Getting Started | Restaurant365 Customer Center

Check Printing Setup (CAN)

Restaurant365 allows users to print their own checks without relying upon pre-printed check stock. This gives users greater flexibility and added security as they will not have to keep pre-printed check stock on premises, or under lock and key. Blank checks also offer additional convenience, allowing you to print multiple checks out of multiple checkbooks in a single check run, with no need to go into the printer and change the checks between changing the checkbook in the system. Click here for training on how to Print Checks Check Printing Requirements: To be able to print checks in Restaurant365, you need to … Continued

FTP Folder Setup

Restaurant365 can setup an FTP site for your company to drop files in that will be imported by the system automatically. These transactions will be imported as unapproved so that they can be reviewed before approval. There are 3 steps to using this feature: To request that an FTP site be created for your instance, please contact Restaurant365 Support and provide your Restaurant365 URL. Once the site is setup, follow the instructions below to connect your computer to the FTP site Provide the FTP site credentials to your Food & Beverage Vendors that have dedicated invoice integrations with Restaurant365 All files … Continued

Move Customer List From Quickbooks to Restaurant365

If you use Quickbooks and are now setting up Restaurant365, moving your customer list over is easy. Just follow the steps below: In Quickbooks go to Reports – List and run the Customer Contact List report On this report click the “Customize Report” button in the upper left corner In the window that pops up, in the Columns box, select the following columns (and uncheck any others that might be selected). Be sure to choose this exact list of columns, then click OK Active Status, Customer, Phone, Fax, Contact, Bill From 1, Bill From Street 1, Bill From Street 2, Bill From City, … Continued

Move Account List From Quickbooks to Restaurant365

If you use Quickbooks and are now setting up Restaurant365, moving your account list over is easy. Just follow the steps below: In Quickbooks go to Reports – List and run the Account Listing report On this report click Excel at the top of the window and choose Create New Worksheet On the window that pops up select “Create a comma separated values (.csv) file” and then click Export In the window that pops up give the file a name and note where you are saving the file Account Numbers are required in Restaurant365 so if you weren’t using account numbers in … Continued

System Preferences: Accounts

The ‘Accounts’ tab resides on the System Preferences screen. Click here for more information on System Preferences. On the Accounts tab, System-wide Account settings are set. The values provided in these settings will be used as the Default Accounts throughout the System. Legend: 1) Accounts Payable – set the Default Accounts Payable GL Account for all AP Transactions 2) Accounts Receivable – set the Default Accounts Recievable GL Account for all AR Transactions 3) Credit Expected – set the Credit Expected GL Account used on the ‘Vendor Credit Expected’ field on an AP Invoice transaction 4) Retained Earnings – set the Retained Earnings … Continued

Parent Accounts & Child Accounts

GL Accounts can have a specified Parent Account (effectively making them a Child Account). Parent Accounts allow users to group Sub-Accounts under one main Summary Account for subtotal and visual grouping on Financial Reports. To assign a Parent Account to a GL Account, select the Account Name of the desired Parent Account on the GL Account Record A Parent Account can have as many Child Accounts as desired. Restaurant365 will support up to four levels of Parent/Child Accounts. For example: 1) Labor 2) –> Hourly Labor 3) –> –> BOH 4) –> –> –> Kitchen Child Accounts will be indented … Continued

System Preferences: Miscellaneous

Overview The ‘Miscellaneous’ tab resides on the System Preferences screen and contains various system settings that effect how data is displayed, created, and updated throughout Restaurant365. Click here for more information on System Preferences. 1) Sales Tax Rate – Set the default Sales Tax Rate for AR Transactions. Sales Tax Rates for each Location can be set on the Location Record 2) PL Report Percent Of – Sets the default ‘Percent of’ option on all GL Accounts that have GL Types on the Profit and Loss statement. Click here for more information on Report Settings. System Default is ‘Net Sales’. Options include: … Continued

Move Vendor List From Quickbooks to Restaurant365

If you use Quickbooks and are now setting up Restaurant365, moving your vendor list over is easy. Just follow the steps below: In Quickbooks go to Reports – List and run the Vendor Contact List report On this report click the “Customize Report” button in the upper left corner In the window that pops up, in the Columns box, select the following columns (and uncheck any others that might be selected). Be sure to choose this exact list of columns, then click OK Active Status, Vendor, Phone, Fax, Contact, Bill From 1, Bill From Street 1, Bill From Street 2, Bill From … Continued

Unit of Measure

Unit of Measure – Base Types Units of Measure are used throughout Restaurant365 for Inventory, Purchased/Vendor Items, Recipe Costing, Commissary Items, and Catering Item tracking. Units of Measure (U of M) are completely customizable and you can have as many, or as few as you need. There are three Base U of M that all other U of Ms must be equated to either directly, or indirectly through other U of Ms. These three Base Units of Measure are: Volume Base for this type = OZ-fl Examples: OZ-fl, Cup, Gallon, Quart Weight Base for this type = OZ-wt Examples: OZ-wt, LB, KG, … Continued

Bank Account Record

GL Accounts can also be classified as Bank Accounts by checking the ‘Is Bank Account’ checkbox on the GL Account Record. Click here for more information on GL Account Records. To create a new Bank Account, please see the Add a New Bank Account training. When a GL Account is identified as a Bank Account, the GL Account will appear in the Bank Accounts List view (located under Banking in the Accounting Module), additionally the GL Account will be made available on the Bank Activity and Bank Reconciliation screens. Click here for more information on Bank Activity, and Bank Reconciliation. The checkbox highlighted … Continued