{"id":2345,"date":"2023-03-10T09:54:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T09:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaldi.store\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:19:43","slug":"category-master-in-qsr-pos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/foodcourt\/category-master-in-qsr-pos\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Setup Category master in QSR POS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>Category Master<\/strong> in a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Point of Sale (POS) system is the <strong>central database configuration that organizes all menu items into distinct, logical groups<\/strong> (such as Category, Sub-category, Product) to streamline order taking, inventory tracking, and reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It acts as the backbone of your digital menu, dictating how items behave on the kitchen display systems (KDS), online ordering apps, and cashier screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core Functions of a Category Master<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Menu Organization<\/strong>: Groups individual items into logical sections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tax Configuration<\/strong>: Assigns specific tax structures or GST slabs to an entire group of items at once.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kitchen Routing<\/strong>: Determines which kitchen display screen (KDS) or printer receives the order.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discount Control<\/strong>: Enables or disables promotions, coupons, and discounts for a specific group of items.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Business rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to &#8220;category master&#8221; screen under &#8220;master module&#8221; and click in &#8220;add category&#8221; to create a new category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/foodcourt\/qsr-pos-item-master\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/foodcourt\/qsr-pos-item-master\/\">Item master<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; in category field, Click &#8220;+&#8221; to create new item category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once add category screen is opened, enter category name in category name field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, Select the status as &#8220;active&#8221; and click &#8220;save&#8221; to save the category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only active categories should be listed in item master screen to select the items.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use &#8220;view&#8221; and &#8220;edit&#8221; key to view and edit the created categories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Created categories should not be deleted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User can inactivate the categories using the status fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Typical Architecture Hierarchy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a QSR POS, the Category Master usually sits in a multi-level hierarchy to keep operations clean:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parent Category (or Super Category)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Category<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sub-Category (Optional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Item Master (SKUs)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">QSR POS &#8211; Category master fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Data needed<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>List value<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Category name<\/td><td><\/td><td>Enter category name<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>status<\/td><td>Active\/Inactive<\/td><td>Select status<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Category Master in a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Point of Sale (POS) system is the central database configuration that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foodcourt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38488,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions\/38488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}