How to create a product category in Mews POS

It is best practice to assign your products to accurate categories in Mews POS. Product categories function throughout Mews POS and Mews Operations for sales or accounting reports and categorization in the order & pay menu. Assigning products to categories also allows you to assign specific product categories to dedicated printers at your bar or kitchen workstations.

You need the Manager or Admin role to create a product category.

1. In the Mews POS web dashboard, go to Products > Categories.

2. Click Add.

3. In Name, enter a name for the category.

4. In PMS code, enter the code that your property management system (PMS) uses to identify this category. You can enter up to 32 characters. This field is required if your PMS is Mews. If your property uses another PMS integration, you can create the category without a PMS code.

5. Click Create.

The new category appears under Products > Categories.

 

Note: A category without a PMS code posts its revenue to None in your PMS. Later, you map the PMS code to an accounting category in the PMS configuration.

 

Use only letters, numbers and underscores in a PMS code. Do not use spaces, accented letters or special characters, for example, a slash (/), an asterisk (*), an apostrophe ('), a double quote (") or a percent sign (%). These can break the PMS mapping and cause revenue to post to None.

You need the Admin role to add or change the PMS code of an existing category. If your PMS is Mews, a manager can enter the PMS code when they create a category, but only an admin can change it later.

A change to the PMS code affects future postings only. Revenue that Mews already posted does not change.

1. In the Mews POS web dashboard, go to Products > Categories.

2. Locate the category name, then click Edit.

3. In PMS code, enter the code that your property management system (PMS) uses to identify this category. You can enter up to 32 characters. This field is required if your PMS is Mews. If your property uses another PMS integration, you can create the category without a PMS code.

4. Click Save.

 

You can learn more about adding products to categories here.