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title: "Tables"
description: "The table overview on the POS: open tables, orders that are ready, and how to merge or transfer tables."
url: "https://unipage.be/en/support/unipos-plus/working-with-tables/tables"
---

# Tables

Use **Tables** (Tafels) in the navigation bar to open the table overview. It shows your table plan the way you set it up, with the current status of each table. Tap a table to open it and keep ordering.

## What you see

- Your table plan with all tables. Use **All tables** to switch to the full list, including tables that are not on the active plan.
- An indicator next to tables that have an order ready.
- Do you work with several rooms or floors? You choose per device which layout of the table plan it shows: the screen at the bar shows the dining room, the handheld terminal on the terrace shows the terrace.

![](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-overzicht.png)
*The table overview on the POS: Table 1 is open (1), All tables shows the full list (2), the lightning button opens the quick actions (3).*

- 1. Open table
- 2. All tables
- 3. Quick actions

## Choosing the layout per device

Do you work with several rooms, or did you draw a separate layout for the handheld terminal? Tap the three dots next to the name of the area. You see the Main layout and every extra layout of that table plan. The label Default marks the layout that the terminal settings prescribe. Tap a layout to show it. Tap the lock to fix that layout on this device. Without the lock, the device follows the terminal settings. With Start floor plan on this device, this table plan is the first one to open on this POS from now on.

*Choosing a layout: the three dots next to the area open the list of layouts for this device.*

**Step 1**
![The table overview. Tap the three dots next to Restaurant.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-tafelinfo-0-overzicht.png)
The table overview. Tap the three dots next to Restaurant.

**Step 2**
![The Restaurant window: Main layout with the label Default (1), the extra layout Sunmi handheld, the lock to fix a layout on this device (2) and the switch Start floor plan on this device (3).](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-indeling-kiezen.png)
The Restaurant window: Main layout with the label Default (1), the extra layout Sunmi handheld, the lock to fix a layout on this device (2) and the switch Start floor plan on this device (3).
- Click three dots next to Restaurant

## Quick actions

At the bottom right of the table overview is a round button with a lightning bolt: the quick actions. There you choose Open table info, Transfer table or Merge tables. The POS then shows a purple bar at the top that tells you what it expects from you. You can stop at any time with Cancel. You can't select tables that are in use on another device.

## Transfer table

Is a party moving to another table? Choose Transfer table, tap the table where the order is now (the source table), then tap a free table (the destination). The whole order moves along, the source table becomes free and you get the message Table transferred successfully.

*Transfer table: quick actions, then tap the source table and the destination.*

**Step 1**
![The table overview with Table 1 open. Tap the lightning button at the bottom right and choose Transfer table.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-verplaatsen-1.png)
The table overview with Table 1 open. Tap the lightning button at the bottom right and choose Transfer table.

**Step 2**
![The quick actions: Open table info, Transfer table and Merge tables. Tap Transfer table.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-menu-verplaatsen.png)
The quick actions: Open table info, Transfer table and Merge tables. Tap Transfer table.
- Click Quick actions

**Step 3**
![The Select source table bar: only tables with an open order light up. Tap Table 1.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-verplaatsen-2.png)
The Select source table bar: only tables with an open order light up. Tap Table 1.
- Click Transfer table

**Step 4**
![The Select destination table bar shows the chosen source table. Tap a free table, here Table 2.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-verplaatsen-3.png)
The Select destination table bar shows the chosen source table. Tap a free table, here Table 2.
- Click Table 1 (source table)

**Step 5**
![The message Table transferred successfully: the order is now on Table 2.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-verplaatsen-4.png)
The message Table transferred successfully: the order is now on Table 2.
- Click Table 2 (destination)

## Merge tables

Are two parties sitting together on one bill? Choose Merge tables, tap the source table, then the target table. Both tables must have an open order. In the Merge tables window you see Customer, Order type and Chairs. If these differ between the two tables, you choose which value the merged table gets. Tap Confirm merge: all lines are now on the target table and the source table becomes free.

*Merge tables: source table, target table and confirm.*

**Step 1**
![Table 1 and Table 2 are both open. Tap the lightning button at the bottom right.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-samenvoegen-0-overzicht.png)
Table 1 and Table 2 are both open. Tap the lightning button at the bottom right.

**Step 2**
![The quick actions: tap Merge tables.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-menu-samenvoegen-2.png)
The quick actions: tap Merge tables.
- Click Quick actions

**Step 3**
![The Select source table to merge bar: only tables with an open order light up. Tap Table 1.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-samenvoegen-1.png)
The Select source table to merge bar: only tables with an open order light up. Tap Table 1.
- Click Merge tables

**Step 4**
![Select table to merge into: tap the other open table, here Table 2.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-samenvoegen-2-2.png)
Select table to merge into: tap the other open table, here Table 2.
- Click Table 1 (source table)

**Step 5**
![The Merge tables window shows Customer, Order type and Chairs of the target table. Tap Confirm merge.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-samenvoegen-3-2.png)
The Merge tables window shows Customer, Order type and Chairs of the target table. Tap Confirm merge.
- Click Table 2 (target table)

**Step 6**
![The message Tables merged successfully: everything is now on Table 2 and Table 1 is free.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-samenvoegen-4-klaar.png)
The message Tables merged successfully: everything is now on Table 2 and Table 1 is free.
- Click Confirm merge

## Table info and table status

With Open table info, you give a table a status that your team sees in the overview: Reserved, VIP, Needs cleaning or Waiting for food, or your own text of up to 60 characters via Custom status. Tap Set status. If you open the info of that table again later, you can remove the status with Clear status.

*Table info: tap a table and choose a table status.*

**Step 1**
![Table 2 is open. Tap the lightning button at the bottom right.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-tafelinfo-0-overzicht.png)
Table 2 is open. Tap the lightning button at the bottom right.

**Step 2**
![The quick actions: tap Open table info.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-menu-tafelinfo.png)
The quick actions: tap Open table info.
- Click Quick actions

**Step 3**
![After Open table info in the quick actions, the bar asks you to select a table. Tap Table 2.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-tafelinfo-1.png)
After Open table info in the quick actions, the bar asks you to select a table. Tap Table 2.
- Click Open table info

**Step 4**
![The Table status window: choose Reserved, VIP, Needs cleaning or Waiting for food, or type a custom status, and tap Set status.](https://unipage.be/storage/support/screens/tafels-pos-tafelinfo-2.png)
The Table status window: choose Reserved, VIP, Needs cleaning or Waiting for food, or type a custom status, and tap Set status.
- Click Table 2

To learn how to draw and arrange the table plan yourself, read [Managing the table plan](https://unipage.be/en/support/unipos-plus/working-with-tables/managing-the-table-plan).

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