Cova POS integration setup configuration

Here's everything you need to know about configuring your Cova POS in preparation for integrating with Tymber.

COVA product specifications are setup with custom fields that can have any name and value which complicates the process for Tymber to map any store configuration. Because of this, Tymber can map a COVA product specification in one of two ways:

1. COVA product specification fields following the Tymber specifications standard naming
2. Tymber manually adds the COVA product specification field ID for each desired specification 

Note that, option 2 will override option 1. That is, if there is an automatic mapping available, we can always manually map to a different field if we want by using a COVA product specification field ID.

1. Automatic Mapping

Tymber has the following catalog of product specifications ready for automatic mapping:

• Tags (e.g.: tag1, tag2) (type: Single-line text)*
• Brand (e.g.: Bear Labs) (type: Single-line text)
• Flower Type (e.g.: Sativa) (type: Single-line text)
• Size (e.g.: 1 g) (type: Number)
• THC Potency (e.g.: 10 mg) (type: Number)
• THC Composition (e.g.: 32%) (type: Number)
• CBD Potency (e.g.: 10 mg) (type: Number)
• CBD Composition (e.g.: 32%) (type: Number)

During store product synchronization, if there is a product specification field matching our naming conventions above, we will automatically map it to the Tymber store product.

• Tags can also be separated by new lines instead of comma in a Multiple-line text. Check Tags support examples below.

• To sync over re-named product specification(s) from Cova for Automatic Mapping:
  • Update product specification name in Cova to match the Tymber auto mapping names above
  • Request a sync in TMC and let it complete
  • Add info to updated specification(s)
  • Request a sync in TMC and let it complete
  • Repeat process for any other product specification names/fields

2. Manual Mapping with COVA Specification Field IDs

If a store already has the fields created with different names (**with** the correct field types!), the automatic mapping will fail due to non matching field names.

So we need to gather the COVA specification field IDs to manually map the COVA fields to Tymber specification fields.

The COVA specification field ID values required for each Tymber product specification mapping can be found in the COVA store dashboard.

Go to the fields dashboard directly through https://hub.iqmetrix.net/#ClassificationManager/fields

or from https://hub.iqmetrix.net navigate to the fields dashboard:

Use the search bars to find the desired field and click on it. For example the “Brand” field:

The field ID value we need is in the URL. In our example the configuration value would be “32047”.

Note: The field value types are important for Tymber to be able to synchronize without issues, as we expect certain fields to match a certain type. For example, THC Potency is a number, e.g. 10. So, make sure the “Field Type” is what is expected (check initial bullet point list with the Tymber catalog of product specifications) before noting down the field ID value. This field type cannot be changed in COVA as far as we know, so if it is the wrong type the store will need to recreate the field and reconfigure the product specifications accordingly. As far as “Units” go, Tymber doesn’t check the validity of that value when synchronizing, but for display purposes we do expect Size and Potency units to be a unit of measurement (g, mg, kg etc...), and Composition values to be a % value. This can be changed in COVA so it’s not too much of an issue, and we will display whatever the given input is.

Tags support examples