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Auto-progression on your restaurants point of sale

Who is this article for?
  • Account owners or team members with items permissions. Set permissions in Square Dashboard.
  • Square for Restaurants Free, Plus, and Premium subscribers
  • Square Free, Plus, and Premium subscribers
  • About auto-progression

    To streamline order entry, your restaurants POS progresses you through required configurations that must be made before adding an item to a check. This function ensures that all necessary selections you've set for an item are made before it's sent to the kitchen, simplifying the ordering process. When you have specified required selections for an item, those selections will automatically be displayed first.

    Before you begin

    When you select an item from your menu, you’ll see selections presented in this order, as applicable:

    1. Seating Selection: If you've enabled seating, this will be your first step.

    2. Variation Choices: Next, choose the size or variation of the item (e.g., small, medium, large).

    3. Modifiers: Apply any necessary modifiers according to the rules (details below).

    4. Notes and Options: Add any additional notes or options for the order.

    5. Add to Check: Finally, if the "Skip item detail screen" option is active, the item will be added to the check as soon as all required modifiers are chosen.

    Detailed rules for modifiers

    Modifier sets will display in this sequence on the Square Restaurants POS app:

    1. Modifier sets with 1 required modifier with 1 maximum

    2. Modifier sets with 1 required modifier with no maximum

    3. Modifier sets with 1 required modifier with >1 maximum

    4. Modifier sets with >1 required modifier with no maximum

    5. Modifier sets with >1 required modifier with >1 maximum

    6. Modifier sets with no required modifiers with >0 maximum

    7. Modifier sets with no required modifiers with no maximum

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