What is Menu Item Availability Setting?

What is Menu Item Availability Setting?

The Menu Item Availability function allows businesses to control when specific menu items are available for ordering. This ensures that menus remain accurate, relevant, and aligned with operational constraints such as stock, time-based offerings, or seasonal availability.



  • Key Features
    • Set Item to Active/Inactive by Specific Date / Day
      • Enables scheduling of menu items for defined calendar dates and control based on the day of the week.
      • Example:
        • A special "Valentine’s Day Set" can be set to Active only on February 14th.
        • "Weekend Brunch menu item" set as Active on Saturday and Sunday only.
      • Ensures promotional or limited time offers are displayed only when appropriate.
    • Filter function by several fields
      • The Filter function allows users to search for specific items by specific condition across all items added in the Menu Item Availability form.
    • Import item function
      • The Import function allows bulk creation of items in menu availability form.
  • Configuration for item active/inactive
    • Firstly, start by using the "Add Item" button to add the item from the item list.

      Example: Search by Item Name > "Milk Tea" > Tick item and press Select Item to add

    • Secondly, in the Menu Item Available Period form, users can edit the Date Start and Date End for the item with the Day (Monday - Sunday) selection.


    • Additionally, users can add additional conditions such as Outlet Condition, Order Source Condition, Time Condition.

    • Lastly, select the option between Is Active and Is Inactive to present different results in the menu.

    • Press Confirm to store every changes made in Menu Item Available Period form.
  • Filter function
    • Filter Types and explanations:
      • Outlet Match Type with Match Value
        • Filter by match type, such as Individual Outlet, Group, Type, Area Code, Ownership, which are the fields from Company Info.
        • Based on different match types selected, the match value will refresh by the selected match type.
      • Order source
        • Filter by the order source value selected in the item. The order source value is standardized with the value in Menu management.

      • Availability from & Availability to
        • Filter by the item availability within the date range.

      • Item matching field with value
        • Provides a way to filter items by a chosen field type (such as Item Code, Name or Category) and add value to filter the item.
  • Import item into Item availability
    • Refer to the sample file below for the info required to perform import.
        This content is only supported in a Lark Docs
    • Required to have Item code and quantity to import the item into the form.

    • After pressing the Import button, select the file from the folder to import.



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