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Restaurant POS migration guide

Switching from SpotOn to SkyTab: what changes and what to export

A point-of-sale system (POS) is the software and hardware that takes orders and payments, and a kitchen display screen (KDS) is the screen that shows orders to the kitchen. A SpotOn restaurant can be reviewed for SkyTab, but the first step is to document the SpotOn products the business actually uses. Export restaurant data, confirm contract and hardware obligations, and verify loyalty, reservations, online ordering, employee, and integration workflows before the old system is canceled.

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What needs to be compared before you leave SpotOn

A POS switch is a business-process migration. The safe sequence is source capture, field mapping, owner approval, target configuration, testing, cutover, and acceptance. Do not cancel the source system until the records and workflows you need have been accounted for.

  • Menu, modifiers, taxes, discounts, and restaurant reporting
  • SpotOn loyalty / marketing and customer workflows
  • Reservations, online ordering, delivery, and employee-management tools
  • Hardware ownership / return obligations
  • Contract term, renewal, and termination requirements

Export this before canceling SpotOn

  • Menu and item records
  • Customer data permitted for export
  • Employee records
  • Sales, tax, and settlement reports
  • Contract and hardware documents
  • Loyalty / gift / reservation records needed for transition planning

Watch-outs

Do not assume loyalty or reservation history transfers automatically.

Hardware supplied under a service agreement may have return obligations.

Contract timing can be as important as feature fit.

Every third-party integration should be checked individually.

Conversion-path note

Norvet treats SpotOn-to-SkyTab as verification-first. Automated conversion is not promised until Shift4 confirms the merchant-specific path.

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