SchoolMoney: Create New Dinner Registers

Scope 
Create brand new dinner registers  

Instructions  

You School dinners register will normally be created for you as part of the training / onboarding process, and you can simply generate new dinner weeks from the existing dinner register.

However, if you would like to add a brand-new dinner register groups, you can do this within the Admin Section. 

Setting up a new Dinner Register Group 

Please follow the below steps if you would like to set up a brand-new Dinner Register on your SchoolMoney system. If you already have the Dinner Register, do not set it up again 

1. Click the Admin Tab.  
2. Click Manage Dinner Register Groups.  
3. Click the green Add button. 
4. Enter the Register’s name and click Save. A confirmation message will appear. (Register names are limited to 30 characters). 
   
5. Press the F5 button on your keyboard to refresh the system and you will be redirected to the Payments Tab. 
6. In the Payment Type drop-down: select your new Dinner Register from the list. 
7. In Academic Year drop-down: Select Initial Group Set-up. 
8. Tick the box to Show archived payments.  
9. You will see an offline payment for your new Dinner Register with the reference Initial Group Set-up. This is used to set up the configuration of your register. Double click to open this payment. 
10. Check the correct Bank account details are showing in box 1 in the top left corner.  
11. Click the Settings button.  
12. Untick Offline Only. 
13. Click OK to confirm and then Save. 
14. Enter the meal cost on the Amount Per Dinner Box. 
15. Click Save in the bottom right corner to save the payment.  
16. Click the Manage Students Button. 
17. Use the Year Group drop-down to tick the year groups you need to include on the register.  
18. Click Add All to pull the pupils across into the register.  
19. Click Save. A confirmation message will be displayed. 
20. Click Close. 
21. You will be returned to the Payments Screen.  
22. Please ensure the Payment Type drop-down is set back to ‘All Payment Types’, The Academic Year is set back to ‘All’ and Show Archive Payments is unticked. 
23. You are now ready to set up the first Weekly Payment for your new Dinner Register. If you are unsure how to do this, please refer to our separate Dinners Guide. This is located in the guides section on the top right corner of the SchoolMoney screen.