Venue

Any configured Site

The venue at which the facility is located.

Name

1–50 characters

The name of the facility. This can be configured in an alternate language.

Example: Bar.

Type

Any configured Facility Type

The category of the facility, as configured in Facility Type maintenance.

Capacity

Any number

The maximum occupancy of the facility.

Display Category

Any configured Display Category

The Display Category of the facility. You can use this to display multiple billable elements under a single category on invoices.

Override Default Hourly Rate for Facility Type

cleared

selected

Select this option to enter an hourly rate for hiring this facility, that is different to the default hourly rate for facilities of this Facility Type.

Hourly Rate

Any number

The hourly rate for hiring the facility.

Note: This field is only available if Override Default Hourly Rate for Facility Type is selected.

Override Default Daily Rate for Facility Type

cleared

selected

Select this option to enter a daily rate for hiring this facility, that is different to the default daily rate for facilities of this Facility Type.

Daily Rate

Any number

The daily rate for hiring the facility.

Note: This field is only available if Override Default Daily Rate for Facility Type is selected.

Partial Hours Charged as Full Hours

cleared

selected

The hire time is rounded up to the nearest hour, before being multiplied by the hourly rate.

Override Default Hourly Cost for Facility Type

cleared

selected

Select this option to enter an hourly cost for hiring this facility, that is different to the default hourly cost for facilities of this Facility Type.

Hourly Cost

Any number

The hourly cost for hiring the facility.

Note: This field is only available if Override Default Hourly Cost for Facility Type is selected.

Override Default Daily Cost for Facility Type

cleared

selected

Select this option to enter a daily cost for hiring this facility, that is different to the default daily cost for facilities of this Facility Type.

Daily Cost

Any number

The daily cost for hiring the facility.

Note: This field is only available if Override Default Daily Cost for Facility Type is selected.

Override Default Sales Tax for Facility Type

cleared

selected

Select this option to enter a sales tax for hiring this facility, that is different to the default sales tax for facilities of this Facility Type.

Sales Tax

Any configured Sales Tax

The sales tax for hiring the facility. Select (None) to have no sales tax associated with this facility.

Note: This field is only available if Override Default Sales Tax for Facility Type is selected.

Table Layout

Any configured table layout

Applies a table layout profile (as configured in POS Designer) to the restaurant.

Table Layout Area

Any configured table layout area

Applies a table layout area within the table layout profile to the restaurant.

Allow Online Table Bookings

Cleared

Selected

Determines whether patrons can make bookings for tables in the restaurant online.

Max Reservable Tables POS (%)

0–100

The maximum number of tables in the restaurant that can be booked in advance on POS, as a percentage of all tables in the restaurant.

Example: If your restaurant contains 70 tables, but you want to keep 35 tables free for walk-in customers, set this value to 50%.

Max Reservable Tables Web (%)

0–100

The maximum number of tables in the restaurant that can be booked in advance on Vista Web, as a percentage of all tables in the restaurant.

Example: If your restaurant contains 70 tables, but you want to keep 20 tables free for walk-in customers and keep 15 tables for POS reservations, set this value to 50%.

Advance Booking Limit (days)

0–365

The maximum number of days in advance that patrons can book tables.

Note: You can override the advance booking limit for special events such as public holidays using the Exceptions form.

Max Empty Seats per Booking

0–10

The maximum number of empty seats allowed at a table per booking.

Example: Setting this value to 2 would prevent a booking of 5 patrons being seated at a table with more than 7 seats.

Max Guests per Booking

1–20

The maximum number of guests per booking.

Booking Increment (mins)

15

30

60

The number of minutes used to increment booking times, and to give booking time suggestions when taking online bookings.

Example: If set to 15, patrons can make a booking for 6.30pm, 6.45pm, 7.00pm, and so on.

Default Booking Duration (mins)

15–600

The default length of a booking, in minutes. You can use the grid to manually assign booking durations based on the number of patrons in the booking.

Booking Window +/- (mins)

30–600

When making online bookings, this value determines how many minutes booking suggestions are shown before and after the patron's desired time.

Example: If a patron requests a booking for 7.00pm and the booking window is 60, suggestions will be shown for booking times between 6.00pm and 8.00pm.

Late Booking Alert (mins)

0–99

If patrons have not arrived for a table booking within the specified number of minutes after the booking time, the booking will appear red on the POS table bookings screen.

Available Hours

Any configured available hours with the type Facility Opening Hours.

Select any defined set of facility opening hours to apply to the restaurant.

Exceptions

n/a

Create, edit, or delete exceptions to the restaurant's regular opening hours in this section.