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# Shopping Cart controls

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**Do not START the Cart** (set to Running) without specifying what data will be synchronized and from what date/time. 

First Read: [⚠ Live Shopping Carts](/shopping-carts-b2c/live-shopping-carts.md).

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### Which cart do you want to set up?

See these links:

[Shopify](/shopping-carts-b2c/shopify.md)

[BigCommerce](/shopping-carts-b2c/bigcommerce.md)

[Magento](/shopping-carts-b2c/magento.md)

[Woocommerce](/shopping-carts-b2c/woocommerce.md)

[Prestashop](/shopping-carts-b2c/prestashop.md)

### Shopping Cart Control Tabs

There are some common fields across all shopping carts, use <mark style="color:orange;">Edit</mark> and <mark style="color:orange;">Save</mark> to adjust:&#x20;

| Field                        | Notes                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Cart Name (Mandatory)        | Name the cart.                                                                                                             |
| Cart Connect URL (Mandatory) | Go to the address bar on your browser and copy the cart address.                                                           |
| Notification Email           | Email addresses can be entered here, a notification will be sent to the emails if an error occurs during the sync process. |

<table><thead><tr><th>Tab</th><th>Notes</th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Auto-sync (See <a href="#from-cart">From Cart</a> and <a href="#to-cart">To Cart</a>)</td><td><p>Auto-synchronization automatically imports Orders and updates Customers and Items.</p><p></p><p>Set the auto-synchronization between the system and the Cart. </p><p></p><p>Auto synchronization can be started when the Shopping Cart is in View or Edit mode </p><p></p><p>Start/stop the auto-synchronization process </p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Orders</td><td>List Orders imported from the Cart</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Items</td><td>List Items in your system and export them to the Cart</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Customers</td><td>List Customers in your system and export them to the Cart</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Orders (Cart)</td><td>List Orders in the Cart and selectively import them into your system.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Items (Cart)</td><td>List Items in the Cart and selectively import them into your system.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Customers (Cart)</td><td>List Customers in the Cart and selectively import them into your system.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

### **From Cart**

Controls data coming from the Cart to your system.&#x20;

Use <mark style="color:orange;">Edit</mark> and <mark style="color:orange;">Save</mark> to adjust.

<table><thead><tr><th>Control/Field</th><th>Notes</th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Status</td><td><p>Auto-synchronization that automatically imports Orders and updates Customers and Items is either STOPPED or RUNNING.</p><p> </p><p>Auto synchronization can be started when the Shopping Cart is in View or Edit mode </p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Import Orders As</td><td><p>Select how Orders imported from the cart will be transformed (i.e. what Document in your system). </p><p></p><p>Options are Cash Sales, Sales Orders, or Sales Invoices. </p><p></p><p>Documents will be imported with a status of PENDING. </p><p></p><p>Cash Sales and Sales Invoices will not post to the Accounts or affect Stock until you change the Status.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Last Order from</td><td><p>Set the initial date/time from which you want to import Orders. Any Orders before this date will not be imported. </p><p></p><p>This value is automatically updated when Orders are imported.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Last update time</td><td><p>Set the initial date/time from which you want to check if Customer/Item data has been modified. </p><p></p><p>This value is automatically updated when Customers are updated.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Enable Customer updates</td><td>Enable automatic update of Customer records - if the record is changed in the Cart, it will automatically be changed in your system.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Enable Item updates</td><td>Enable the automatic updating of Item records - if the record is changed in the Cart it will automatically be changed in your system.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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### **To Cart**

Controls data coming from your system to the Cart.

Use <mark style="color:orange;">Edit</mark> and <mark style="color:orange;">Save</mark> to adjust.

<table><thead><tr><th>Control</th><th>Notes</th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Enable Customer updates</p><p><br></p></td><td><p>Enables the automatic updating of Customer records - if the record is changed in your system it will automatically be changed in the Cart.</p><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enable real-time stock updates</p><p><br></p></td><td><p>Enables the automatic updating of Item stock levels - if the level is changed in your system it will automatically be changed in the Cart for the corresponding Item.</p><p><br></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enable Item updates</p><p><br></p></td><td>Enables the automatic updating of Item records - if the record is changed in your system it will automatically be changed in the Cart.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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