How To Use The Mapping Feature For Customized Data In Detrack Connect

Detrack Connect is a middleware for connecting other third party applications such as E-Commerce websites directly to your Detrack account.

This article 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 Mapping button. 
   
6. A form will appear. 
   

   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.

   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. 
      2. Select the information from the Plugin field and Detrack Field for performing the mapping.
         
      3. Click Save when done.

   2. All Fields

      Select the 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. 
         
      4. Click Save when done.
         If necessary, repeat the above to perform more mappings of the fields.

Detrack Fields and Description