To connect Shopify and Xentral you need to have access to both of these apps. The connection is divided into several main steps:
To connect Shopify and Xentral you first need to find the API token in Shopify or create a new one.
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Log into Shopify as an administrator.
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Click Apps and then open Develop Apps for your store.
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On the next page you can either open an existing custom app or create a new one. Click Create an app. To learn more about custom apps in Shopify, please check this page.
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In the Custom app overview page click Configure Admin API scopes to set permissions. You may be asked to set the status to allow the interface to access certain functions in Xentral.
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Set at least one of the following scopes with read and write permissions:
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Store content like articles, blogs, comments, pages, and redirects
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Customer details and customer groups
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Inventory
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Orders, transactions and fulfillment
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Products, variants and collections
Important
Please note that you will need to give additional permissions to the Xentral app in Shopify if a higher level of functionality is desired. For example, listing items from Xentral to Shopify requires read and write permissions in the Product information section. Creating credit notes requires full rights in the Draft orders area. If you're not sure which permission to grant we advise granting all permissions so that the interface can work without any restrictions.
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Once you've set permissions click the API credentials tab to view the API access token.
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Click Reveal token once and copy it to the clipboard. You will use this access token in the second step of connecting Shopify and Xentral procedure.
This completes the connection process that you need to do in Shopify.
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Log into Xentral and go to Administration > Shop interface click New and select Shopify.
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In the dialog box enter the URL of your Shopify online shop and your Admin API access token from Shopify and click Next.
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Enter your warehouse location and click Next.
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On the next screen, you can choose which features you want to use. We recommend skipping this screen for now and configuring your shop at a later stage. Click Next to proceed.
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Click the Great button to complete this process.