Orders are transferred to orders.

        The destination order can be a table, individual, auto assign, or other special accounts (Se ‘ORDER Definition’ for explanation).

	The server opening an order with a PENDING transfer has to have the classification required to open the order.  The classification of the ACCEPTING server establishes the RULES for transferring.  For example:

•	A TABLE server can open ONLY a table order (1-899 Order #s such as 000123); therefore, any order transferred to a three-digit order can be accepted by a table server.  Access to a table order is restricted to the server that originated the order (except managers and cashiers).

•	INDIVIDUAL orders (NNNN12 format where NNNN is the server card ID#) can be accessed by the classification 4 (bartenders) and 5 (cashiers) servers with the ID# of NNNN.  For example, a bartender with ID# 1034 can transfer their individual order 55 to table 000666 (103455->000666).  The table server that has or that will have restricted access to 000666 will be able to accept or reject this pending transfer. 

Transfers can be made to orders that are or are not open.  When the destination order is accessed, a message will notify the server that a transfer is pending to the order.  The server can then accept, review, reject the pending transfer.  When a transfer pending order is accepted, data from the pending order are added to the destination order and accountability for the transactions fall to the accepting server.

•	AUTO ASSIGN orders (001234 format) are created for cashiers (class 5) and bartenders (class 4).  Auto assign orders can be transferred to other bartenders or to cashiers.  Managers have access to ‘Auto assign’ orders but can not accept transfers.  Managers can change transfer.

CAUTIONS:

Transfers allow shifting accountability; however, the responsibility for an order stays with the originating server until the order is accepted by the destination server.

A sever that has made a transfer can CHANGE the transfer.  A manager (class 9) can change any transfer.

A transfer can be started to a new order (not yet opened)

Once an order is transfer pending, the order # can be re-used.  For example, if order table #1 is transferred to table #2, the table #1 can be used with a new order.

An order pending transfer can NOT BE OPENED, but queried only by opening the destination order.  This is a cause of much confusion.  Remember, once an order is pending transfer, querying the original order will create a new order with the same number.  This feature allows order staking and is useful when quests leave a table and do not tender before the table is reassigned.