What can you set for a category (Add and edit categories)?
- Answer
A category is a group of products on your menu, such as Drinks or Main courses. You manage them on the Categories tab of Point of sale and products. A category has a name, a description, an image and the products that belong to it.
- Where to find it
Point of sale and products > Categories (
/Webshop), new via the blue plus button > Categories- Explanation
The Categories window has two pages. On the first you enter name, description and image, on the second you choose the products that belong to the category. A product can be in more than one category. At the POS you recognise a category by its image. If you edit an existing category, Delete is also at the bottom left.
- Buttons and settings
Name What it does When to use it Note Categories Title of the window and of the tab. Above the window the screen says: "Edit a category. Enter the name and a short description so you can hang products under it." Always. Basic details First block: "Enter the most important information about the category. The name is visible at the POS and when reserving." Always. Name "Enter a name for the category. The name is visible when reserving." At most 50 characters; the counter is called Maximum number of characters. Always. With multiple languages, one name per language. Description "Give the category a description. The description is visible when reserving." At most 530 characters. For a short explanation. Image Block for the photo: "Add an image. This helps you recognise the category easily." Above the window it also says: "Choose an image so the category can be recognised at the POS." To recognise the category at the POS. With the cross you remove the photo. Products Second page: "Indicate which products belong to this category." You choose from tiles, with a search field and a category filter. To hang products under the category. Product On the window you use to create a new category it says: "Add a new product right away with the plus button." When the product does not exist yet. Selected products Block with what you have already chosen: "This will soon hang under the category. With the cross you take a product off again." Select Excel file In the list: the block for reading in an Excel file with categories. To create many categories at once. Only with Import and export. Choose a file Opens the file picker. Export categories Downloads your categories as an Excel file. As the basis for an import. List of categories Columns Image and Name, with the Actions menu behind each line. The screen says: "View all categories here. Add new ones with the Add button. Enter the name and description, add an image, and link all products to a category." Previous Closes the window or goes back a page. Next To the page with the products. Save Saves the category. Delete Sets the category to deleted and inactive. The products themselves remain. When you no longer use a category. - Related
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Keywords: add category, POS categories, product group menu, category image, organise products
Last checked: 2026-10-16
Translated from the Dutch knowledge base; the Dutch version is leading.