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ORDERS & ORDER HISTORY

How to View and Understand Order Details

Learn how to open Order Details and review status, items, totals, customer, fulfilment, payment and status history.

What you’ll learn

Open the shared Order Details view from Live Orders or Order History and understand the order status, items, totals, customer, fulfilment, payment and status history shown there.

Open Order Details

You can reach the same Order Details card from either order area:

  • From Orders, select View details on a Live Order.
  • From Order History, select View on the required previous order.
Menushell Order Details card with customer name, phone number and email redacted
The same Order Details card can be opened from Live Orders and Order History. Customer name, phone number and email have been redacted for privacy. Select the image to view it larger.

Identify the order

At the top of the card, Menushell displays the order number together with the order’s date and time.

Check the current status

The Current status area shows the order’s present status.

Update the status

Use the status selector in the Current status area to choose the required status, then select Update status to apply the change.

Related guide

For the wider Live Orders workflow and the verified list of available order statuses, see How to Manage Live Orders.

Review the ordered items

The Items section shows the products included in the order. The displayed information can include the item name, quantity, unit price, line total and the item’s selected options or modifiers.

Review the order total

The Order total section provides the financial breakdown shown for the order. In the captured example this includes Subtotal, Service Charge and the final Total.

Review the customer information

The Customer card displays the customer information stored with the order, including the customer’s name, phone number and email address when available.

Check fulfilment

The Fulfilment card shows the order’s fulfilment information, including Type and Time. For example, the fulfilment type may be Pickup or Delivery.

Check the payment method

The same Fulfilment card displays the recorded Payment method for the order.

Review status history

The Status history card records the displayed order-status history together with its date/time information, helping you review the status activity shown for that order.

Close Order Details

Select the × button in the upper-right corner when you are finished reviewing the order.

Success

You can now open Order Details from either Live Orders or Order History and understand the key information displayed for an individual order.

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