Bar: Exception modifier

Item — Designates the item to include in the exception modifier group on the selected button. Related Requirements: You must define modifier items in Maintenance > Menu > Items before you can select an item for the exception modifier group.

Price — Specifies the price, if any, to charge when you add an exception modifier to an order.