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NCR Aloha: Settings
Updated over 2 months ago

You can adjust the settings of a location using NCR Aloha as the POS.

Editing location settings is only possible with the user role Edit location settings. If your user role does not include this, contact an Administrator user in your account and ask them to provide you access. Learn how to change user roles.

Follow the steps in this article to access the settings page of your POS. Most settings in this article can also be changed for individual channels.

Price level settings are only set at the channel level. View the Set price levels heading for details.

The following settings are available inside the NCR Aloha POS settings section of a location or channel.

Connection

Menu ID

NCR Aloha Menu ID used for product sync.

Any changes can result in deleted items. Always perform a Sync preview after updating a menu ID.

Product range

If you do not intend to use all your in-house items, you can restrict the items using a POS Item ID range.

Examples:

  • "2000:5000" will sync all items with POS IDs ranging from 2000 to 5000.

  • "2000:" will include all items with the ID 2000 and above.

  • no value will include all items.

Retry timeouts

Automatically retry orders failed due to timeout issues.

This can result in duplicate order processing in NCR if the initially timed-out order was processed after the given timeout period.

Product sync

Snooze on product sync

Automatically snooze items if they are unavailable or out of stock in the POS during product sync. Items are then unsnoozed if they become available in the POS during the subsequent product sync.

Takeaway tax override

Override POS takeaway tax rates on all items during product sync. Enter as a multiplication of 1000 (e.g., if the required rate is 20%, input 20000. If the rate is 6.75%, input 6750.)

Delivery tax override

Override POS delivery tax rates on all items during product sync. Enter as a multiplication of 1000 (e.g., if the required rate is 20%, input 20000. If the rate is 6.75%, input 6750.)

Name filter

Use RegEx to exclude certain characters from being synced in any POS item name. For example, if your POS item names are appended with -SML, Deliverect can omit this from item names during sync.

Product sync order mode override

Set a specific POS price level at the items' default prices during sync. This setting is required to apply POS price levels in QuickCombo surcharges.

Multi-select modifiers

Activate to allow modifiers to be selected as many times as the modifier group's maximum value.

CheckIn order

Activate to send check-in requests to NCR for future orders, to trigger POS release to kitchen screen.

Use POS ID as PLU

Activate to use NCR Aloha POS item ID instead of AO Sales Item ID as item PLU during product sync

When making changes to the following settings, ensure that you are editing in the correct area. Any changes made to the location will propagate to all online stores of this location. Any changes made when editing the settings from the online store will impact only that online store.

Global order settings

Anonymize customer data (GDPR)

Activate to hide order “Customer info” and “Delivery address” details and update “Name” to “Anonymized” once the order has been finalized by NCR.

The customer information is available until the order receives the “Finalized” order status.

Order

Delivery order mode

Set an order mode for Delivery-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use 9.

Delivery order source

Set an order source for Delivery-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use 4.

Pickup order mode

Set an order mode for Pickup orders from this store, or leave empty to use 9.

Pickup order source

Set an order source for Pickup-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use 4.

Eat In order mode

Set an order mode for Eat In-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use 5.

Eat In order source

Set an order source for Eat In-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use 4.

Curbside order mode

Set an order mode for Curbside pickup-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use 7.

Curbside order source

Set an order source for Curbside pickup-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use 4.

Anonymize customer (order ID, channel)

Remove all customer data fields (name, email, phone, address) from being sent to NCR, and replace the default diner first and last name data visible on POS and kitchen screens with the Order ID (FirstName replacement) and channel name (LastName replacement).

Anonymize customer (channel, order ID)

Remove all customer data fields (name, email, phone, address) from being sent to NCR, and replace the default diner first and last name data visible on POS and kitchen screens with the channel name (FirstName replacement) and Order ID (LastName replacement).

Send discount as POS "Comp"

In NCR, discounts can be mapped to £$€0 POS item, or to an NCR “Comp”. Activate this setting to send discount amounts to NCR as a "Comp", and ensure you set the Comp number in the Discount PLU/Comp number field in the Order payment settings. This also requires Send discounts to be activated.

The default behavior is to input the £$€0 POS item PLU with activated Send discounts.

"FirstName" override

NCR’s "FirstName" field is used to display information on the POS kitchen screens. The default behavior is to show the diner’s first name. This default value can be overridden to any text of supported variables. Supported variables include: {firstName}, {lastName}, {tableId}, {orderType}, {pickUpTime}, {channel} or {orderId}. Ensure that if a variable is used, it is typed exactly as above, paying close attention to the {} and capitalisation. Any invalid variable will be ignored. Contact our support team if you require assistance.

"LastName" override

NCR’s "LastName" field is also used to display information on the POS kitchen screens. You can use the same configuration for the "FirstName" override field to replace the value in this field from the customer's last name to another value.

Cancel item PLU

Enter an item's PLU to map order cancellations to it. When configured, an order with a negative amount will be sent to this item to avoid price discrepancies if the order fails to be voided.

"AddressLine1" override

Similar to the "FirstName" override and "LastName" override settings. This override can be used to replace the default first address line.

"VoicePhone" override

Similar to the "FirstName" override and "LastName" override settings. This override can be used to replace the default phone number line.

Order payment

Send discounts

Activate to send any discount amount provided by this online store to your POS, alongside setting the Discount PLU/Comp number field below.

Send delivery fee

Activate to send any delivery fee amount provided by this online store to your POS, alongside setting "Delivery fee PLU" below.

Send service charge

Activate to send any service charge amount provided by this online store to your POS, alongside setting "Service charge PLU" below.

When to send delivery fee

Choose to send delivery fees to your POS at all times or only when the delivery is made by the restaurant. Ensure that the settings Send delivery fee and Delivery fee PLU are also configured for a correct mapping to your POS.

Discount PLU/Comp number

Choose where discount amounts should be sent to NCR attributed to a POS item, or to a POS “Comp”. Ensure the Send discount as POS "Comp" setting in Order is set correctly.

Delivery fee PLU

The PLU of a POS item to map order delivery fee amounts. Create a £$€0 POS item called Delivery Fee and sync your products to Deliverect. Enter the item’s PLU in the Delivery fee PLU field.

Service charge PLU

The PLU of a POS item to map order service charge amounts. Create a £$€0 POS item called Service Charge and sync your products to Deliverect. Enter the item’s PLU in the Service charge PLU field.

Send tip

Activate to send any tip amount from this store to your POS.

Delivery payment method type

Set a POS payment ID for Delivery-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use default “13”.

Pickup payment method type

Set a POS payment ID for Pickup-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use default “13”.

Eat In payment method type

Set a POS payment type ID for Eat In-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use default “13”.

Curbside payment method type

Set a POS payment type ID for Eat In-type orders from this store, or leave empty to use default “13”.

Order behaviour

Buffer orders

Activate to delay order release to the POS. Orders are automatically accepted on Parsed and Scheduled statuses until it is time to send them to the POS (pickup time minus the channel’s Average Preparation Time). This setting overrides the value set in Auto accept order when as all orders are auto-accepted.

Average preparation time

Use with the Buffer orders setting. Set your average preparation time in minutes and control order release to POS.

Average delivery time

Average delivery time in minutes. Controls various self-delivery and dispatch settings.

Separate same products

If two or more of the same products are ordered, separate them into individual line items for improved visibility in the POS order and receipt.

Skip sending order cancellation to POS

Skip sending any online store or DMA canceled orders to the POS.

Snooze product if out of stock

Automatically snooze a product for a set time if it is unavailable or out of stock in the POS. The snooze operation will trigger when an order is attempted and fails due to stock levels.

Use NCR order release

Control when orders are released to the POS kitchen screens using NCR’s internal buffer time.

When active, AutoSendToKitchen is not triggered, allowing NCR to recognize future orders and release orders to kitchen screens based on the POS’ own internal release time.

When inactive, the behavior is to initiate order release from POS to kitchen screen immediately as placed. Requires Buffer orders to be inactive.

Set price levels

Follow the steps in this article to find the settings page for a channel. Navigate to the Menu section in the NCR Aloha POS settings tab.

Your Deliverect menu editor prices can be overridden with price levels in the Deliverect menu preview and when publishing to the online store, allowing for different prices per menu type. Your price level price data is managed in NCR, and visible in your Deliverect product’s Price levels section.

Delivery price level

Set the price level for delivery menus.

Eat In price level

Set the price level for eat-in menus.

Pickup price level

Set the price level for pickup menus.

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