Dashboard

The day at a glance: four figures, six charts, and the alerts that need you before service.

Restaurant → Dashboard

Today at a glance: takings, orders, the live map and the trends underneath.

The restaurant dashboard
The restaurant dashboard. Click to enlarge.

The four figures

FigureReads
Total ordersWith a comparison against last week, so a quiet day is visible as a trend rather than a feeling.
Active ordersIn progress right now. The number to watch during service.
Menu itemsHow many dishes you have published.
Loyalty pointsPoints outstanding — what customers can still spend against you.

The charts

All of them share one 7 / 14 / 30 / quarter switcher, and all four ranges are loaded with the page — switching is instant and fetches nothing.

ChartAnswers
RevenueWhat you took, net of refunds, split by service mode where you use more than one.
OrdersHow many, across all service modes.
Where orders ended upCompleted against cancelled. A rising cancellation share is the early warning.
Top menu itemsRanked by units sold.
Takings by tenderShare by payment method — what to expect in the drawer at close.
Busiest hoursOrders by hour. This is your staffing chart.

If you take bookings there is a seventh: Upcoming reservations, showing covers per day for the next 7, 14, 30 or 90 days. Note it looks forward while the others look back.

Revenue here is net of refunds. A day that took 1,000 and returned 200 shows 800. That is the honest figure, and it is why the dashboard and a till roll can disagree — see Orders, where refunds are itemised.

The service strip

Three live readings for restaurants running a floor and a till:

  • Tables occupied — from the floor plan.
  • Cash drawer — what the till says it holds.
  • Stock attention — how many items are out or running low, linking to Inventory.

Today's reservations are listed alongside, with the count booked for today.

When it doesn't work

The charts are empty

Nothing happened in that range. A new restaurant reads as an empty chart on a fortnight and a sensible one on a quarter — try the wider range before assuming a fault.

Revenue does not match my till

Refunds. The dashboard subtracts them; a till roll usually does not.

A chart is missing

It has nothing to draw. The tender chart needs more than one payment method to have been used; the reservations chart needs Accept reservations on at Restaurant → Settings → Reservations & booking.

I cannot see the money figures

Managers see the operational view without the money. That is the role, not a fault — see What each role can do.