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# Coursing (sending by course)

> Organize the check into courses — starters, mains, desserts — and send them to the kitchen one after another, at the table's pace.

In a restaurant you don't fire everything to the kitchen at once: starters go first, mains when the table is finishing, then desserts. **Coursing** organizes the check into **courses** and lets you send each course at the right moment.

<Note>
  Coursing is **optional** and turned on per location. While it is off, sending
  fires everything in one go — see [taking orders](/en/pos/taking-orders). To
  turn it on and define your courses, see [the menu and
  items](/en/backoffice/menu#coursing).
</Note>

## The check grouped by course

When coursing is on, the right panel groups lines **by course**. Each course has its own header — an order number, its name (for example **STARTERS**, **MAIN COURSE**, **DESSERTS**) and the item count — and its own **Send** button.

An item joins its default course automatically, as set in the backoffice. Items with no course gather at the bottom, under **NO COURSE**.

## Sending a course

There are two ways to fire to the kitchen:

<Steps>
  <Step title="The main button: Send + the next course">
    At the bottom of the panel, the large button reads **Send** followed by the
    name of the next course to fire — for example **Send Starters**. Tap it:
    only that course goes to the kitchen, then the register takes you back to
    [the floor plan](/en/pos/tables) if the order is at a table, otherwise to
    [the orders list](/en/pos/orders-list). The button then shows the next
    course (**Send Main course**).
  </Step>

  <Step title="A course's own Send button">
    Each course header has its own **Send** button. Use it to fire a course
    **out of order** — for example to start the desserts early.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Sending everything at once

Next to the main button, the **▾** caret opens **Send all courses**: every pending course fires together. Handy for a table in a hurry. The caret only appears when at least two courses are still waiting.

<Note>
  A course that has been sent reads **Sent** and its lines are locked. You can
  keep building the later courses in the meantime.
</Note>

## Moving a line to another course

An item landed in the wrong course, or you want to move it?

<Steps>
  <Step title="Long-press the line">
    Press and hold a **pending** line: it lifts and a **MOVE TO COURSE** menu
    appears.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the course">
    Tap the target course — the line joins that group right away. Tap **No
    course** to take it out of any course.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Only **pending** lines move: a line that was already sent is locked into its course, since the kitchen has already received it.

## The kitchen ticket

Each course you send prints **one kitchen ticket per course**, with the course name at the top. The kitchen sees clearly what to prepare, and when. See [receipts and printing](/en/pos/receipts-printing).

<Note>
  For an item to land in the right course automatically, give it a default
  course in the backoffice. Otherwise it arrives under **NO COURSE** and you
  move it by hand. See [the menu and items](/en/backoffice/menu#coursing).
</Note>