POS Draft Orders

The POS Cafe Add tables to POS draft orders setting adds a table’s name to Shopify POS orders as a $0 line, so open tabs are easy to tell apart in your Shopify draft orders list. 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.

Note

The table is recorded either way. Whenever staff select a table in the POS Cafe tile, the table details are saved on the order, whether this setting is on or off. The setting only controls the extra $0 line. Orders saved as drafts with a table selected appear on Open Tabs in both cases.

Turning it on

• For a new area: tick Add tables to POS draft orders in the Create Dining Area modal (opened with Add Dining Area), 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

1. An area has Add tables to POS draft orders turned on.
2. In Shopify POS, your staff select a table from that area in the POS Cafe tile.
3. POS Cafe records the table on the order and adds the table’s name to the cart as a $0 custom item.
4. When the order is saved as a draft, the table name shows in your draft orders list.
5. The open draft also appears on Open Tabs, grouped by table.

If staff switch to a different table, the old table line is replaced with the new one. Selecting a table in an area with the setting off removes any leftover table line.

Note

Leaving it off is fine for areas where you don’t need the table name as a line on POS orders. Tables still work everywhere else (table selection in POS, Open Tabs, online ordering links, QR codes). The setting only controls whether the table name is added to POS orders as a line.