In Geidea POS, items are grouped together by categories. That said, having at least one category is a prerequisite to create items. Examples of categories would be: Hot Drinks, Burgers, Desserts, etc.

Categories List Table Breakdown

• Add Category: add a new category
• Delete: delete selected categories
• Change Order: edit the order of categories
• Name: shows the names of available categories
• Items assigned: Shows the number of items assigned for each category
• Image: shows the image assigned for each category
• Active: make the category available or unavailable
• Aggregators: make the category available or unavailable on aggregator apps.
• Web: make the category available or unavailable on the website
• Mobile: make the category available or unavailable on the mobile app
• Edit: Click a category name to edit its information

Adding a New Category

This section explains how to add a new menu category to the Categories list.

To add new menu category

1. Click Add Category.
2. Complete the Add menu category form
3. Click Save.
   

• Name: specifies the category name (mandatory).
• Active: specifies whether this category is active or not.
• Mobile Enabled: specify whether items from this category are available on the Customer Mobile app or not.
• Availability (Orange Bar): allows you to set the days and hours when this category is available.
• Sort by: allows you to select the sort type for items from this category.
• Stores: specifies stores where this category is available.
• Course: specifies the course for items from this category.
• Printer: specifies the kitchen printer used to print out the orders with items of this category (for more information, see Kitchen Printers). 

Edit Existing Category

To edit menu category

1. In the Categories list, click a category to update.
2. The category page will open. 
3. Apply any changes you want.
4. Click Update to save your changes.

NOTE: If you updated the category availability hours or the list of stores where this category is available, you will be prompted to apply these changes to all items in the category.

Delete Categories

To delete categories

1. From the Categories list, mark the category(ies) to delete.
2. Click Delete.
3. When prompted, confirm the deletion operation.

IMPORTANT:

• This operation permanently deletes the selected categories.
• You cannot delete nonempty categories (the categories, which include at least one item).

Change Order of the Categories List

This section explains how to change the order in which categories are displayed in POS terminal apps and Mobile apps.

To change order of the Categories List

1. Click Edit Positions.
2. Change the list order by moving selected categories up or down.
3. When finished, click Save.