Require Finalized Food Production Records Before Meal Counts
This setting controls the ability for centers or sites to take a meal count based on the status of their food production records. With this setting turned on, centers and sites must review and finalize their food production records prior to taking meal counts.
Before turning on this setting, carefully review the consequences of finalizing a food production record as it lock the menu and food production record and only sponsor users have permission to unfinalize a food production record.
To change this setting for a single center or site:
- Click on Site Details from the main site dashboard.
- Scroll down to Attendance & Meal Count Settings.
- Check the box labeled Require finalized food production records before meal counts
- Scroll to the top or bottom of the page and click the green Save button
To change this setting for multiple centers or sites:
- Login as a Sponsor Admin
- Click on the Setup tab
- Click on Manage Site Configurations
- In the upper-right corner, select the center or sites for which you want to change the setting
- In the policy list on the left column, select the box for Require finalized food production records before meal counts
- Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the green button to Apply checked fields to selected sites
To change the default for this setting for new centers or sites:
- Login as a Sponsor Admin
- Click on the Setup tab
- Click on the “Manage Site Configurations” button.
- In the policy list on the left column, select the box for Require finalized food production records before meal counts
- Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the green button to Save Configuration for future sites.
