You can have more than one sequential number series running at the same time, or at different times. For example, you may want to use different sequences to represent different departments, or you may want to use different sequences to represent different fiscal or calendar years.

The Number Series - Kitchen Orders setting allows you to take advantage of this feature. Here you can define the number sequences that you would like to use with Kitchen Orders.

To open the Number Series - Kitchen Orders setting, ensure you are in the Restaurant module and double-click (Windows/macOS) or tap (iOS/Android) 'Number Series - Kitchen Orders' in the 'Settings' list. The following window will appear:

Enter each new Number Series on the first blank line. The Comment will be shown in the 'Paste Special' list, so enter some text that will help you choose a number from the correct sequence. The N/L field common to all Number Series settings is not used with Kitchen Orders.

When the setting is complete, click the [Save] button (Windows/macOS) or tap √ (iOS/Android) in the Button Bar to save the changes. To close the window without saving changes, click the close box (Windows/macOS) or tap < (iOS/Android).

When you enter a Kitchen Order, the next number in the first valid Number Series entered to this setting will be used as a default. You are free to change to the first unused number in any other valid Number Series using 'Paste Special'. However, you will usually create Kitchen Order records using the "Kitchen Order" and "Print Tab to Kitchen" POS Buttons in the Bar Tab window. There will be no opportunity to change the number in these records, so a typical use for this setting will be to create separate number sequences for each year.

If you leave the Number Series - Cash Events setting empty, Cash Event Numbers will all be taken from the same sequence, starting at 1 and continuing consecutively. If you want to start from another number, simply specify it in a new Kitchen Order record before saving.

If you have any tills or devices that use live-sync connections to the server, you must not leave the Number Series - Kitchen Orders setting empty. You must also use the Synchronised Number Series setting to define separate number sequences for each live-sync device, before connecting any of those devices to the server. Please refer here for details.

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