Why lock areas and functions in tSpoonLab, and how?
Locking areas and functions in tSpoonLab gives you two major benefits:
Security and operational integrity: full control over your database, preventing accidental or unauthorized changes to critical business elements.
Accuracy and reliability: keeps costs, recipes, and stock records stable and truthful for 100% dependable financial and operational analysis.
Below you'll find the video walkthrough and a detailed step-by-step guide to set up your platform's locking system right away.
📢 Important: Contact support by clicking the built-in Support Chat in the bottom-right corner of your screen to request activation of the corresponding permission before you can lock areas.
Lockable areas and their impact
Here's how the system's locking ecosystem works and how to leave it configured and active:
Products and materials: prevents any change to the ingredients, raw materials, and materials stored in your database.
Recipes and dishes: fully protects your recipes (technical sheets) so no one can modify ingredients or preparation steps.
Purchases: prevents any retroactive change to issued purchase orders and delivery notes already received in the kitchen.
Sales: prevents changes or mismatches on sales registered and integrated in the platform.
Inventories: locks stock valuations and stock-count closings against unwanted changes.
Stores: locks the physical or logical stores you've configured so their current state and assignment can't be altered.
Step by step: locking areas individually in tSpoonLab
How to lock products and materials
To lock products and materials in tSpoonLab, go to "Offer" > "Products" or "Materials". In the search bar on the left of the screen, select the product or material you want to lock.
When the record opens, go to the three-dot menu on the right of the screen and select "Lock product".
Once confirmed, a padlock icon appears next to the product or material name, visually confirming the security lock is active.
How to lock recipes and dishes
To lock your gastronomic-offer database in tSpoonLab, go to "Offer" > "Recipes" or "Dishes". In the search bar on the left of the screen, select the recipe or dish you want to lock.
When the record opens, go to the three-dot menu on the right of the screen and select "Lock".
Once confirmed, a padlock icon appears next to the recipe name, visually confirming the security lock is active.
How to lock purchases in tSpoonLab
To lock your tSpoonLab purchase history, go to "Management" > "Purchases". In the search bar on the left of the screen, select the purchase order or group of orders you want to lock.
When the order or group of orders opens, go to the three-dot menu on the right of the screen and select "Lock order".
Once confirmed, a padlock icon appears next to the purchase name, visually confirming the security lock is active.
How to lock sales in tSpoonLab
To lock the sales registered in tSpoonLab and prevent mismatches on sales registered and integrated from your POS (point-of-sale) terminal, go to "Management" > "Sales". In the search bar on the left of the screen, select the sale or group of sales you want to lock.
When the sale or group of sales opens, go to the three-dot menu on the right of the screen and select "Lock sale" to lock the group of sales.
To lock a single sale inside a group, go to the three-dot menu on the right of that specific sale line and select "Lock".
Once confirmed, a padlock icon appears next to the sale name, visually confirming the security lock is active.
How to lock inventories
To lock your inventories in tSpoonLab, go to "Management" > "Inventories". In the search bar on the left of the screen, select the inventory you want to lock.
When the inventory opens, go to the three-dot menu on the right of the screen and select "Lock inventory" to lock the inventory.
Once confirmed, a padlock icon appears next to the inventory name, visually confirming the security lock is active.
How to lock stores
To lock your stores in tSpoonLab, go to "Management" > "Stores". In the search bar on the left of the screen, select the store you want to lock.
When the store opens, go to the three-dot menu on the right of the screen and select "Lock store" to lock the store.
Once confirmed, a padlock icon appears next to the store name, visually confirming the security lock is active.
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