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.
1. Plugin Fields
  Select “Plugin Field” if you wish to perform retrieve information solely from your plugin fields and map to your Detrack account.
  2. Select the information from the “Plugin field” and “Detrack Field” for performing the mapping.
  3. 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.

How To Setup

Plugin Fields

All Fields

Detrack Fields and Description