Day Parts

Summary

A day part is a defined period of time that can be used to make specific menus available or unavailable during the specified times, e.g., a lunch menu would only appear during a specified lunch day part, a Mother's Day menu would only appear during a specified date/time day part. 

Day parts are configured in ECM and can be configured by the site's time and days of the week available. 

Configuration 

To configure a day part in ECM, go to Sites > Day Parts:

Day Parts grid



The day parts grid displays the day parts that have been configured and the following elements:

Field

Description

Field

Description

Add Day Part 

Click to open a pop-up window

Search

Search by entering any part of a name or description (alpha/numeric and characters accepted), then click Search

Edit

Click the pencil icon to open the day part record to edit 

Name

The name of the day part

Description 

The description of the day part

Start Date

The start date that this day part will be available

NOTE: This date cannot be set in the future or it will show Null and items will not be shown. Date must be the current date for menu items to show. 



End Date

The end date that this day part will no longer be available

Start Time 

The start time that this day part will be available each day

End Time 

The end time that this day part will no longer be available each day

Days of Week

The days of the week that this day part will be available

Move up/Move down controls

Click the arrows to move a day part line up or down in the grid; this determines the menu display order on the application 

Pagination and number of items per page

Users can page through the records or select a specific page to view.
Items per page allows user to select how many items to be displayed from list

Number of items shown

Reflects number of items shown on page out of the total number of items 


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