Floor plans and tables represent the seating layout of each area in your restaurant. Create floor plans in order to place orders in Table Service mode at the POS and manage billing by seat.
After creating a floor plan, edit it to change the name, linked order profile, cover count entry, image, and printer settings. Edit the tables on a floor plan to modify their position, number, size, number of seats, and visibility from the floor plan. If you don't need a floor plan or table anymore, delete or disable it to remove it from the POS.
Adding floor plans
Add floor plans to reflect the layout of your restaurant so your staff can quickly identify available tables, manage orders, and keep track of occupied and open seats.
- Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed Restaurant credentials.
- From the navigation menu, select Configuration > Settings > Floor plans.
- Click Add.
- Enter the floor plan’s name. The name must be unique across all floor plans.
- Click Save to create the new floor plan.
- Click Settings, then enter the floor plan and printer settings.
Floor plan settings
Setting Description Edit floor plan name The floor plan’s name as displayed in the Back Office and on the POS. Select order profile By assigning an order profile to a table, all orders taken from the table adopt the settings from the order profile. All order profiles created in Configuration > Settings > Order profiles are available. Prompt cover count When activated, the POS user will be asked to enter the number of occupied seats for every table opened on the POS. Add floor plan image Upload a background image to appear on the POS. Drag and drop an image or click Browse files and choose an image from your device. The image must either be a JPG or PNG image less than 2MB in size. If the dimensions exceed 900 x 480 pixels, it will be rescaled to fit. Printer settings
Setting name Description Default printing profile for receipts Receipts created for tables in the floor plan will be printed on the printers with the selected printer profile. All printing profiles created in Configuration > Printing > Printing profiles are available. Default printing profile for draft receipts Notes created on tables in the floor plan will be printed on the printers with the selected printer profile. All printing profiles created in Configuration > Printing > Printing profiles are available. - If you want to add tables to the floor plan, follow the instructions in the Adding tables section.
- Click Save to save your changes.
- On the POS, navigate to Settings > Control center and tap Reload to make your changes visible.
Editing and deleting floor plans
Edit floor plans to modify the floor plan name, order profile, cover count entry, image, and printing profiles. Delete a floor plan to remove it from Lightspeed entirely.
- Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed Restaurant credentials.
- From the navigation menu, select Configuration > Settings > Floor plans.
- Select the floor plan you want to edit, or click Delete to remove a floor plan.
Deleting a floor plan removes all of its information and cannot be undone.
- If editing a floor plan, follow steps 4a-4b to make changes.
- Select the Settings tab to edit floor plan and printer settings.
- Click Save to save your changes.
- On the POS, navigate to Settings > Control center and tap Reload to make your changes visible.
Adding tables
Add tables to create and manage dine-in orders on the POS using Table Service mode. Set a number of seats for each table in the Back Office to split checks by seat on the POS.
- Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed Restaurant credentials.
- From the navigation menu, select Configuration > Settings > Floor plans.
- Click the floor name to add tables.
- Click Add table and enter the table settings to add a table to the floor plan.
Table settings
Setting Description Number of tables The number of tables that will be added to the floor plan. The maximum number of tables per floor plan is 150. Number of covers The number of seats per table. This is important for splitting checks by seat on the POS and reporting (Staff Turnover report in Back Office and ø average covers on POS). Table type The table shape (round or square). Table name A unique code, up to four letters and/or numbers, that identifies the table. Each table name can only be used once across all of your floor plans.
Table names can also help organize sections of your floor plan. For example, you could prefix bar tables with a B and dining room tables with a D.
- Click Done to add the table.
- Position the table on the floor by dragging and dropping
- Click the table and scale the table by pulling and pushing the table edge.
- Click Save to save your changes.
- On the POS, navigate to Settings > Control center and tap Reload to make your changes visible.
Editing tables
Edit tables to modify the table position, number, size, number of seats, or advanced settings.
- Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed Restaurant credentials.
- From the navigation menu, select Configuration > Settings > Floor plans.
- Click the name of a floor plan containing a table you want to edit.
- Select the table you want to make changes to.
- Click the pencil icon to edit the table.
- Modify the table settings as desired.
- (Optional) Click Show to make changes to the advanced options.
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Reference number:
- An RFID/NFC tag allows customers to scan a code and access Order Anywhere directly from the table.
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Table ID:
- A number-only table identifier used for online ordering integrations that don't support alphanumeric table names.
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Reference number:
- Tap Done to confirm.
- (Optional) Change the table's position and size.
- To move the table’s position, drag and drop it.
- Scale the table by dragging or constricting the table edge.
- Click Save to save your changes.
- On the POS, navigate to Settings > Control center and tap Reload to make your changes visible.
Disabling and re-enabling tables
Disabling a table temporarily hides it from your floor plan. This action isn't permanent, and a table can be re-enabled at any point.
- Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed Restaurant credentials.
- From the navigation menu, select Configuration > Settings > Floor plans.
- Click the name of a floor plan containing a table you want to edit.
- Select the table you'd like to disable or re-enable.
- Click the trash can icon to disable the table, or click the checkmark to re-enable it.
- Click Save to save changes.
- On the POS, navigate to Settings > Control center and tap Reload to make your changes visible.