Product Count Down

[nzsteve]

We are migrating off Tevalis POS as I believe SambaPOS to be a better solution.

However Tevalis does have a great feature called Countdown.

This is great in a Cafe where items change daily and are presented in a cabinet for customers to choose. Tevalis allows us to set the number of this product we have for sale and show this on the product button. This is different from stock as the items are things made each day and are not Inventory items.

I know we can do this if we use inventory, but this is beyond the basics of what we want.

Inventory is used when we resell a product (can of coke etc) but not when it could be as simple as a Muffin (made by our chefs)

Any suggestions on how to do this. The balance needs to display on the product button.

thanks

[Memo]

Things like muffins can be tracked through SambaPOS’ built-in inventory functions. Those items are called Inventory Products (not to be confused with menu products).

This thread has everything you’ll need to know (and more!):

Inventory CONSUMPTION: Inventory Items, Products, Recipes, and Order Tags

Inventory Product “Containers” As described in the previous post, we can create Inventory “Sub-Products” by defining the Units of the Inventory Product. We did this with Meatballs when we defined Units for “Ball” and “Batch”, and with Chili, we defined “sub-product” Units of “Ounce” and Pot". When we create Recipes for Inventory Products, the Units (or Sub-Products) become the Portion identifier in the Recipe. Quick recap picture… [image] There is an even grander usage case for Inventory …

There is a way to show what’s left in inventory on a product’s button, but IIRC the general consensus was the hit to the DB isn’t worth it.

@nzsteve

We are migrating off Tevalis POS as I believe SambaPOS to be a better solution.

I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of SambaPOS the last couple of months and I have come to the following conclusions:

• A) I need to add SambaPOS to the browser’s dictionary
• B) It’s not a matter of “can it do this” but more so “how can I make it do this”.

[RickH]

This is a tutorial for exactly what you need

Limiting number of Items Sold

A simple method to limit a Menu Item being sold beyond availability. This does not track actual Physical Inventory, but can be used for many cases such as a daily special for something like Soup. FLOW: In this example, we have defined 2 different soups, each with their own limited Quantity. At start of Work Period we are prompted for Item Count: (we enter 10 and 15) [image] When 10 Onion soup have been ordered, we are prevented from ordering any more: [image] When 15 Tomato soup have…