Turn parts of the app on or off

Each location has only the parts of Yes Chef it wants. A site that does not use the app for training, say, can switch Training off, and nobody there sees it or is reminded about it. The choice is made per location, on the web.

Go to Settings, then Location settings

1. Pick the location in the sidebar.
2. Open Settings, then Location settings, and find the section headed What this location uses. Its corner says how many parts are on.
3. Turn a part’s switch off or on. There is no save button: it says the part’s name with on or off, and the change has been made.
4. A part that is off is marked Off in the list. For everyone at the location, its pages leave the sidebar and its tabs leave the phone.

The parts

• Rota & Team: rota, shifts, clock-ins, timesheets, time off, swaps, payroll, pre-shift.
• Checks: the day’s checks, history, scores, incidents, equipment, documents, the inspector pack.
• Menu: menus and items, recipes, printed menus, Sales & GP.
• Prep: the prep list and the kitchen wall screen, with the recipes they work from.
• Waste: what was thrown away, by item and by reason, and what it cost.
• Tasks: boards of loose jobs, and the ones with your name on.
• Messages: channels, direct messages, groups and broadcasts.
• Training: training tracks, sign-offs and the skills matrix.

The list also has switches for parts that are not offered to restaurants yet. They are not covered in this help centre.

Under the list, Always on names what no location can switch off: Home, the Inbox, Me, Settings and People. The staff list, people’s files and their pay are always there, whatever else a location uses.

What switching a part off does

• Its pages, tabs and home tiles go out of sight at that location, for everyone.
• It stops sending notifications and reminders there.
• Permissions that belong to it do nothing at that location.
• Nothing is deleted. Switch it back on and everything is where it was.

Before you switch a part off, look at the chips on its row. They count what is live in it, such as shifts or checks, that would go out of sight.

A new location

The same list is the second step of adding a location, headed What will this location use? A location where nobody has ever chosen has every part on. See Add a location.