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title: "Setup Start of Business Day in the Onboarding Dashboard"
slug: "onboarding-dashboard-create-a-start-of-business-day"
description: "Set Start of Business Day during R365 onboarding: name groups, assign locations, and set effective date and start time to match POS."
updated: 2026-02-03T14:50:31Z
published: 2026-02-03T14:50:31Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/onboarding-dashboard-create-a-start-of-business-day"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.restaurant365.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Setup Start of Business Day in the Onboarding Dashboard

In Beta

This feature is in beta for select customers. Contact your CSM for more information.

During onboarding, [Start of business days](/doc/docs/start-of-business-day-setup) are created in the [Onboarding dashboard](/doc/docs/onboarding-dashboard). They define when each location’s business day begins. This start time controls how sales, labor and other daily activity are grouped for reporting.

Each location must be assigned to a Start of Business day table to complete the step.

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## Security

Users must have the following permissions to setup Start of business days:

- Administration → Dashboards → View Onboarding Dashboard
- Administration → Location Hours → View Location Hours and Day Parts
- Administration → Locations → Create/Edit/Delete Location Hours

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## Setup Start of Business Days

To setup start of business days, follow these steps:

*Click steps to expand for additional information and images.*

****1)** From the **Home** application, select the **Onboarding dashboard**.**

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-FV65GUDE.png)

****2)** Click **Get started** in the **Start of business day step**.**

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-W51WOQOT.png)

****3)** Enter the **name** of the **Start of business day** setting group.**

Create a Start of Business day for each unique effective date and start time combination.

Each Start of Business day must be unique.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-ILV8C1YR.png)

****4) Select** all **locations** the start of business applies to.**

Each location must be a assigned to a **Start of business day** to complete the step.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-ZUUVJB24.png)

To clear the location selection, hover over the locations field and click **X.**

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****5)** Set the **Effective date** for the Start of business day.**

Click in the field to enter a date manually or click the calendar to open the date picker.

Ensure the effective date aligns with the first day of the work week for all selected locations.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-XL0T4AM3.png)

****6)** Set the **Start time**.**

Set the start time to match the POS reset time for the location. This is the point when the POS closes one business day and begins the next, and it determines how sales, labor, and operational data are grouped by date in R365.

The POS reset time may also be referred to as:

- End of Day (EOD)
- Start of Day
- Close-out Day
- Z-Reset
- Business Day cut-off

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-HQGZSU1Y.png)

****7)** To add a Start of Business day, click **+ Start of business day.** *(Optional)***

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-8U0B5SDZ.png)

****8)** **Repeat steps #3-7** until all desired Start of business days are represented in the table.**

A l[ocation hours record](/doc/docs/location-hours-overview) will be created with the Business start of day fields populated for each row in the table.

****9)** Click **Complete and close** to finalize the Start of business day step.**

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-MVGOWE7G.png)

> Once completed, this step **cannot be** reopened. View created Start of business days from their associated [Location hours settings](/doc/docs/location-hours-settings-group).