This article will outline a step-by-step guide to setting up SmartKDS themes in BackOffice.

Overview

The SmartKDS is used to display items added to Orders on SmartPOS terminals to the kitchen staff
- Once the items or whole Order is prepared, the system visually notifies that it is ready for collection and delivery via a KDS display screen/s and Printed docket

Prerequisites

To access SmartKDS Settings, the applicable Operator Privileges will need to be enabled
- General Tab
  - System Setup: "Maintain Venue, Stores & Tills" Flag
  - System Setup: "Access Venue, Stores & Tills" Flag
  - System Setup: "Maintain Scheduled Jobs" Flag
  - System Setup: "Maintain Till Function Maps" Flag
  - System Setup: "SmartKDS" Flag
If you're not already familiar with how to set up or access the SmartKDS Scheduled Job, please refer to SmartKDS BackOffice Configurations

Once you are in the SmartKDS Configuration via the Scheduled Job, under the Themes tab you are able to add/change the theme colour of the KDS Station
Select New button to create a new Theme
Enter the Theme Details in the below components under General tab:
- Theme Name: Give a theme name
- KDS: This allows you to configure the colour of the background of the Body, Header, and Footer; it also allows you to configure the Text colour and Font Size
- Buttons: This allows you to configure the colour of the background of Navigation, Bump, Prepare, Rush, Cancel, Recall, Settings, and Logout
  - It also allows you to configure the Text colour for each buttons
  - Uppercase: if this flag is turned on, the button texts are in uppercase