# How to Add New Items?

This document covers the following topics:

1. Adding Items in the Back Office.

2. Configuring Printing Groups for Newly Added Items to facilitate printing of item information after customer orders.

# Adding Items

You can add items in the Back Office either manually or through bulk import.

# Manual Addition

To manually add a single item in the Back Office, follow these steps:

1. In the Taptouch Backendopen in new window, navigate to > Items > Goods page.

2. Click on New to add an item.

   

3. Enter the basic information for the item, such as name, price, category, description, etc.

   Tips

   Click the dropdown next to Category. If there is no suitable category for the item, you can input a new category name and press Enter; the system will create the new category automatically.

   

4. In the Variants section, click on New to add variants and set the name, price, and other information for each variant. For more information about Variants, refer to: Variant

   

5. Scroll down the page, in the Modifiers dropdown, select the modifiers you want to add. For more information about Modifiers, refer to: Modifier

6. Add labels to the item and choose an icon for the item.

7. After setting everything, click Save.

# Bulk Import

If you need to add multiple items, consider using bulk import. Follow these steps:

1. In the Taptouch Backendopen in new window, navigate to > Items > Goods page.

2. Click on the downward arrow icon next to New, then select Import.

   

3. Click Download Template to download the Excel template file.

   

4. Fill in the item information following the template's format. As shown in the example below:

   

   

5. Click Browse to select your item information file, then click Import to complete the import process.

# Configuring Printing Group

After adding items, you need to assign them to a Printing Group for easy ordering and printing of item information.

# Creating a New Printing Group

1. In the Taptouch Backendopen in new window, navigate to > Setting > Printing page.

2. Click on New to create a new Printing Group.

   

3. In the popup window, set the Printing Group name and select the newly added items.

4. Click Save.

# Adding to an Existing Printing Group

1. In the Taptouch Backendopen in new window, navigate to > Setting > Printing page.

2. Select the Printing Group you want to add items to and click the pencil icon on the right.

   

3. In the popup window, select the newly added items.

4. Click Save.

# POS Machine Synchronization

After adding items and configuring Printing Groups, you need to synchronize the changes to the POS machine.

1. Click the cloud icon at the bottom of the left-side navigation bar, then click Sync Cloud to sync with the cloud.

   

2. Click the gear icon, then click Printer Setting to configure the printer.

   

3. Select the printer, locate Print Kitchen Order, and check the Printing Group containing the new items.

   

4. Click on Print Test to test the printing functionality. Once the test print is successful, click Confirm to save your settings.