--- title: "Location Settings: Edit" description: Learn how to edit your location settings. --- [Skip to content](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge/how-to-access-edit-your-location-configurations-dashboard#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. [Manager Dashboard](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge/manager-dashboard?hsLang=en) 3. [Location Settings](https://success.gotab.io/knowledge/manager-dashboard?hsLang=en#location-settings) # Location Settings: Edit ## Learn how to edit your location settings. **Locations settings are broken into three different sections:** - **Edit Location Settings** - **Open Tabs Settings** - **Display Settings** ### **Edit Settings:** Click on the "Location Configurations" dashboard and then click on the "Edit" dashboard.  ![](https://success.gotab.io/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-30%20at%203-05-52%20PM-png.png) ![](https://success.gotab.io/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-05%20at%2012-22-01%20PM-png-1.png)   - **Ordering is turned:** this indicates if your location allows ordering within all zones. If you need to turn on/off ordering altogether you would toggle this switch.  - **Read Only Mode:** Allows a location to be "read only" and not orderable.  - **Help Button is turned:** This displays a help button throughout the guest ordering flow.  - **Catalog Browsing is turned:** this toggle is useful for locations that utilize our "Menus" feature. Swaps viewing your menu as a product catalog to viewing between the different menus you have in play.  - **Auto Re-Enable 86'd Products is turned:** Allows you to decide if you want products to automatically enable themselves the following day after being 86'd or if you want to turn it off to manually enable products. ### **Open Tab Settings:** **![](https://success.gotab.io/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-05%20at%2012-22-09%20PM-png-1.png)** - **Open Tabs: **In GoTab, operators can choose whether to allow open tabs at their location.  - **Open Tabs are Defaulted to:** this indicates if whether or not you would like for the open tabs toggle to stay in the on position for your customers. - **Preauth Amount:** this is the pre-authorization amount that you would like to charge your customers for opening a tab. - ****Preauth Initial Order is ENABLED/ DISABLED - **** When enabled, preauth for the amount of the first order. When disabled, always preauth for the amount above. - ****Preauth Payment Terminal is ENABLED / DISABLED -**** When enabled, preauth when a card is read on the payment terminal. When disabled, rely on card tokenization for card validation. - **Preauth Payment Terminal is: **When enabled, operators can preauth a card on the payment terminal.  ### **Display Settings:** **![](https://success.gotab.io/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-05%20at%2012-22-15%20PM-png.png)** - **KDS Item Sort: **KDS and printed order items can be configured in location settings You will see the following options: Alphabetical - Products displayed A-Z Chronological - Products displayed in the order rung in By Prep Time: Ascending or Descending - Longer prep time items to shortest, or vice versa By Category - Products displayed in the same order as the Product Catalog, grouped categories - **POS Show Takeout/Delivery Order Button is turned:** Allows takeout orders to be inputted on the POS.  - **Servers can rush orders on the POS is turned: **Servers can rush orders on the POS allowing the tabs to bump to the front of the KDS.   - **Clear Spot Assignments Daily: **Clears assigned spots to servers in the POS - **PIN Length:** how long you want the pin length for server pins - **POS will ignore schedules: **On the POS, servers will be able to order any products at any time despite guest-facing time constraints on menus.  - **POS Order Note Short Cuts**: Create custom buttons on the POS to streamline ordering. For example, operators can create "no make," "takeout," "curbside," and "rush" buttons.  ### Edit your location's home page: ![](https://success.gotab.io/hubfs/undefined-Jun-17-2022-04-47-31-36-PM.png) ### Custom Refund Reasons: The last section under your Edit Dashboard is your Custom Refund Reasons. Here you can edit your custom Refund/Void reasons. 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