Plain-English summary#
Owners and admins often ask "does the owner get notified when someone makes a change?" — for example when staff edit a menu item, change a price, edit a modifier group or change a setting. The honest answer: there's no alert when something is edited. Nobody gets a push notification, email or SMS. Instead, Foodops keeps a full audit trail you can review any time — you open the Audit Log or a record's History to see who changed what.
When you'd use this#
- An owner wants to know whether they'll be alerted when staff change prices, items or settings.
- Finding out who edited a record (a modifier group, an item, a register session, an expense).
- Setting expectations: the admin sees changes by reviewing them, not by being pinged.
Key concepts#
- No alerts on edits — changes don't send the owner/admin a notification. There's no "someone changed X" push, email or SMS.
- The notification bell is for tasks only — it shows download links when an export or import is ready, and when longer tasks finish. It doesn't show change alerts.
- Audit Log — a record of who did what across your whole organisation, with filters, under Settings (only for roles with access).
- No audit-log export in Foodops — the Foodops audit log is view-and-filter only.
- Per-record History — many records (modifiers, catalog items, sessions, inventory documents, expenses) keep their own before/after change history, opened from a History button or Audit tab.
- Review, don't wait — you find out about changes by checking the trail, not by being notified.
Common questions#
Q: Does the main admin or owner get notified when someone makes a change? A: No — there's no push, email or SMS alert when staff edit an item, price, modifier or setting. Instead you get a full audit trail to review when you want: Settings → Audit Log for a filterable "who did what" across your organisation, plus a History button / Audit tab on individual records (modifier groups, catalog items, register sessions, inventory documents, expenses).
Q: What does the notification bell in the admin app actually show? A: Task notifications only — mainly download links when a report or data export or import is ready, and when longer tasks finish. It is not a feed of "someone changed X" alerts.
Q: How do I see who changed a price or edited a modifier? A: Open the record's History (e.g. the History icon on a Catalog → Modifiers row shows the before/after of every edit, field by field), or go to Settings → Audit Log and filter by category, user or date. Both show who made the change and when.
Q: Can I get real-time alerts when staff make changes? A: Not today. For oversight, use the audit trail (Audit Log + per-record History) whenever you want to check.
Q: Is the Audit Log visible to everyone? A: No — it's under Settings and limited by role, so only users whose role gives them Settings/audit access can open it.