This guide has been created to detail the following processes
The processes detailed in this guide can also be used on the Staff List page for taking registers and confirming Staff Dinners as well.
Access: The minimum permission required to take a Dinner Register from the Students List page is found in the Framework Module of Config>Setup>Roles & Permissions.
See also: How to Set Meal Types, How to Add/Edit Meal Definitions
Take Dinner Register
Select Students from the left hand menu which will open the Students List Page this will default to show every Student on roll as of today.
Once the page loads, select the desired Students to take a Dinner Register for.
Tip: Using the Funnel on the Year Group column to Filter down to specific Year Groups and working through the Dinner Registers one Year Group at a time.
After filtering down to specific Year Groups click on Selections and choose the required Students or alternatively click on individual Students one by one.
Next select Actions and from the drop down select Dinner Register.
This will then open a new box containing the Dinner Register.
Select the Meal Type from the dropdown.
Note: Meal Types can be created from Config>Dinner>Meal Definitions
Then select all Students or select them individually to apply that Meal Type for.
Note: The top left tick box will highlight all Students if needed.
Individually select some of the Students if not all of them will have the same Meal Type.
Once complete press Apply to Selected. In this example, this changes the Students from NOT SELECTED to Packed Lunch.
Confirm Dinner Numbers
Once complete press Save & Confirm.
- Pressing Save will lock in the Meal Types for the Students but will not Confirm the Dinner Numbers.
- Pressing Save & Confirm also confirms the choices at the same time.
Once Dinners are Confirmed then the Dinner Reports will populate with the information for that day.
For more information Dinner Reports see the Reporting section in this guide. Note the Reports WILL NOT POPULATE unless the Dinners have been confirmed for that day.
For making any changes to the meal types for example if a Student arrives late after the Dinners have been confirmed and needs a School Meal then you would need to re-set the Dinner Numbers. See Resetting Dinner Numbers.