EFS Channel Type support in CIMS

Owned by Rahul Singh
Last updated: Oct 09, 2023
3 min read

A new channel type named EFS has now been added. This channel represents any integrated External Fulfillment System using Increff OMS APIs.

This will also help in providing visibility to users of a channel for an external fulfillment system.

Create an EFS channel in CIMS

Please follow these steps to create an EFS channel in CIMS.

  1. Go to CIMS-> Settings->Client Channel.

    Client Channel icon in home page

  2. Click on Add New Client Channel Pair button.

    View Client Channel screen

  3. Select Client name. Select Channel Type as EFS from the dropdown, before this release the radio input was present instead of a dropdown field. Choose the configured Channel ID

  4. The remaining steps will remain as usual.

Combined ERP Channel Mapping screen & POS Channel Mapping screens

Previously, we had separate ERP Channel Mapping screen & POS Channel Mapping screens as shown below. ERP, POS and EFS channel mappings can be accessed and updates can be configured using this screen.

Now, we have combined ERP Channel Mapping screen & POS Channel Mapping screens.

View Channel mapping for EFS and configure EFS Updates

Please follow the below steps to view Channel mappings.

  1. Go to CIMS-> Settings->Channel Mapping.

  2. Choose the channel type as EFS.

  3. Select the Client and Chanel Pair. The Channel names and IDs will be displayed for the selected channel type.

  4. The Updates to EFS with respect to the selected channel can be enabled/ disabled

     

Access EFS Channel mapping screen from the Edit Client Channel screen

For the EFS channel type, a button to View EFS Channel Mappings is displayed on the UI. The button redirects to the Channel Mapping screen & the Channel Type and Client ID will be pre-filled.

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