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title: "Menu Builder Overview"
url: "https://help.aurapos.com/en/article/menu-builder-overview"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-03-24T10:18:28.247Z"
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# Menu Builder Overview

The Menu Builder page in the Aura Portal is used to configure and maintain the menu that cashiers interact with on CounterPOS devices.

This page allows you to build, adjust, and publish menus in a simple but powerful interface.

[YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/5BnLnwq6DHQ)

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### Accessing the Menu Builder

| **NOTE:** The **Menu Builder** is a **Brand-level** function and is only available from the **Brand** context. |
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To access it, switch to the **Brand**\-level context, then:

Open the **Section Menu**, and go to **Menu Management;**

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/4b03863a-a96a-4a02-a0a4-444a89b07625)

from there, click **Menu Maintenance:**

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/93c69fc1-85cd-4f6f-be08-1a7152197bc8)

This opens the Menu Builder workspace.  
![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/8d63ecac-218b-4268-b165-d8cd02283d09)

From there, you can:

-   Review your **current Live menu**
-   Create a new **Draft menu** that you can edit
-   Preview the menu using a **simulator**
-   **Publish** the draft menu to your POS devices
-   Access **Advanced** menu revision management

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### Understanding the Menu Structure

The menu is displayed as a **nested structure**, made up of three levels:

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/9396bbd0-ebcf-4b17-8cca-9c6b0dbd2119)

-   **Category Groups** are the highest level, and are used to group related categories
-   **Categories** contain individual menu items
-   **Menu Items** - products sold on the POS

Each level has its own configurable properties, allowing you to control how items behave and appear on the POS, accessed by the **kebab menu** at the end of the card.  
![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/036a38ca-e9f4-4ca8-953e-c15339614b35)

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### Sorting and Ordering

Menu elements can be arranged in different ways:  
![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/a8b1835d-43ad-4a56-8ebd-71555ebdfae2)

-   **Alphabetically**
-   By **Popularity**
-   **Manually**, by dragging and repositioning items using the handle on each card

Manual ordering is typically used to optimise cashier workflows by placing high-frequency items in more accessible positions.  
![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/fa340bd7-25f8-4204-8401-e013df64fd10)

### Enhancers

Menu items can also include **Enhancers**. There are two kinds of enhancer:

-   **Option Lists** - lets cashiers pick from a list of choices that are triggered by menu items.
-   **Variants** \- different versions of a menu item, such as sizes (*Small, Medium, Large* etc)

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/cdd94de3-078b-4f5e-9c52-e1a6ed5b622c)

Enhancers are be dragged and dropped onto menu items to apply them

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/89770210-2501-4f6c-ac7e-e42686a6a58d)