Metcash/IBA E-Commerce Marketplace

3 | IBA E-Commerce Marketplace - Till Extension Device Setup Guide

This article covers the setup required to configure the BackOffice Till Extension device for implementing the Bepoz integration with the IBA E-Commerce Marketplace. This facilitates our integration with Metcash's online ordering platform for their bottle shop banner groups.

This article covers the setup required to configure the BackOffice Till Extension device for implementing the Bepoz integration with the IBA E-Commerce Marketplace.

This facilitates our integration with Metcash's online ordering platform for their bottle shop banner groups.

Prerequisites
  • Minimum Bepoz version of 4.7.0.4 is required for this functionality
  • To access and setup BackOffice Till Extension device for IBA E-Commerce, the following Operator privileges must be enabled:
    • Operator Maintenance 'General Tab'
      • System Setup: "Access Venue, Stores & Tills" flag
      • System Setup: "Maintain Venue, Stores & Tills" flag

About
  • The IBA Till Extension Device enables the SmartController to communicate to the IBA E-Commerce platform to retrieve orders in SmartPOS
  • The Till Extension links to a Table Group which is used to create the Transaction in Bepoz 
  • The Table then remains open so an Operator can access it via SmartPOS and can handle the Order from there
    • For info on how to process the E-Commerce orders via SmartPOS, please refer to the IBA E-Commerce Marketplace SmartPOS User Guide
Device Setup
  • After logging into BackOffice, go to System Setup > Venue, Stores & Tills
  • Select the designated workstation which will open a window with a list of all the devices integrated into the workstation
  • From the header, click on the 'Add New Device' button and select a blank device
  • Configure the device with the following settings
    • Device Name: Give the device a relevant name
    • Device Type: Till Extension
    • External DLL Name: Tillx_ibaecommerce.Dll
    • Class Name: IBA E-Commerce
  • To access all the Job Options, save the job and then re-open it, and then click on the "Extended Setup" button at the bottom of the window
Extended Setup
  • Service Settings - These will be supplied by IBA and unique per Venue
 
Field Description
API URL This is the base URL used to connect to the IBA E-Commerce platform
StoreID This is provided by Metcash / IBA; this will be the ID used for the E-Commerce marketplace store
Application Key This is provided by Metcash / IBA
Subscription Key This is provided by Metcash / IBA
Auth Key This is provided by Metcash / IBA
Site ID This is provided by Metcash / IBA
Version Enter 'v5.1' as the version number

 

  • Venue Specific Settings
    • Table Group:  This is the table Group to which orders retrieved from the E-Commerce platform will be attributed to
      • Note: A Table is automatically created when an E-Commerce transaction is retrieved in SmartPOS - this is the Table Group that those will be created for


Related Reading
  • Metcash/IBA E-Commerce Marketplace - Schedule Job Setup Guide
  • IBA E-Commerce Marketplace - Till Function Button Setup Guide