When a product has multiple variants (e.g., coffee sizes or pizza toppings), ABACUS POS allows you to force the selection of variant values to ensure that users or customers make the necessary choices before placing an order. This is especially useful in cases where a product variant, such as size or toppings, is required for the order to be processed.
Here’s how to configure forced variant selection on ABACUS POS, Online Ordering, and Self-Ordering Kiosk platforms.
Enforcing Product Variant Selection
Go to the Backend: Log into the ABACUS backend system.
Navigate to Products: Go to Products > Product Variants.
Edit Product Variant: Click the pencil icon next to the product variant you want to edit.
Enable the Desired Option:
Force Selection: This ensures that users must select at least one variant value before the product can be ordered.
Minimum Selection: For Online Ordering and Self-Ordering Kiosk only, this option forces users to select a specific number of variant values (e.g., at least 2 toppings on a pizza).
Save Your Changes: Once configured, the product will now require variant selection on the relevant platforms.
Supported Platforms
Feature | POS | Online Ordering | Self-Ordering Kiosk |
Force Selection | Supported ✅ | Supported ✅ | Supported ✅ |
Minimum Selection | Not Supported ❌ | Supported ✅ | Supported ✅ |
POS: The first variant value will be selected by default.
Online Ordering and Self-Ordering Kiosk: No default variant values are selected. The customer must manually select the required number of values before proceeding with the order.
When "Force Selection" is not ticked:
When "Force Selection" is ticked:
