Dispense Menu Integration & Implementation
POSaBIT's integration with Dispense enables you to sync your inventory with your Dispense menu so that you never have to worry about keeping it up to date with your real-time inventory numbers! Setup is easy - just configure your menu in the POSaBIT portal, then save the POSaBIT feed credentials in your Dispense account by following these steps:
Step 1. Setting up a Menu Feed
- Log into the POSaBIT POS Portal
- Click on Inventory from the main menu and then select Menu Feeds tab.
- Hit the New Menu Feed button
- Fill out the required fields to create a new feed, including:
- Name: Title of menu feed (i.e. "Dispense")
- Description: Details about the feed (i.e. Dispense Feed)
- Feed Type: Select endpoint
- Feed Key: This is populated for you
- Products Sorting: This is how your menu will be sorted - Name asc (a-z), name desc (z-a), price asc ($$$-$), price desc ($-$$$)
- Click Save
- Click the New Category button, and begin setting up the new category:
- Name: Name the category "All Inventory"
- Description: This is displayed below the category name on your online menu
- Display Order: Choose where this category will show up on the page compared to the other categories. 1 will display first, then 2 will display second, and so on.
- Template Name: Choose whether you want products on your menu to be listed by product name or by the product strain (strain is recommended for naming consistency)
- Product Types: Select all product types that apply to that category. If you select none, all product types will be displayed.
- Lineages: Select all lineage types that apply to that category. If you select none, all lineage types will be displayed.
- Concentration Types: Select all concentrate types that apply to this category. If you select none, all concentration types will be displayed.
- Product Tags: This can be used if you use tags to group your products and want to create a category of those tagged products (i.e. you could have a menu category called "Featured Products" and tag all products that you'd like to "feature" on your menu)
- Quantity More Than: This is the minimum number of units on hand that determines if the product appears on the online menu or not. Once the on-hand quantity for any given product reaches this number the product will automatically be removed from the menu. This is to prevent the store from selling something online that they ran out of because it was first sold to someone else in-store.
- Combine weights?: Disable this flag for Dispense menus - this setting is used to combine weight variants of common strains so that all of the available weights are displayed under one product card (i.e. Golden Pineapple 1g, 3.5g, 7g)
- Click Save
Step 2. Creating an API Token
- Click on Settings from the main menu and then select Integrations
- Hit the New API Token button, and fill out the required fields:
- Name: (i.e. Dispense key)
- Expires On: It is recommended to set this to a date in the far future (i.e. 01/01/2099)
- Description: This is optional
- Permissions: Select 'Menu Feed Access' and 'Incoming Order Access'
- Click Save
- The API token will be visible from the Integrations page.
Step 3. Enabling the integration within Dispense
- Within the Dispense portal, navigate to Store > Integrations
- Click on POSaBIT
- Enable the integration toggle
- Input the required information
- Click Save
- To find the Feed key, click on the menu feed name.
For an in-depth look at the steps to complete within your Dispense portal, please view the Dispense article for Integrating with POsaBIT.
For additional assistance please reach out to POSaBIT support @ 1 (855) POSaBIT OR SUPPORT@POSaBIT.COM
