> >For the QuickBooks integration, that requires a product called T-Hub > >by Atandra along with some custom coding on your part to build the > >interface. If you want to email me off-list I can talk more to that. > > Hey Hatton, I'd be interested in hearing what you did with T-Hub.
T-Hub acts as an SOAP/XML intermediary between the Quickbooks API and any web interface. In short, it handles 4 basic transaction types spanning 3 "Levels": Level 1: Order Export - Sends a basic request asking for orders. The store has to return an XML structure that contains ALL information about the order including customer details (bill and ship to), payment details (method, discounts, gift certificates, extra charges), and all product details. This level of integration can be done with any store that will dump said information in a CSV file OR can be done via the XML method provided certification is attained (see note below). Level 2: Order Payment Status Update - Since T-Hub monitors Quickbooks, as soon as a payment is made on an invoice the system can be triggered to update the payment status on the website. This happens via a SOAP request where T-Hub sends a packet that includes the order number and other specifics. The web store has to acknowledge receipt of the data. It must be certified by Atandra. Order Shipment Status Update - Same as Payment, only with shipping information. Level 3: Product Inventory/Price Import - T-Hub collects the information about the products in the QB database and sends them via XML to the web store. The store must be able to dynamically add product, manufacturers, categories and update price and inventory. Certification is needed for this step. What is this "certification"? Atandra will certify that a store software package works with T-Hub for a fee. We have a client that needs only Level 3, but that fee is $750. We have passed that cost on to the client and are working on a client specific version of the integration code at this time. We have two other clients that are interested in the rest of the integration and are planning on building out complete integration to the T-Hub standards as soon as they commit to the quote. Certification provides a few different things. The main one being that they list packages that have been certified. It's quite the interesting business model. They built this tool to interface between QB and web... and if a web package wants to be "okayed" to interface with T-Hub you have to pay THEM money to test YOUR code. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:296091 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
