What do red orders on the Live Orders page mean?

For orders to get from me&u into your POS, a few things have to go right. If for some reason, something doesn't go right in this process, the order will appear in red to let you know that you have to manually enter it into your POS.

Rest assured that once the order appears in me&u's Live Order screen, the customer HAS been charged and IS expecting their order.

By the order appearing in red, it lets you know that something went wrong with it getting to the POS so you have to manually intervene to ensure the customer gets their order as expected and doesn't have a bad experience.

For this reason, you should always have me&u's Live Orders page next to your POS and visible and monitored by staff.

What do I do if I see a red order on the Live Orders page?

When an order appears in red, the customer is not affected at all. They have placed the order and been charged as normal. They have no idea that there is anything wrong with their order. They don't need to know that.

It's just an issue on your end because your POS system did not receive the order so it didn't print the docket.

It shouldn't happen often, but if it does:

1. The first thing to do is manually enter the order into your POS system right away so that the dockets print.
2. Then you can troubleshoot why the order failed to make it to the POS and print.

Why are orders failing to get to the POS and how do I troubleshoot the issue?

1. Your internet connection has dropped out and the order couldn’t get through to your POS.
   Check your internet connection is working. If you know your internet connection cut out and it’s back on again and orders are now coming through in green - that was probably the issue. If it’s not due to an internet connection issue - proceed to do the below steps to troubleshoot.
2. One of the items or modifiers that the customer ordered doesn’t have the correct product code in me&u
   This is the most common reason why orders fail to make it to the POS and appear in red! To check this, go to the Menu Items page within me&u and check that each of the items/modifiers that were ordered in the red orders have the correct product codes that match the product codes for those items in Impos. Here is How to access your product codes in Impos.
   If they are correct, this is not the issue. If the codes are wrong or missing, fix them by reimporting the item. Incorrect codes are usually due to the item no longer being available or the item being recreated in Kounta.
3. One of the items the customer ordered has a stock count on it of 0
   

   To check this, login to Impos back office and go to Items. Search for the product the customer ordered and check the stock count. If the count is down to 0 - the order would have failed in me&u and gone red because there is no stock of that item. To fix this, add more stock to that products count in Impos and there shouldn’t be an issue. 

4. Your Doshii to me&u connection has gone down
   

   Doshi is the middleware platform that connects me&u to Impos. So if this connection goes down, all orders will fail. If all of the above solutions don't solve your red orders, it could be because your POS has disconnected from doshii for some reason. This is a rare possibility but if it does happen, to re connect it, you'll need to reach out to Impos and they will help :)

   Once you have fixed the problem that caused the orders to appear in red, the red orders will NOT somehow push through to your POS or print out dockets. The only way to get red orders into your POS to print is to manually enter them like you would any other order a customer tells you.

What to do when orders are not appearing in red but they are just not printing!

1. Check the printer is turned on.
2. Check the printer has paper in it.
3. Check the printer door is properly closed.
4. Check the printer is connected however it usually is.
5. Ask Impos support - me&u does not control your printers.