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title: "A La Carte: How to Use the A La Carte Feature to Exempt Products or Categories from Earning Points or Override the General Earning Rule"
description: The business can choose to make a category or a product of the inventory point exempt by adding it to the A la Carte.
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# A La Carte: How to Use the A La Carte Feature to Exempt Products or Categories from Earning Points or Override the General Earning Rule
## The A La Carte feature allows businesses to customize the earning rules for specific products or categories in their inventory. Businesses can either exempt products or categories from earning points or override the general earning rule by assigning a specific number of points. The business can choose any product or category/collection from the inventory and customize its point-earning rules.
- First, the business needs to make sure that the products are imported into Kangaroo.
- Go to the **Products - Manage Products** section of the business portal and click on "**import products from Lightspeed Retail**" as an example - This is only applicable to some integrations. The inventory might automatically be imported into Kangaroo
Then go to the **Products - A la Carte** section of the business portal and follow these simple steps:
- Choose a section: **Products or Categories.**
- Then select the **Product or the category** itself that you want from the available connected integrations and save.
- After selecting the product or category, you can choose how points should be earned:
- **To exempt the product or category from earning points:** Assign **0 points**.
- **To override the general earning rule:** Assign a specific number of points instead of following the default rule.
For categories, you can choose between:
**-Fixed points:** Customers earn a set number of points for the category.
**-Points per dollar spent:** Customers earn points based on the amount they spend in that category.
- **Save**
- You can edit or delete at any time by clicking on the 3 dots next to the item or category.
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