--- title: Creating a Quick Order description: Utilize Quick Orders (lightning bolt icon) to speed up order entry at the POS. --- [Skip to content](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge/creating-a-quick-order#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![GoTab Logo - White.png\]](https://success.gotab.io/hs-fs/hubfs/GoTab%20Logo%20-%20White.png?height=40&name=GoTab%20Logo%20-%20White.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - Go to gotab.io Go to gotab.io Hello! How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [GoTab Help Center and Knowledge Base](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [POS](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge/pos?hsLang=en) 3. [POS Ordering](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge/pos?hsLang=en#pos-ordering) # Creating a Quick Order ## Utilize Quick Orders (lightning bolt icon) to speed up order entry at the POS. [Quick Order](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge/creating-a-quick-order#quick_order) [Quick Order with Quick Spot (Recommended)](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge/creating-a-quick-order#quickspot) [Quick Order Menus](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge/creating-a-quick-order#idle_quick_order) **Quick Order** Tap the lightning bolt icon, choose a spot and you're dropped into ordering. Utilizing **+Tab** would start a tab immediately, even if empty. The Quick Order functionality doesn't technically create a tab until the order is initially sent, or a card authorization/payment occurs. Only then would it be listed as a tab, otherwise, it would still show under Unsent in your POS, rather than as an Open or Closed tab. ![Quick Order W out Quick Spot](https://success.gotab.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Assets/Quick%20Order%20W%20out%20Quick%20Spot.gif?width=688&height=388&name=Quick%20Order%20W%20out%20Quick%20Spot.gif) **Quick Order with Quick Spot (Recommended)** Utilizing the Quick Order functionality with a Quick Spot set is the fastest way in the POS to start a tab. Note how after we click Quick Order, we are immediately prompted to select a spot. That is one extra click we don't necessarily need. Assigning a Quick Spot removes this additional click. Assigning a Quick Spot to Quick Ordering is extremely easy. Navigate to More--Settings--Spots & Menus--Auto-assign a Quick Spot in your POS.![Setting Quick Spot](https://success.gotab.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Assets/Setting%20Quick%20Spot.gif?width=688&height=388&name=Setting%20Quick%20Spot.gif) Once we toggle this on, we are prompted to select our Quick Spot. By doing so, we now have a default spot attached to the Quick Order icon. In the above example, we set our POS Only spot as the Quick Spot and when we click Quick Order, it immediately drops us into ordering at that POS Only spot.  **Quick Spot Use-Case Scenario:** Think of a food truck situation where there is a pick-up window where all guests will get their food. The spot wouldn't ever really change because the guests are coming up to the same window to grab their food. Without setting a Quick Spot, you would be unnecessarily forced to pick a spot each time, even though it will be that same spot every time. Simply assign a Quick Spot to the Quick Order and you bypass picking a spot each time, allowing for faster order entry.  **Quick Order Menus** Quick Order Menus is a new feature that will again increase the speed of entering an order when a Quick Spot is set. Currently in the POS, there is considerable unused space on the right hand side, as shown below. ![](https://success.gotab.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-26-2025-04-36-02-1491-AM.png?width=688&height=340&name=image-png-Aug-26-2025-04-36-02-1491-AM.png) Quick Order Menus tackles this and speeds up order entry. 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