# Tables, bar and terrace

After [logging in](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-pda-icL/page/logging-in) you reach the **Orders** screen. This is the starting point: from here you open a new order or go into one that is already open.

<p><img src="https://pav-bookstack-docs-uploads.s3.eu-west-par.io.cloud.ovh.net/uploads/images/gallery/2026-11/T00i1JpN4ICdrYLL-pda-en-06-pedidos.jpg" alt="Orders screen with the open orders" width="280" style="vertical-align: top;"> &nbsp; <img src="https://pav-bookstack-docs-uploads.s3.eu-west-par.io.cloud.ovh.net/uploads/images/gallery/2026-11/9P4nJ7nZNhs8ti9C-pda-en-07-seleccionar-mesa.jpg" alt="Choosing the table number" width="280" style="vertical-align: top;"></p>

## New order

At the top there is one button for each type of order: **Table**, **Bar** and **Terrace**. Only the types set up for the restaurant in PizzaGest are shown; the restaurant in the example has no bar.

Tap one of them, for example **Table**, and all the table numbers appear:

**Free**: the table has no order. Tap it to open one.

**Taken**: the table already has an open order and is shown in gray. To go into it, use **Open orders**.

*Example: in the picture, tables 3 and 12 are taken. Tap **7** to open a new order.*

After you choose the table, the PDA asks for the [number of guests](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-pda-icL/page/guests).

## Open orders

Below are all the orders currently open in the restaurant, with their count to the right of the heading. An order can be in one of two states:

**Open**: tap it to [view or change the order](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-pda-icL/page/changing-an-order-already-sent).

**Locked**: another waiter is changing that order right now on another device. It is shown in red with a padlock. You can go in to look at it, but the PDA [warns you](https://docs.pizzagest.com/books/pizzagest-pda-icL/page/warnings-and-messages) that it is locked.

The list refreshes by itself every 30 seconds. To refresh it right away, tap the **circular arrows** button at the top right.