https://community.toasttab.com/t5/back-office-team/can-you-start-a-tab-in-offline-mode/m-p/12215#M2160 <P>If you are speaking about starting a tab and pre-authorizing a card in offline mode, unfortunately, you cannot pre-authorize a card when offline. However, if you want to start a tab and swipe a card to ONLY get the customer's name on the tab, you should be able to do that.<BR /><BR /><A href="https://central.toasttab.com/s/article/Starting-a-Tab-1492811100378" target="_blank"><U>Start a Tab</U></A><BR /><BR /><IMG style="width:67.04%;" src="https://lithium-response-prod.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/toast.response.lithium.com/RESPONSEIMAGE/e9b320a8-d28d-4e85-9983-da5937dbda70.default.png" /><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="https://central.toasttab.com/s/article/Offline-Mode-Training-Guide#what_toast_can_and_cannot_do" target="_blank">Outages and Disruptions: Training Guide</A><BR /><BR /><IMG src="https://lithium-response-prod.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/toast.response.lithium.com/RESPONSEIMAGE/fe79b3d4-7bd1-407d-b307-fbb30d047a05.default.png" /></P> <P><BR />&nbsp;</P> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:16:49 GMT Rob 2024-09-10T17:16:49Z https://community.toasttab.com/t5/back-office-team/can-you-start-a-tab-in-offline-mode/m-p/12214#M2159 <P>Are you able to create and run tabs on the Toast handhelds when you are in offline mode?</P> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:48:27 GMT https://community.toasttab.com/t5/back-office-team/can-you-start-a-tab-in-offline-mode/m-p/12214#M2159 BrianTD 2024-09-10T15:48:27Z https://community.toasttab.com/t5/back-office-team/can-you-start-a-tab-in-offline-mode/m-p/12215#M2160 <P>If you are speaking about starting a tab and pre-authorizing a card in offline mode, unfortunately, you cannot pre-authorize a card when offline. However, if you want to start a tab and swipe a card to ONLY get the customer's name on the tab, you should be able to do that.<BR /><BR /><A href="https://central.toasttab.com/s/article/Starting-a-Tab-1492811100378" target="_blank"><U>Start a Tab</U></A><BR /><BR /><IMG style="width:67.04%;" src="https://lithium-response-prod.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/toast.response.lithium.com/RESPONSEIMAGE/e9b320a8-d28d-4e85-9983-da5937dbda70.default.png" /><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="https://central.toasttab.com/s/article/Offline-Mode-Training-Guide#what_toast_can_and_cannot_do" target="_blank">Outages and Disruptions: Training Guide</A><BR /><BR /><IMG src="https://lithium-response-prod.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/toast.response.lithium.com/RESPONSEIMAGE/fe79b3d4-7bd1-407d-b307-fbb30d047a05.default.png" /></P> <P><BR />&nbsp;</P> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:16:49 GMT https://community.toasttab.com/t5/back-office-team/can-you-start-a-tab-in-offline-mode/m-p/12215#M2160 Rob 2024-09-10T17:16:49Z