Product Admin

Created 11 December 2025 • Updated 11 December 2025 Updates

Preparation Routes

Preparation routes are used to send items to the correct location when being made by a dispense station, either a printer or kitchen service screen.

Each sales item or instruction is assigned a preparation route which is used as its default setting.

Preparation routes is the new name for an Aztec Print Stream
Examples
  • Kitchen - Grill - Desserts

  • Bar - Wine - Drinks

Navigate to Product Admin → Preparation Routes

Adding New Preparation Routes

Follow these steps to add a new preparation route:

  1. Click Add

  2. Enter the following details, Main Name | Aztec Name | Description (optional)

    Aztec+ has enhanced the name fields across the platform, Main Names are now longer fields and will be displayed in all areas in Zonal Connect that may use that field, the Aztec Name field is used to update the existing Aztec module with the same character limits
  3. Click Add

Editing Preparation Routes

Follow these steps to edit a preparation route:

  1. Select the required preparation route

  2. Update the Main Name | Aztec Name or Description click Save

Searching Preparation Routes

Follow these steps to search for a preparation route:

  1. In the list section click into the search

  2. Enter the search term, press <enter> or click the search icon, the results will be displayed matching the search term including any mid-word matches

  3. To remove the search click the remove search icon

Viewing Activity

Follow these steps to view the activity of a preparation route:

  1. Select the Activity tab

  2. By default todays activity is initially displayed, adjust the date selection to choose either

    • 1M - last 1 month of changes

    • 3M - last 3 months of changes

    • Custom - date range picker

  3. Activity will be displayed with the following information

    • Date & Time

    • User

    • Action

Field Settings & Information

Preparation Route Details

The details section allows you to set the main configurable information for preparation routes.