Message Center

Message Center

You can schedule internal communications to make sure that employees get important messages pertaining to the restaurant's operations. The workstation displays the message the first time the employee accesses the order, punch clock, and/or reading screen.

NOTE: The employee can touch the PRINT button to get a physical copy of the message.

Title

Short description of message content.

Date

Date when to start displaying the message.

Completed On

Date when everyone targeted by the message has read it.

Message Overview

To

Employees who will receive the message.

Event

Functions that will display the message.

Message

Actual message text to display.

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Message Editor

Title

Enter a short description of the message content.

Activated

Select the date when to start displaying the message.

To

Click this button to select employees who will receive the message.

Event

Sign In

Enable to display the message the first time the Employee accesses the order screen.

Reading

Enable to display the message the first time the Employee accesses the reading screen.

Punch

Enable to display the message the first time the Employee access the punch clock screen.

Message

Add Schedule to the Message

Enable to display the employee's schedule along with the message.

Continuous

Enable this option to display this messages every time an employee signs in, punches in, or prints a reading.

Once Per Day

Enable this option so that the message is displayed only once per day, the first time the employee logs on to a POS workstation.

Call External Command

Enable this option to call an external executable program instead of displaying a message.

Command

This field becomes available only if the Call External Command option is enabled. Type the path to the executable file, or click the (...) button to browse for it.

Arguments

Type any command line arguments that may be required when the external command is executed.

Message

Enter the actual text of the message to display.

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Recipient(s)

List

Click the type of List to choose from, and double click on a choice within the list to add it to the users' list on the right. The four available list types are:

Employee Point of Sale

Double-click on an individual employee from the POS Control module.

Employee Time and Attendance

Double-click on an individual employee from the Time & Attendance module.

Function Point of Sale

Double-click on an employee Configuration from the POS Control module.

Task Time and Attendance

Double-click on an employee Task from the Time & Attendance module.

Users

Chosen list type.

Recipients

Selected choices within the list type.

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Message/Employee(s)

Users

Individual employee from the POS Control or Time & Attendance module.

Date

Date when the individual employee has read the message.