How do you guys implement a unique Product ID - using the Name or using a Product Tag or ...?

[markjw]

@WingoLED

2)Create a new custom tag “ID”, enter the code value “101” into it and then create the menu/printer around this method using header and others?

This method ^^^. This is also best because you may only want the number to show in the kitchen but not on the customer’s receipt (as it can be confusing to read when showing item number and quantity).

Just like @QMcKay mentioned in the other post about your Chinese Name product tag.

Also, if you want to display the item number on the button, there is a quick way I developed for a client before using a SQL script to automatically add the item number, you can see how to do it here:

Menu Item button display format

Here’s a little SQL script I created to automatically generate Menu Button Header values using “Item Number” Product Tag. It expects the Product Tag to be called “Item Number” and will only change the header value for those products that have an item number set. It will create menu buttons like this: [image] UPDATE SMI SET Header = '#' + SUBSTRING(MI.CustomTags, CHARINDEX('{"TN":"Item Number","TV":"', MI.CustomTags) + LEN('{"TN":"Item Number","TV":"'), CHARINDEX('"', MI.CustomTags, CHARINDEX…