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How To Use The Mapping Feature For Customized Data In Detrack Connect
How To Use The Mapping Feature For Customized Data In Detrack Connect
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Written by Charles
Updated over 3 months ago

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

  1. 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.)

  2. There will be an entry under Logs > Incoming from your storefront.


  3. Navigate to “Connections” tab from the top navigation bar, and select your “Connection” to edit.



  4. Click on the “Mappings” tab.

  5. Click the “Start by adding a mapping” button.


  6. A form will appear.

    1. Plugin Fields

      Select “Plugin Field” if you wish to perform retrieve information solely from your plugin fields and map to your Detrack account.

      1. Select the information from the “Plugin field” and “Detrack Field” for performing the mapping.

      2. Click “Save” when done.

    2. All Fields

      Select this “All Fields” option if you wish to retrieve information from other parts of the incoming log for mapping.

      1. Select “All Fields” for “Mapping Fields”; and a list of fields will appear according to the information sent over from your storefront.

      2. 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.


      3. 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.
The information displayed will be {Order ID}{Date YYYY-MM-DD and time HH:MM:SS}

Plugin Field

Select the meta field from your plug-in.
The information displayed will be {Plugin Name}{Information captured 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.

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