Detrack Connect is a middleware for connecting other third party applications such as E-Commerce websites directly to your Detrack account.
This tutorial is regarding the use of the “Mappings” feature to alter the default field mapping for job creation in Detrack Connect.
This section will be showing the steps to retrieve information from your order information and map it to the “Instructions” field in Detrack.
How To Setup
Create a dummy order from your storefront to Detrack Connect. (This step is to inform Detrack Connect of the fields that are being used in your plug-ins.)
There will be an entry under Logs > Incoming from your storefront.
Navigate to “Connections” tab from the top navigation bar, and select your “Connection” to edit.
Click on the “Mappings” tab.
Click the “Start by adding a mapping” button.
A form will appear.
Plugin Fields
Select “Plugin Field” if you wish to perform retrieve information solely from your plugin fields and map to your Detrack account.
All Fields
Select this “All Fields” option if you wish to retrieve information from other parts of the incoming log for mapping.
Select “All Fields” for “Mapping Fields”; and a list of fields will appear according to the information sent over from your storefront.
Click on the required field to open a pop-up, e.g. the “customer_note” is being used to map over to the “Instructions” field in Detrack.
A pop-up will appear for the selection of the Detrack field for mapping the information.
Field | Description |
Incoming Request Log | Select the incoming log from your storefront. |
Plugin Field | Select the meta field from your plug-in. |
Detrack Field | The corresponding Detrack field for mapping the plugin meta field to. |
Click “Save” when done.
If necessary, repeat the above to perform more mappings of the fields.
Detrack Fields and Description
Detrack Field | Description |
Date | Date of delivery. The date that the delivery job will be performed by the courier. |
Address | The location of the job to perform the delivery. |
Address 1 | The location of the job to perform the delivery. For use when the address is split up. Part of “Line Address”. |
Address 2 | The location of the job to perform the delivery. For use when the address is split up. Part of “Line Address”. |
Address 3 | The location of the job to perform the delivery. For use when the address is split up. Part of “Line Address”. |
Postal Code | The location of the job to perform the delivery. For use when the address is split up. Part of “Line Address”. |
City | The location of the job to perform the delivery. For use when the address is split up. Part of “Line Address”. |
State | The location of the job to perform the delivery. For use when the address is split up. Part of “Line Address”. |
Country | The location of the job to perform the delivery. For use when the address is split up. Part of “Line Address”. |
Company Name | Recipient or Sender’s company name. |
Deliver To / Collect From | The name of Recipient. |
Last Name | The last name of Recipient. |
Phone No. | Recipient’s phone number. |
Notify Email | Email of recipient. |
Sender Phone No. | Sender’s phone number. |
Fax No. | Recipient’s fax number. |
Address Latitude | The latitude of the address. To be used with “Address Longitude”. |
Address Longitude | The longitude of the address. To be used with “Address Latitude”. |
Job Time | The time of delivery that the driver is supposed to be performed. |
Time Window | The time window for performing the job. |
Zone | An area having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions. |
Instructions | Special information for your courier. |
Service Type | Service type of the job. |
Payment Mode | Mode of payment for the job. |