> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ofatoura.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Essential Configuration Overview

> The must-do settings before you start selling in oFatoura — restaurant details, localization, taxes, order numbering, order types, and receipts.

These are the settings you should complete before you take your first order. They decide how your prices are calculated, how tax is applied, how each order is numbered, and what prints on your kitchen tickets and customer receipts. Get them right once and the rest of the system — the POS, the customer site, reports, and printing — all follow.

This section is aimed at owners and managers. All of it lives in the browser dashboard under **Settings**.

<Note>
  Saving any of these settings requires the **Manage Settings** permission. If you do not see a settings screen, ask an administrator to grant you that capability.
</Note>

## Why these come first

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Pricing and tax depend on it" icon="receipt">
    Your country, currency, and tax mode determine the totals shown on every order, split, and report. Changing them later affects how new orders are priced.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Numbering and printing depend on it" icon="printer">
    Your order number format and receipt options apply the moment an order is created. Set them before you go live so tickets and receipts read correctly from day one.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Configure these settings

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Restaurant Information and Localization" icon="building" href="/essential-setup/restaurant-information">
    Set your name, address, phone, email, Google review link, and tip amounts, then choose your country, timezone, currency, and customer site language.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Setting Up Taxes" icon="percent" href="/essential-setup/taxes">
    Create your taxes and choose order-level or item-level tax, plus tax-inclusive or tax-exclusive pricing — the foundation of correct totals.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Order Numbering, QSR Mode, and Order Types" icon="hash" href="/essential-setup/order-numbering-and-types">
    Define how orders are numbered, turn on quick-service mode, and set up your dine-in, delivery, and pickup order types.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Receipts and Printing Basics" icon="receipt-text" href="/essential-setup/receipts-and-printing-basics">
    Choose what shows on receipts and how invoices and kitchen tickets print automatically across quick-service and table-service flows.
  </Card>
</Columns>

<Tip>
  Work through these pages in order. Restaurant details and localization set the stage, taxes shape your totals, order numbering and types define how orders behave, and receipts cover what your guests and kitchen actually see.
</Tip>

## Related

* [Settings Reference Overview](/settings/index) — the full list of every settings screen, including branches, delivery, branding, and devices.
* [Completing the Setup Checklist](/getting-started/post-provision-checklist) — the guided first-run steps for a new account.
* [Printer Configuration and Devices](/settings/printers-and-devices) — full hardware and printer setup beyond the receipt basics.