Bulk Items application: Alternate Selection tab – Help Centre

This tab is part of the larger Bulk Items application.

Option	Allowed Values	Description
Sales Type	Features Modifiers Options Upsells	The type of alternate items than can be associated with the Item: Features are extra items that added to the parent item. For example: Additional toppings on a pizza. Modifiers are customisations that add or remove ingredients from a prepared item, or affect its preparation. Options are different varieties of an item. For example: Flavours of a small soft drink. Upsells are improved versions of an item, normally at a higher price. Items with upsells are marked with an arrow in the POS order window, allowing an operator to offer the customer the upsell instead of the originally ordered item. For example: Larger boxes of popcorn. Note: The types of alternate items available to an item depend on the item's type.
Display Method	Button List	Determines whether the alternate items are displayed on buttons, or in a list at POS.
Prompt Texts	1–255 characters	The text displayed as a prompt to assist the POS Operator during the selling process. For example: "What toppings would you like on your pizza?" This field is optional. The Alternate Prompt Text determines the prompt displayed if the user is configured as using the Alternate Language.
Sort Alternate Items	Cleared Selected	Alternate Items are ordered alphabetically on the POS screen.
Enforce Minimum Quantity	0–999	Requires a POS Operator to add at least this number of Features or Modifiers when selling the Item.
Enforce Maximum Quantity	0–999	The maximum number of Features or Modifiers that the POS Operator can add when selling the Item.
Quantity Free	0–999	The maximum number of Modifiers within a Modification Group that can be applied to an Item at no extra charge. Note: Vista software will ensure that the item that's offered free is always the one with the smallest cost.
Always Display Options for Modifier Groups	Cleared Selected	When selected, Options are always displayed at POS when an item associated with this Modification Group is sold.
Universal Modification Group	Cleared Selected	Makes the Modification Group available for an Item when a POS Operator selects Show All Modifiers on the Modifiers screen at POS. Choose this option to create a modification group that can be applied to all items without having to be manually associated with any specific modifiable item.
Enable Smart Modifiers	Cleared Selected	Automatically presents this Item's components as modifiers at POS. See: smart modifiers.
Sort Modifier Items	Cleared Selected	Modifier Items are sorted alphabetically on the POS screen.
Modifier Type	Adjust Stock Information Only	Adjust Stock - Causes information about the Modifier to appear on prepare slips, and decreases the amount of stock recorded in Vista for the Item when it is sold as a modifier. Choose this option for modifiers that represent physical stock. For example: Sauce. Information Only - Causes information about the Modifier to appear on prepare slips when sold as a modifier. Choose this option for modifiers that represent preparation techniques. For example: Medium-rare.
Modifier Description	1–50 characters	When the item is sold as a Modifier, the item will be listed with the Modifier Description on the Modifiers screen on POS. This is used instead of the default Description configured on the General tab.
Modifier Short Description	1–10 characters	A short name for the item when sold as a Modifier, which is used if the full Modifier Item Description is too long.
Modifier Selling Unit Conversion	Any Unit of Measure, and a Conversion rate	The unit in which the item is sold as a Modifier. If the selected unit matches the Selling Unit or a Stock Unit configured on the item's Stock Details tab, the corresponding Conversion rate is automatically copied, and the field is made read-only. If the selected unit is not already defined on the Stock Details tab, a Conversion rate from the item's Base Unit must be defined.
Price Type	No Charge Use Item Retail Price Use Modifier Price	No Charge indicates that when an item is sold with this Modifier, no extra charge is applied to the order. Use Item Retail Price: indicates that when an item is sold with this modifier, the order total is increased by the modifier's standard Retail Price as configured on the Stock Details tab of the maintenance form. Use Modifier Price indicates that when an items is sold with this modifier, the order total is increased by the Modifier Retail Price as configured on the Alternate Items tab.
Modifier Retail Price Incl. Tax	Any monetary value	The extra charge that is added to the order when another item is sold with this Item as a Modifier.
Include Modifier on Receipt	Cleared Selected	If the checkbox is selected, the Modifier is printed in the [Modifiers] section of the receipt; if the checkbox is cleared, the modifier will not be printed on the receipt.
Available as Smart Modifier	Cleared Selected	Allows the Item to be listed on POS as a smart modifier.
Add to Modified Item's Preparation Time	Cleared Selected	When selected, the preparation time for this item will be added to any items it modifies. For example: this item could be called Medium rare and have a preparation time of two minutes. You could then use it as a modifier on an item called Steak, which has a preparation time of one minute. When patrons buy the item Steak and select the modifier Medium rare, Steak's preparation time would become three minutes.
Prepare in Different Service Area to Modified Item	Cleared Selected	When selected, this item won't be prepared in the same service area as any items it modifies. Instead, it will be sent to its default prepare area. For example: this item could be Grilled chicken, and it could be used as a modifier for Salad. By selecting this option, you could send this item to the grill, while the salad it is modifying is prepared in a different service area.