POS draft orders let your staff tie a Shopify POS order to a specific table, so open tabs are easy to tell apart in your draft orders and in the Open Tabs view. It's controlled by a single setting on each dining area.
The setting: "Add tables to POS draft orders"
This lives on the dining area (not the individual table), so it applies to every table in that area. When it's on:
Selecting any table in this area in Shopify POS adds its name to the order as a no-charge custom item, so the table name shows in your draft orders list and open tabs are easy to tell apart.
The added line is $0 — it doesn't affect the order total; it's purely a label so you can see which table an order belongs to.
Turning it on
- For a new area — tick "Add tables to POS draft orders" in the Add Dining Area modal, or during the Add Tables flow.
- For an existing area — open the area's More > Edit area and toggle it.
Areas with it on show a "POS draft orders" badge on their card, so you can see at a glance which areas are set up for it.
How it flows
- An area has Add tables to POS draft orders turned on.
- In Shopify POS, your staff select a table from that area.
- POS adds the table's name to the cart as a $0 custom item (and tags the order with the table).
- When the order is saved as a draft / left open, it shows the table name in your draft orders.
- It also appears on Open Tabs, grouped by table.
