Cost Centers

Set Up & Manage Cost Centers

To use the cash register, you must first set up a cost center and configure its settings. Even after creation, you can edit the entries at any time.

• Cost Centers – Add a Cost Center
• Cost Centers – Manage a Cost Center

Cost Centers – Properties

Cost centers include many functions and configuration options that also interact with other areas.

• Cost Center – Properties

Cost Centers – View “Cost Center ID”

For some settings in Gastronovi Office, you’ll need a cost center’s ID. Here’s how to view the ID:

• Cost Centers – View “Cost Center ID”

Cost Centers – Set Up Local Controller via the Network (Search for Server)

Automatically search for available local servers on your network to set the server IP.

• Cost Centers – Set Up Local Controller via the Network (Search for Server)

Receipt Printer – Copy Assignments

This feature allows you to copy the existing receipt settings from an already configured cost center to a newly created or existing cost center. (If receipt settings already exist in the target cost center, they can be supplemented or overwritten.)

• Receipt Printer – Copy Assignments

Remove Cost Center

If no sales have yet been processed through the cost center, you can remove it at any time.

• Cost Centers – Remove Cost Center

You can manage different settings and options individually for each cost center. This allows you to precisely configure how the cash register should be used in that cost center. Specify the receipt printer, configure quick checkout, or set up cross-cost-center operations.

Basic Settings

Activate & Deactivate Cost Center

A deactivated cost center can be reactivated at any time with its existing settings.

• Cost Centers – Activate a Cost Center

If you have already used a cost center, you cannot delete it—you can only deactivate it. This means it will no longer be displayed, but the associated information remains in the system.

• Cost Centers – Deactivate Cost Center

Configuration: Connect “Local Controller” (Controller IP)

For each cost center, you can assign a separate gn controller to handle print control, synchronization, etc., for that area.

• Cost Centers – Connect Local Controller (Controller IP)

Configuration: Invoice Printer

Select the default invoice printer for the respective cost center.

• Cost Centers – Set Up Invoice Printer

Setting: Set Up “Cross-Cost Center Work”

Use this to control whether cross-cost center work between all cost centers and shifts should be enabled. When this feature is enabled, employees can access all open shifts and transfer tasks to their own shift if they are managing it.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Cross-Center Work”

Device & Bone Settings

Customer Display

Configuration: “Display Control”

Configure the control of the customer display. You can choose between a second screen and a networked device as the customer display.

• Cost Centers – Set Up Display Control (Customer Display)

Configuration: “Queue Behavior”

Specify how queue numbers should be assigned—individually, per order slip, via a forced prompt, or automatically.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Queue” (Customer Display)

Other Settings

Setting: “Open Table Immediately”

You can choose whether you want to request all additional information when opening a new table in the POS (default), or whether the table is opened immediately and you are taken to the reservation view. After opening, all details for the table can be adjusted at any time.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Open Table Immediately”

Setting: “Disable billing options”

Set the default setting for printing invoices per cost center.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Disable Billing Options”

Setting: “Split between guests”

This feature makes it easier to split the bill among### guests during the payment process when the bill is to be divided between individual guests.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Split by Person”

Setting: Set up “Enforce Number of People”

Require the number of people to be entered when completing a transaction or making a payment to obtain a more accurate per-person breakdown in the statistics.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Enforce Number of People”

Setting: Set up “Allow 0 People”

Allow the value 0 to be entered when the number of people is requested for a transaction, for example, to bill flat rates.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Allow 0 People”

Setting: Configure “Invoice Printing”

Set the default settings for invoice printing per cost center.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Invoice Printing”

Configuration: “Kiosk Default”

Specify which kiosk mode should be used as the default. Choose between “In-House and Out-of-House,” “In-House,” and “Out-of-House” as the primary mode when you open a new transaction via kiosk sales.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Kiosk Default”

Configuration: “Quick Checkout”

Optimize payment transactions by enabling quick checkout. In addition to the standard process, this gives you the option to either jump to the change calculator or complete the payment directly using the selected primary payment method as soon as the payment transaction begins.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Quick Checkout”

In the register settings, you can expand this feature: You can specify whether one, two, or three primary payment methods should be available. If you specify more than one primary payment method for quick checkout, you’ll be prompted to select between the two or three payment methods before proceeding to the change calculator or finalizing the payment.

• Cash Register Settings – Number of Primary Payment Methods for Quick Checkout

You can manage different settings and options individually for each cost center. This allows you to precisely configure how the cash register should be used in that cost center. Specify the receipt printer, configure quick checkout, or set up cross-cost-center operations.

Basic Settings

Activate & Deactivate Cost Center

A deactivated cost center can be reactivated at any time with its existing settings.

• Cost Centers – Activate a Cost Center

If you have already used a cost center, you cannot delete it—you can only deactivate it. This means it will no longer be displayed, but the associated information remains in the system.

• Cost Centers – Deactivate Cost Center

Configuration: Connect “Local Controller” (Controller IP)

For each cost center, you can assign a separate gn controller to handle print control, synchronization, etc., for that area.

• Cost Centers – Connect Local Controller (Controller IP)

Configuration: Invoice Printer

Select the default invoice printer for the respective cost center.

• Cost Centers – Set Up Invoice Printer

Setting: Set Up “Cross-Cost Center Work”

Use this to control whether cross-cost center work between all cost centers and shifts should be enabled. When this feature is enabled, employees can access all open shifts and transfer tasks to their own shift if they are managing it.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Cross-Center Work”

Device & Bone Settings

Customer Display

Configuration: “Display Control”

Configure the control of the customer display. You can choose between a second screen and a networked device as the customer display.

• Cost Centers – Set Up Display Control (Customer Display)

Configuration: “Queue Behavior”

Specify how queue numbers should be assigned—individually, per order slip, via a forced prompt, or automatically.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Queue” (Customer Display)

Other Settings

Setting: “Open Table Immediately”

You can choose whether you want to request all additional information when opening a new table in the POS (default), or whether the table is opened immediately and you are taken to the reservation view. After opening, all details for the table can be adjusted at any time.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Open Table Immediately”

Setting: “Disable billing options”

Set the default setting for printing invoices per cost center.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Disable Billing Options”

Setting: “Split between guests”

This feature makes it easier to split the bill among### guests during the payment process when the bill is to be divided between individual guests.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Split by Person”

Setting: Set up “Enforce Number of People”

Require the number of people to be entered when completing a transaction or making a payment to obtain a more accurate per-person breakdown in the statistics.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Enforce Number of People”

Setting: Set up “Allow 0 People”

Allow the value 0 to be entered when the number of people is requested for a transaction, for example, to bill flat rates.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Allow 0 People”

Setting: Configure “Invoice Printing”

Set the default settings for invoice printing per cost center.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Invoice Printing”

Configuration: “Kiosk Default”

Specify which kiosk mode should be used as the default. Choose between “In-House and Out-of-House,” “In-House,” and “Out-of-House” as the primary mode when you open a new transaction via kiosk sales.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Kiosk Default”

Configuration: “Quick Checkout”

Optimize payment transactions by enabling quick checkout. In addition to the standard process, this gives you the option to either jump to the change calculator or complete the payment directly using the selected primary payment method as soon as the payment transaction begins.

• Cost Centers – Set Up “Quick Checkout”

In the register settings, you can expand this feature: You can specify whether one, two, or three primary payment methods should be available. If you specify more than one primary payment method for quick checkout, you’ll be prompted to select between the two or three payment methods before proceeding to the change calculator or finalizing the payment.

• Cash Register Settings – Number of Primary Payment Methods for Quick Checkout