What this page is for
An area is a part of the floor, such as the terrace, the bar or upstairs. Every table belongs to one area, and the waiter's floor plan groups tables by it. Areas lists every area in your branches: its name, its branch, its position on the floor plan, and whether it is active or retired.
Areas exist only for restaurants, bars and anywhere else that seats parties at tables; a shop or a salon with no floor plan has no use for this page.
Everyone whose role can view the floor and kitchen set-up sees this page. Adding, editing and retiring an area need a role that can manage it.
How to…
How to add an area
Press New area. See New area.
How to change an area's order on the floor plan
Open the row's menu, choose Edit, and change Order on the floor plan. Lower numbers appear first.
How to retire or restore an area
Open the row's menu and choose Retire or Restore. An area can only be retired once every table in it has been retired, because the floor plan can never show a table in an area nobody can see.
Worked examples
Restaurant and bar
The Acacia Grill & Bar in Westlands sets up three areas: Terrace, Main dining and Bar, in that order on the floor plan, so waiters see the terrace first when they open the floor at lunchtime.