- About the Automatic Completion of Choices for My Meal Orders
- Enabling Automatic Completion of Choices
About the Automatic Completion of Choices for My Meal Orders
On a My Meal Order screen, the full complement of items belonging to a choice can be displayed at the top of the screen, allowing the resident/patient to easily add and view those items (assuming choices are enabled for the My Meal Orders site; see Displaying Full Complement Choices for My Meal Orders).
The My Meal Orders site can be configured so that when viewing items of a non-choice 1 (e.g., choice 2) and for a given category there is no item, then the system will show the item from choice 1 for that category.
For example, on the dinner menu, assume the choice 1 item for the entree category is steak, and that there is no choice 2 item for the entree category. The My Meal Orders site can be configured so that when viewing the choice 2 items, the choice 1 item for the entree category (i.e., steak) will show.
Core Menu Choice 1 | Core Menu Choice 2 | My Meal Orders Choice 1 | My Meal Orders Choice 2 | |
Entree Category | Steak | - | Steak | Steak |
Vegetable Category | Salad | Carrots | Salad | Carrots |
Beverage | Wine | Beer | Wine | Beer |
Enabling Automatic Completion of Choices
Enabling the automatic completion of choices feature is a two-step process:
- Step 1: Enable the Auto-Complete Choice Function for My Meal Orders
- Step 2: Enable the Auto-Complete Choice Function for a Meal Service/Category
Step 1: Enable the Auto-Complete Choice Function for My Meal Orders
Your first step is to enable the auto-complete choice function for My Meal Orders. To do so, complete the following steps:
- In Touch Admin, select Ordering Settings > Configuration.
- Scroll to the Auto Completes Choices section.
- Select the Enable for Self Order (My Meal Orders) check box.
- Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap the Update Ordering Configuration button to apply your changes.
Step 2: Enable the Auto-Complete Choice Function for a Meal Service/Category
The second step is to enable the auto-complete choice function for each desired meal service/category combination. To do so, complete the following steps:
- In Touch Admin, select Ordering Settings > Category Settings. The Category Settings screen appears, listing the menu categories for each meal period. Note that menu categories are created in the MealSuite core system; see Working with Menu Categories for more information.
- Select the desired meal service (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) from the top row. The screen refreshes with the menu categories set up for that meal service.
- Select the Edit button of the desired menu category. The Edit Category screen appears.
- Select the Add 1st choice item to category if no other choices available check box.
- Click the Update Category Meal button to apply your changes.