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Overview: as a restaurant manager, you can duplicate menus to save time and avoid re-typing. This guide takes you through the process.
Start from: The Easilys menu.
You can create your own menus in Easilys to track costs, and benefit from the application's order preparation assistance and production management reports.
To simplify menu set-up, you can use the duplication function. This can be done on the same menu frame, on another menu frame of the site you're working on, or menu frames of other sites if you have child sites.
Duplicate menus on a menu frame available on the same site or on a period of the same frame
- Select Menus > Menus from the main menu.
- Select the menu frame containing the menus you want to duplicate from the drop-down menu.
- Select the cog icon to open the Menu template options.
- Select Duplicate menus to one or more other categories.
The Duplicate the menus window will appear on screen.
- In the Origin section, indicate the time period to be duplicated. (1)
- In the Destination section, indicate to which frame you wish to duplicate the menus of the time period defined in the Origin section. (2)
Note: this may be the same frame as the original if you wish to duplicate menus over a different period. This is useful for duplicating a menu over a period of time. If you work in commercial catering, we strongly advise you to duplicate the same menu frame to save time if your menu doesn't change from day to day over a long period of time.
- Specify the date from which Easilys should duplicate the menu (in the Destination section). (3)
Optional: if you wish to duplicate the menus of several defined periods until a certain date, check the Repeat box (4) and specify an end date (5).
Optional: apply filters or advanced options to your duplication.
- Select Duplicate in the bottom right-hand corner.
Duplicate menus on a menu frame from another site
- Select Menus > Menus from the main menu.
- Select the menu frame containing the menus you want to duplicate from the drop-down menu.
- Select the cog icon to open the Menu template options.
- Select Duplicate the menus to one or more other sites.
The Duplicate menus to other sites window will appear on screen.
- In the Origin section, indicate the time period to be duplicated.
Optional: check the Automatically create a linked template on the destination sites if it does not exist box, so that the application automatically creates a new menu frame on sites that don't yet have a menu frame whose parent frame is the original menu frame(s) defined in the Origin section.
Optional: check the Copy several templates to these same sites box to select multiple menu frames for duplication.
In the Destination section, indicate to which period you wish to duplicate the menus of the time period defined in the Origin section. (5)
Optional: if you wish to duplicate the menus of the defined period several times until a certain date, check the Repeat box (6) and specify an end date (7).
In the Destination section, indicate to which sites you wish to duplicate the menus of the time period defined in the Origin section. (8)
Optional: check the Copy the templates to all its descendants box so that the application also duplicates the frames on the child and grandchild sites of those selected in the Destination section. Duplication will only take place if a menu frame with the original menu frame as its parent menu frame is present on the child sites.
Optional: apply filters or advanced options to your duplication.
- Select Duplicate.
A green confirmation message will appear.