Integration med Specter

Art. no. 216070359

In this article you can read about our new updated connection to the Specter ERP system.

What is Specter?

Abicart has an integrated connection to the Specter Business Management system. Using a modern, web-based ERP system gives you the freedom to work wherever and whenever you want, both on PC and Mac.

NOTE! The integration to Specter is included in Abicart PRO. For the integration to work, all products must have unique product numbers, including the customer's choice (sizes/colors) if used.

The product number must not contain special characters such as å, ä, ö, &, %, ¤, #, €, etc. as well as spaces and commas. Instead of spaces, use hyphens, underscores or compose the item number. The shop's base currency must be SEK.

For support or questions about this integration, please contact customer service.

Note that the integration does not support exporting product packages.

Activate Specter in your store

Go to Settings -> External Connections -> Specter

SETTINGS

Account settings

smbID and md5key are provided by Specter. This is used to verify the Specter account with Textalk Webshop and vice versa.

Customer creation

Ignore checking email address when creating a new customer

This box allows you to select customers to be compared against person/organization number. If there is a customer with the same person/organization number in Specter, the information on this is updated.

Ignore social security number when creating a new customer

This box allows you to select customers to be compared against e-mail address. If there is a customer with the same e-mail address in Specter, the information on this is updated.

If both these fields are filled in, both will be ignored and a new customer will be created in Specter - regardless of whether the customer already exists or not.

Orders are exported

Send order confirmation to customer from Specter

This box allows you to send an order confirmation from Specter. Order confirmation from Textalk Webshop will then not be sent to the customer.

Send a copy of the order confirmation to the administrator in Specter.

This box allows you as a webshop admin to receive order confirmation from Specter. Order confirmation from Textalk Webshop will then not be sent to you.

Include zero amount for shipping cost

If you check this box, a line with a zero amount will be sent to Specter if the shipping cost is also zero.

Include zero amount for payment fee

If you check this box, a row with a zero amount will be sent to Specter even if the payment fee for the payment method used for the purchase is zero.

Include zero amount for postal advances

If you check this box, a row with a zero amount will be sent to Specter even if the cost of a postal advance is zero, if postal advance is added as a payment method in the shop.

Include customer fields

If you have created your own customer fields in the checkout and want these to follow Specter when exporting orders, this needs to be checked.

Export discounts in percentage for each order item

If you check this box, the discount percentage is sent on each individual item, usually we send the percentage of the discount for the entire order.

Put company name in address line 1

The company name entered by the customer will be added to the Address row 1 in Specter.

Product number for gift card

Enter a unique product number for the payment method "Gift card".
Note that this also needs to be entered in Specter separately.

Product number for discounts

Enter a unique item number for discounts.
Note that this also needs to be entered in Specter separately.

Product number for gift cards

Enter a unique product number for "Fee added at checkout when ordering".
In Textalk Webshop, this is set for each payment method and means a fee that is added at checkout when the customer chooses a specific payment method.
Note that this also needs to be entered in Specter separately.

Product number for deliveries

Enter a unique product number for the delivery method.
Note that this also needs to be entered in Specter separately.

Product number for postal advances

Enter a unique product number for the payment method "Cash on delivery".
Note that this also needs to be entered in Specter separately.

The following image is only an example:

Product export

Order update

Others

Product import settings

Please contact Abicart customer service to enable product import. The following information can be imported from Specter >> Abicart:

Product number
Product name
Product description
Price (Regular price & extra price)
VAT
Stock balance

Price settings

EVENT SETTINGS

Export order

The first list selects if orders are to be exported.

Inactive - No export is done.
Order is registered - Order is automatically exported to Specter when the customer places the order.
Manual export - Order is exported when you go to the order page in Textalk Webshop and click on "Export". In the second drop-down list, select whether the export should take place directly to Specter (Update directly) or not at all (Inactive).

When a product is deleted in Abicart, it will also be deleted in Specter.

Export product when adding/changing

In the first list, select whether products should be transferred to Specter (Product changed) or whether products should not be transferred to Specter (inactive).
In the second list you can choose to run directly to Specter (Update directly) or not at all (Inactive).

HOW DOES THE LINK WORK?

Order export

New in this connection is that your order number in Specter is shown on the order in Textalk Webshop.

Discounts are sent as separate order lines with minus balances to Specter.
Gift cards are also sent as a separate order line, which means that it is possible to see all payment methods on an order in Specter when a customer has paid with a gift card.

Order editing and Specter

If you edit an order and a product is added or removed, the stock balance will be adjusted automatically in Abicart but not be synced to Specter. You need to change the stock balance manually in Specter.

Item export

Initial export

When all settings are made and the link is activated, an initial export will be made from Textalk Webshop to Specter. All existing items that have unique item numbers will then be exported. If one or more items already exist in Specter, these will be updated with any new information on the item.

If one or more items are missing part numbers, they will not be exported to Specter. Note that spaces are not allowed in the item number.

Existing and new articles

If Item Transfer is activated, items are exported to Specter when they are changed in Textalk Webshop. If an item has the same item number in Textalk Webshop and Specter, the item is updated in Specter directly with the new information (price, name, etc.).
If there is no item with the same item number in Specter, a new item will be created in Specter.

Inventory management must be active on items in Textalk Webshop at the first time of export for inventory to be synchronized from Specter to Textalk Webshop.

Linking the delivery methods between the shop and Specter

In order to link the store's delivery methods with Specter, you need to find out the delivery method's ID number. To do this, log in to Textalk and then go to Settings -> Shipping and delivery. Click on the delivery method you want to add to Specter.

The delivery method's ID number is then displayed in the browser's address window on the far right.

You then enter this ID number in the "External key" field of the delivery method in Specter.

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