Part M: Point of Sale Integration

This part describes integration between CWDirect and a POS (point of sale) system such as CWStore.

• Chapter 109: Point of Sale Integration Overview provides a brief overview of the various integrations available.

• Chapter 110: Generic Inventory Transaction Upload describes the process of uploading inventory transactions.

• Chapter 111: Generic Item Download API describes the process of downloading item/SKUs.

• Chapter 112: Generic Vendor Download API describes the process of downloading vendors.

• Chapter 113: Generic Invoice Download API describes the process of downloading invoices.

• Chapter 114: Working with Outbound Interface Transactions (WOIT) allows you to review triggers in the IL Outbound Trigger file.

• Chapter 115: Generating Outbound Interface Triggers (GOIT) describes how to create triggers in the IL Outbound Trigger file for item/SKUs, vendors, and/or invoices.

• Chapter 116: Generic Customer History API describes how the system responds to requests for customer or order history information.

• Chapter 117: Generic Inventory Inquiry API describes how the system responds to requests for inventory information about an item/SKU.

• Chapter 118: Generic Inventory Download API describes the process of downloading item availability information.

• Chapter 119: Merchandise Locator and Store Fulfillment API through .NET describes how to obtain current inventory levels in external warehouses and stores, and generate a store pickup request if the customer prefers to pick up an item rather than wait for shipment, when you integrate with Locate 2.1 or 2.5 through the cw_locate site.

• Chapter 120: Merchandise Locator Searching through JAVA describes how to obtain current inventory levels in external warehouses ans stores when you integrate with Locate 5.1 or higher.

• Chapter 121: Generic Customer Inquiry (Search) API describes how the system responds to requests for customer records based on various search criteria.

• Chapter 122: Order Broker Integration describes the integration with the Order Broker module in Locate, which enables you to automatically assign backorders to store locations for fulfillment and to fulfill retail pickup and delivery orders that originate in store locations.