You must be a Manager or Administrator, or have been assigned custom User permissions, in order to create choice rules, edit choice rules and delete choice rules. To learn more about User Roles and Permissions in SoupedUp, click here.
Choice Rules are used to control which recipes and menu items are available for inclusion in your menu, making it easier to provide Residents with a well-balanced and varied selection of meals every day.
When creating a menu template, a different Choice Rule can be applied at every meal course to categorise the the meal selection. You will therefore need multiple Choice Rules to complete a template. The example below shows a Breakfast Choice Rule being added to a Menu Template:
To set up your Choice Rules:
- Select Catering from the side nav bar.
- Click on Menus.
- Select Template Structure and then Choice Rules.
- Click the + Add New Choice Rule button in the top right hand corner of the screen:
- Under the Choice Rules Detail heading, enter a Rule Name:
If you are linked to more than one site, use the 'Select the sites' drop down menu to choose which sites this Choice Rule is added to:
Select a meal category to filter recipes or menu items by or simply start typing in a name in the search field.
Example - Filtering Recipes by a Category (Carbohydrates):
Example - Filtering Menu Items by a Category (Sauces):
Recipes and Menu Items can be added by ticking the checkbox against their name. Once ticked they will appear in the Final list of Recipes or Menu Items, as shown below:
If a recipe or menu item is added by mistake, it can be removed from the Final list of Recipes/Menu Items by clicking on the red minus sign:
9. Don't forget to click Save.