Hostel mess: weekly menu and meal attendance

Open Hostel > Mess. There are two tabs, Weekly menu and Mess attendance.

Weekly menu

1. Open Weekly menu. The table shows each day (Mon to Sun) and each meal.
2. Click a cell and press Add items to type the dishes. Press Save. A message says "Dinner on Monday saved".
3. A change applies from today onward. Past days keep what was served.
4. Each dish has a green dot for vegetarian. Press the dot to mark a dish non-vegetarian or back to vegetarian.

The mess manager and the warden can edit the menu. Security can only read it.

Mess attendance

1. Open Mess attendance and choose the Meal, for example Dinner.
2. Residents with a bed are listed. Press Mark unmarked as ate to mark everyone who has no mark as Ate.
3. Change anyone who did not eat to Absent.
4. Press Save. A message shows how many entries were saved, and the line "N ate, M absent".
5. Use Find a student or bed to search.

If no residents appear, allocate beds first. See Hostel blocks, rooms and beds.

Common questions

Can a guardian see the menu?

The parent app shows the hostel tab. What it shows depends on your institution settings.

I cannot edit the menu.

Only the mess manager, warden and hostel admin can. Others see it read only.