About Screen Designer

About Screen Designer

Screen Designer is a robust tool that enables you to create and modify the Point-of-Sale (POS) screens. From designing the layout of each screen, to specifying which menu items, promotions, manager functions, and employee functions are available on a screen, Screen Designer enables you to define the entire look, feel, and function of your Quick Service POS system.

Screen Designer provides tools to easily build custom panels and default screens used for the Aloha NCR Aloha Quick Service order entry system. Screen Designer has three main components: Panel Editor, Screen Editor, and Screen Simulator.

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Panel Editor enables you to create and edit the panels that combine to create your order entry screen, as well as the buttons and images you want available on each panel. Being able to design an order entry screen with multiple panels offers a tremendous amount of flexibility for your order entry process.

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Screen Editor enables you to build your NCR Aloha Quick Service screens from the selection of existing panels created in Panel Editor. With Screen Editor, you create different screens to target a specific job code, such as a cashier or manager.

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Screen Simulator enables you to perform a test on a selected screen, including the panels and buttons used to build the screen. Screen Simulator allows you to drill down to the various sections of a screen and verify that each button operates as designed and that any ‘chained’ panels link to other panels, as intended, as well as verify the overall layout of all the panels on a screen.

The main question that arises when working with Screen Designer is what do you need to create first, the panels or the screens? Remember, screens are made up of panels; therefore, you need to create the panels you will use for your screens, then create default screens and assign specific panels to the default screens. In some instances, you will go directly to the Work with Screens option, when you already have existing panels, but need to create a new default screen with a different combination of panels.