Instead of creating a recipe extension template from scratch, you can copy an existing recipe extension template and modify it as needed. To copy an existing recipe extension template, complete the following steps:
- Select Tools & Setup > Recipe Tools. The Recipe Tools screen appears with its various tabs.
- Select the Extension Templates tab. The Extensions Templates screen appears, listing any existing templates.
- Click the name of the template that you want to copy. Its slide-out panel appears.
- Click the Save As button. The Save As Template pop-up appears.
- In the Name field, enter an identifiable name for the template that contains the texture type or fluid type abbreviation and the recipe category. Some example names are shown in the screenshot below.
- From the Categories field, select the recipe category that the extension template is associated with. Note that a recipe extension template will be available for selection from a recipe extension grid, menu item extension grid, or fluid extension grid if the recipe and the recipe extension template share the same recipe category (i.e., entrée, soup, vegetable, etc.).
Note: The system will not allow a duplicate recipe extension template to be created. If another recipe extension template exists for the same texture type or fluid type selected above and is currently published, then the recipe category from that existing recipe extension template will not be available for selection from the Categories field for a new recipe extension template. - Click the Save button. The recipe extension template is created.
- Modify the template as needed. Rather than repeating the instructions here, the same instructions can be found in the Building a Recipe Extension Template article.