Core concepts
Workspaces, screens, playlists, scenes, dayparts, and templates — what they mean and how they fit together.
Workspace
A workspace is your company on MenuPi. It owns billing, integrations, screens, and team members. Most operators have one workspace per legal entity even if they run dozens of locations.
Screen
A screen is a single physical display — a Fire TV stick behind a 55" TV, a Chromebox driving a vertical doorway panel. Each screen pairs once and subscribes to one playlist at a time.
Playlist
A playlist is an ordered list of scenes. Players loop through scenes by duration. Playlists are what you publish to; one playlist can drive many screens.
Scene
A scene is a single menu board layout — one page of a playlist. Scenes can be edited in Studio or generated from templates. Each scene has its own duration and optional schedule.
Daypart
A daypart is a time window (e.g. breakfast 6:00–10:30) that toggles scenes on and off. Dayparts respect each location's timezone so a single playlist can serve stores across Pacific, Mountain, Central, and Eastern without manual edits.
Template
A template is a starting-point scene. MenuPi ships free templates and you can fork or build your own. Templates are not linked to your scene after fork — they are duplicated, so the original stays clean.