Configure Menu Availability for SkyTab POS in Lighthouse Business Manager

Description: Learn how to customize the menu visible within SkyTab POS and Mobile clients only to show what’s needed at any particular location or time. This will help to improve the speed of service by showing menus only when they are needed.

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To learn how this works on the POS, visit the View Departments or Items Hidden by Lighthouse Business Manager Configuration on SkyTab POS article.

To watch more how-to videos, visit our video section.

Based on assigned Revenue Centers and Day Parts, you can schedule menu departments and items to appear in the SkyTab POS and Mobile clients. This provides more flexibility for merchant configurations in line with Day Parts and Revenue Centers. 

If Day Parts are not configured or do not meet more detailed availability criteria, you can also create custom schedules for specific days of the week and times. On the POS, hidden menu parts can be overridden by a manager if necessary.

Availability options are configured within LBM under the SkyTab Menu configurations for Departments and Items. 

Department Configuration

1. Login to Lighthouse Business Manager and go to SkyTab Settings > Menu > Departments.
   
2. Select the Department to edit.
3. Scroll down to the Availability section.
   
   Note: Availability can be set by a whole department or specifically set to override the department settings at the item level. Both areas allow the same type of configurations. At the department level, it will apply to all items within the department.
4. Select an option from the Time dropdown:
   • All Day
   • Day Parts
   • Custom Schedule: Custom schedules run on the selected days of the week and from the configured hour blocks.
     
5. Select an option from the Day Parts dropdown.
6. Select an option from the Revenue Centers dropdown.
   • Revenue centers will assign the availability to the individual Revenue Centers as assigned to the SkyTab workstations. Additionally, specific dates or a range of dates can be set on which the entire department will be made available and only on this date or date range.
     
     
7. Tap Save.

Item Configuration

Any item's availability can be overridden from the Department settings using custom settings on the individual item. The configuration is the same.

1. Select the Item to edit and scroll down to the Availability section.
2. Change the toggle from "Inherit Department Settings" to "Use Custom Settings."
   
   
   • Additionally, an Item can have its availability inherited from the Department level configuration.
3. Select an option from the Time dropdown:
   • All Day
   • Day Parts
   • Custom Schedule: Custom schedules run on the selected days of the week and from the configured hour blocks.
     
4. Select an option from the Revenue Centers dropdown.
   • Revenue centers will assign the availability to the individual Revenue Centers as assigned to the SkyTab workstations. Additionally, specific dates or a range of dates can be set on which the entire department will be made available and only on this date or date range.
     
     
5. Tap Save.

All the options can be combined to allow as simple or complex a configuration as needed. For example:

• Department: Lunch can be made available during the Day Part “Lunch.”
• Department: Valentine Brunch can be made available only for a custom time schedule, only for the “Dining Room” RVC, and only on the specifically selected date of 2/14/25