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Number Series - Bar Tabs

This page describes the Number Series - Bar Tabs setting in the Restaurant module.

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Whenever you enter a new Bar Tab, it will be given a unique identifying number based on a sequential number series.

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 - Bar Tabs setting allows you to take advantage of this feature. Here you can define the number sequences that you would like to use with Bar Tabs.

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

Enter each new Number Series on the first blank line. The N/L field common to all Number Series settings is not used with Bar Tabs.

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 Bar Tab, the next number in the first valid Number Series entered to this setting will be used as a default. There will be no opportunity to change the default 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 - Bar Tabs setting empty, Bar Tab Numbers will all be taken from the same sequence, starting at 1 and continuing consecutively.

If you have any tills or devices that use live-sync connections to the server, you must not leave the Number Series - Bar Tabs 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. Also, do not specify number sequences for Bar Tabs in the Person records (on the 'Number Series' card) of any users who will enter Bar Tabs on devices with live-sync connections to the server.

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