Creating customized meal plans is simple with Housing.Cloud’s integrated tools, designed to streamline setup and provide seamless access for your students. This guide walks you through key steps—from setting active dates and selection windows to associating plans with your SIS. Whether you’re offering meal plans to specific groups or allowing open access, Housing.Cloud gives you control over every detail for an efficient setup. Learn more about meal plans in housing cycles.
Create a Meal Plan
Navigate to Meal Plans Management under Setup from the navigation panel.
Click Add Meal Plan to begin building your new meal plan. Meal plans cannot be deleted after creation for historical data integrity.
Create a plan name for the new meal plan and fill in the appropriate dates.
Meal Plan Duration Dates: These define the duration the meal plan is active for. For example, a meal plan may span September 1st to December 1st.
Selection Window Dates: This defines the date range a student may select a meal plan during. For example, if a meal plan begins on September 1st, students could have from July 1st to August 1st to select their plan.
Write a description of the meal plan. This will be viewable on the Resident Portal during selection.
In the cost field, select a charge code that is associated with the meal plan. Charge codes are linked with your institution's SIS for proper billing.
NOTE: If no charge code is selected to be associated with the meal plan, no cost will be displayed during selection.
Applicability tags are optional conditions that enable you to provide granular access to your meal plan. See here for more information on utilizing applicability tags.
External codes should match your SIS for integration purposes.
NOTE: Meal plan assignments cannot be pushed to your SIS if no external code is associated.
Click Save to complete the creation of the meal plan.
The new plan is now accessible from your Meal Plans Management section.
Edit a Meal Plan
Click the meal plan name that you would like to edit.
Click Edit to change the meal plan details.
All fields can be edited and re-configured as needed.
After making adjustments, click Save to finalize changes.
