Create Sub-Category

A sub-category is a group of items, put together to help customer understand and zoom into a specific type of food items. You will need to create a category, then create a sub-category within the category to assign and item to these for the items to be visible to the customer for ordering. 

If you are using the Menu Editor to create your menu, follow these steps:

1. Login to eCMS
   
   
2. Go to the 'Menu' Tab
   
   
3. You will see the Menu Editor with the categories listed on the left hand side of the screen. Select the category within which you wish to create the sub-category and either:
   1. click on the 3 dots under the category name. Select the option '+ New Subcategory' OR
   2. scroll to the bottom of the list of sub-categories and click on the button '+New Subcategory' 
      
      
4. For quick add of sub-category, enter the sub-category name and click 'Save'
   Alternatively, click on 'More Options' to enter all necessary information of a sub-category
   
   
5. Proceed to add all details related to the category here. You are encouraged to fill in all the details specified in the below screenshot to achieve full menu completion. A complete menu is informative for customers and boosts sales
   
   1. Add an image for the sub-category of specs specified. This image will be displayed adjacent to the sub-category name to the customer on SmartWeb or SmartKiosk
      
      
   2. Add name (in english) of the category
      
      
   3. Add description of the sub-category
      
      
   4. Select the default status of the category upon creation - whether it should be 'Displayed' or 'Hidden' once created*
      
      
   5. If you are using Smartweb, choose the layout in which the items should be displayed to the customer
      
      
   6. If you are using SmartKiosk, choose the layout in which the items should be displayed to the customer
      
      
   7. Move on to the 'Translations' tab to add translations of the sub-category name and description in the languages supported 
      
      *NOTE: You can always change the status after the sub-category has been created.
      
      
6. Click 'Save' to save and complete sub-category creation

If you are not using the Menu Editor to create a sub-category, follow these steps:

1. On the navigation pane, select Menu > Categories 
2. In the Categories tab, on the selected category click on Add Sub-Category +
   
   
3. Add New Sub-Category form will be displayed
   
4. On Sub-Category Name in English field, input sub-category’s name
5. On Sub-Category Description in English field, input the description for the sub-category
6. On Sub-Category Image field, click Choose File button to select and upload sub-category’s image
7. On Display Mode field, select the display that will be shown on the menu
8. On Statusfield, select status of the sub-category. 
   1. If the selected status is ‘Show’, then category will be shown on menu.
   2. Else, if the selected status is ‘Hide’, category will be not shown on menu
9. Click Save button to add sub-category to the chosen Category