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Tables represent the physical tables in your dining area — the ones customers sit at and scan a QR code to order from. Each table belongs to a Location and, optionally, an Area (a zone like “Main Floor” or “Patio”). Getting a table’s Location right is what makes its QR code work at all, so this page walks through that carefully.
Tables screen showing the area sidebar, floor-plan grid view, and table cards with capacity and status

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Screen Layout

The Tables screen is split into two panes. On the left, the Area sidebar lists your color-coded areas (e.g. Main Floor, Patio, Bar) with a table count for each, plus Edit/Delete controls and an Add area button. On the right, the top bar has a Location filter, a Grid/List view toggle, Bulk Import, and buttons for New area and New table.
  • Grid view shows tables as visual floor-plan cards, grouped by area — useful for a quick visual layout check.
  • List view shows a data table with columns for #, Label, Area (colored badge), Capacity, Status, and row actions (QR code icon, Edit, Delete).

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Fields

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Table Fields

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Area Fields

Areas are purely organizational — they group tables visually and generate the Label prefix (e.g. FL1 for “Main Floor”). They have no effect on ordering logic. What actually gates ordering is the table’s Location.

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Location Mapping

Every table must be assigned to one Location (branch/outlet) — this isn’t just for organizing your table list, it’s what makes the table’s QR code work at all.
If a table has no Location assigned, a customer scanning its QR code to order is hard-blocked with the error “This table is not mapped to a location” — they cannot place an order, full stop. If a customer reaches a table’s ordering link while a different location is active in their session, they’re blocked too, with “Table does not belong to the selected location”.
Practical guidance: when you open a new branch, create that branch’s tables (or reassign existing ones) to its Location before you generate and print any QR codes. Printing QR codes for tables that aren’t mapped yet means reprinting them later — the link itself is built from the table’s location.

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Table Session Behavior

The Table session setting (session_reset_mode) decides how orders placed at the same table are grouped into a bill. It’s a per-table setting, not a global one — bar tables and dining tables can each use a different mode. Example — “One running bill until closed”: three different guests at the same table scan the QR at different points during the meal and each order something. All three orders land on one running bill. Staff close it out once, when the table is done. This is the right default for normal dine-in table service. Example — “New order each time”: a customer scans, orders, and leaves. Later, someone else sits at the same physical table and scans the same QR — this creates a completely separate ticket, billed independently, even though it’s the same table. This suits fast-casual or self-order-and-leave setups where each order should be its own bill rather than accumulating.

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Create a Table

1

Go to Tables

Click Tables in the left sidebar, under Restaurant.
2

Pick or create an Area (optional)

Use an existing area or click Add area to create one, e.g. Main Floor. Skip this if you don’t need zones.
3

Click New table

Enter the Table Number, Capacity, and choose the Area.
4

Set the Location

Assign the branch this table physically belongs to. This is required — without it, the table’s QR code will not work for customers.
5

Choose the Table session mode

Pick One running bill until closed for normal dine-in service, or New order each time for fast-casual, self-order setups.
6

Save

Click Create. The table appears immediately in the floor plan and table list.

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Generate a Table QR Code

Click the QR code icon on any table row (list view) or card (grid view) to open the Table QR dialog. It generates a scannable QR code and a copyable link in the form:
To generate a working link, the dialog needs:
  • A Cliq-type Setup selected — Cliq is the internal name for a QR self-order device/channel profile. See Setup if you haven’t created one yet.
  • An Order Mode — a dropdown that defaults to a dine-in-type mode, but you can pick any active order mode.
From the dialog you can Download PNG (for printing and placing on the table) or Copy link (to share digitally).
If the table has no Location assigned, the QR dialog blocks and shows a warning asking you to assign a location first. This is the same location-mapping rule described above — there’s no way around it, because the link itself is built using the table’s location.
Before a table’s QR code will actually work for customers, make sure you have: (1) the table mapped to a Location, (2) at least one active Cliq-type Setup, (3) an Order Mode configured, and (4) a payment processor — Stripe or Share Commerce ePay — set up if you want customers to pay online. See QR Setup for the full walkthrough.

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Bulk Import

Use Bulk Import to upload a CSV of tables in one go, the same way you would for other list screens in DuitPOS.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Almost always a missing Location. Open the table and confirm a Location is assigned — if it’s blank, customers scanning the code get blocked with “This table is not mapped to a location.” Also confirm you have an active Cliq-type Setup and an Order Mode selected in the QR dialog.
Yes. Area is purely organizational and doesn’t appear in the QR link, so changing a table’s Area does not affect its existing QR code. Changing its Location, however, does — that requires regenerating and reprinting the QR code.
Use “One running bill until closed” for standard table service, where guests order over time and staff settle one bill at the end. Use “New order each time” for fast-casual or self-order setups where each scan should be billed as its own separate ticket, even at the same physical table.
No. Deletion is blocked while any tables are still assigned to that area. Reassign or delete those tables first, or leave the area in place and just deactivate it.

Locations

Create and manage branches/outlets

Setup

Create the Cliq-type device profile QR ordering needs

Order Modes

Configure the order mode used by table QR links

QR Setup

Full walkthrough for getting QR ordering live