Creating a Category: Step-by-Step Guide

• Log in to the Management Center (MC) with your Brand Manager credentials.

• Navigate to the Category page under Menu in the MC.

• Click on the 'Create Category' button. This will open a new category title modal. When the category is created it is opened in edit mode show the snack bar 'Category successfully created'

  

• Fill in the required and optional fields as per your requirements:

  • Name: This is a required field. Enter the name of the category as it should appear in the MC and applications.
  • Internal Name: This is an optional field. You can enter a name that will be used for back office understanding of same-name entities, or as an internal identifier used in the brand or stores, familiar to operators.
  • External ID: This is an optional field. If you have an external system (like OAPI), you can enter the ID from that system here.
  • Description: This is an optional field. You can enter a description for the category. This will appear on your ordering channels.

• Image: This is an optional field. You can upload an image that represents the category. The image is visible only on Kiosk but may also be used by agency-created apps via our Ordering API.

• Click on 'Choose from files' on image field will open OS's file explorer. We only allow JPG, JPEG, GIF, or PNG to be selected. Other file formats are be disabled.

  • Image size can only be a max of 1 MB. If the format or the file size are incorrect you will be presented with an error message.

  

• Once you've filled in the details, click on the 'Save' button to create the category.