Understand Must Select and May Select Modifiers in POSitouch

Description: Learn about Must Select forced modifiers and May Select optional modifiers in POSitouch QuickMenu. The article also explains the differences among the three types of optional modifiers: May Select Multi, May Select One, and May Select. 

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• Must Select - Forced Modifier

• May Select Multi - Optional Modifier

• May Select One - Optional Modifier

• May Select - Optional Modifier

Must Select - Forced Modifier 

1. From the back office in QuickMenu, a modifier group that appears under the category of Must Select will force a selection before continuing.  
   In this example, when a hamburger is ordered, the cooking temp must be selected before continuing. 
   
2. On the front of the house terminal, the forced choice will prevent further ordering until a cooking temp is selected.  
   

May Select Multi - Optional Modifier 

1. From the back office in QuickMenu, a modifier group that appears under the category of May Select Multi will allow for any options in the group to be ordered multiple times. 
   In this example, when a hamburger is ordered and the cooking temp is selected, the optional modifiers will appear.  The cheese option group is set up as a May Select Multi, which will allow any or all cheese options to be selected multiple times. 
   
2. On the front of the house terminal, any of the options in the cheese option group can be ordered multiple times.  
   In this example, add American was selected multiple times.
   

May Select One - Optional Modifier

1. From the back office in QuickMenu, a modifier group that appears under the category of May Select One will allow for any one of the options in the group to be ordered.
   In this example, when a hamburger is ordered and the cooking temp is selected, the optional modifiers will appear. The bread choice option group is set up as a May Select One, which will allow only one of the bread choices to be selected.
   
2. On the front of the house terminal, when any option in the bread choice is selected, the other options in that group become grayed out.
   In this example, "Bulky Roll" is selected and the other options are grayed out.
   

May Select - Optional Modifier 

1. From the back office in QuickMenu, a modifier group that appears under the category of May Select will allow for any of the options in the group to be ordered, but only once.
   In this example, when a hamburger is ordered and the cooking temp is selected, the optional modifiers will appear. The “Sand Mods Adds” option group is set up as a May Select, which will allow any of the options to be selected but only once. 
2. On the front of the house terminal, any of the options in the “Sand Mods Adds” group can be ordered but only one time each.  
   In this example, add bacon, add saut mush and add red onion were selected from that group.