When a resident/patient's profile is set up with the Table Select service type for a meal period, the menu items available to serve on their personal menu are based on the person’s diet order, any diet restrictions set against the diet type, their allergens, and personal menu “do not serve” customizations.
The selection logic to determine items available on a personal menu is as follows:
- The system determines if a choice 1 item can be served.
- If the choice 1 item is a do-not-serve, the system looks sequentially at the next choice items, if available (i.e., choice 2, 3, 4, 5).
- If a next choice item cannot be served, or there is no next choice item, the system looks if a specific substitute is assigned (appears in green text).
- If a specific substitute is not assigned, the system looks if a fallback substitute is assigned (appears in purple text).
- If a substitute is not assigned, the system will look if an Also Available (AA) menu configured as a house fallback is scheduled. If so, then the system chooses an item from the AA menu (appears in orange text).
- If a menu item cannot be served after the selection logic is performed above, the system indicates in red font “Sub Needed [menu category name]”. You can either add a specific substitute (see Replacing Item with Specific Substitute) or a personal menu item (see Adding a Personal Menu Item).