Create an add-on

Add-ons let you offer extra items that can be added to another product — for example “Extra cheese”, “Fries”, or other optional sides/toppings. Add-ons cannot be sold on their own; they always belong to a main product.

1: Create an add-on group (article type)

Before creating individual add-ons, you must first create an article type of type AddOn. Think of this as an add-on group (e.g., “Pizza toppings”).

You will later attach many add-ons — such as Extra cheese, Extra ham, etc. — to this group. A single add-on group can be used by multiple articles (e.g., all pizzas on your menu).

1. Sign in to BackOffice.
2. Go to Articles > Article types.
3. Press New in the upper right corner.

4. Fill out the settings:
   • Name - e.g. Pizza toppings
   • Article type - select AddOn

5. Click Save.

2: Create an add-on (article)

Now it’s time to create the actual add-on item, such as Extra cheese or Extra ham.

Steps

1. Go to Articles > Create new article.

2. Fill in the required settings (highlighted in the dialog).

   Recommended basic settings:

   • Article name - e.g. Extra cheese

   • Sales unit - e.g. pcs

   • Product group - e.g. Food

   • Sales group - leave empty

     Add-ons must not have a sales group because they can not be purchased directly.

   • VAT group - e.g. 12%

   • Article type - select your previously created add-on group, e.g. Pizza toppings

3. Click Create.

Tip

Use Save & copy to quickly create additional add-ons.

3: Create more add-ons

To add more items (e.g., more toppings), simply repeat the steps in Step 2.

In the example below: three pizza toppings are listed as add-ons - all belonging to the same add-on group Pizza toppings.

4: Connect the add-on group to your articles

To make add-ons available during a sale, you must connect the add-on group to each relevant article — for example, attaching Pizza toppings to your Calzone article.

Steps

1. Go to Articles > Articles.

   

2. Find the article you want to connect to the add-on group, and click the edit button.

   (Example: editing the 'Calzone' article)

   

3. In the view that opens:

   • scroll down to the Add-ons section,
   • click 'Edit Add-ons'.

4. In the dialog that opens:

   • Press the button Click here to add new item.
   
   • In Article type, select your add-on group (e.g. Pizza toppings).
   • Free add-on count: If one topping should be free, enter 1 under Free add-on count.
   • Sort order: Set this if the article has multiple add-ons groups and you want to control the order they appear (lower digit means higher priority).
   • Click Save & close.
   

5. You can now see that the add-on group has been connected to the article.

6. Save the article.

Sort order for add-on groups

If you have multiple add-on groups connected to an article, you can set the order for how they are displayed from the article dialog.

1. Click the 'sort icon' in the add-ons section.
2. In the dialog that opens, set the sort order by dragging and dropping your add-on groups to desired position.
3. Save to close the dialog, then save your article changes.

How add-ons appear in your POS

When you add an article with add-ons to the cart (e.g., a pizza), a dialog appears where you can select the customer’s desired add-ons.