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titleThis is a new feature

Creating your own access tokens is a new feature. It may not yet be enabled for your account.

If you would like this enabled, please contact your representative at Custom Business Solutions.

You are in full control of your data. Third-party reporting companies require an Access Token to access your restaurant's data. For example:

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An access token is required in order for third-party companies to access your restaurant's data for reporting or configuration purposes. Your company controls and manages who is provided an access token; you can create or revoke an access token. You are in control of this access. Some third parties that might require an access token include: 

  • Restaurant Magic (Data Central)
  • Mirus
  • Compeat
  • WineQuest
  • Any other partners who access your reporting data

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If this feature is not enabled for your account, please contact your representative at Custom Business Solutions.

Please note: You do not need to create a token for each site in your company. A single token grants access to all of your sites.

View your access tokens

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  1. Sign Log in to ECM
  2. Navigate to the Access Tokens page in the Admin menu.

Here you can see your current tokens.

  1. From the top navigation menu, navigate to Admin > Access Tokens 
  2. The label and status (Active/Inactive) will be visible. The token number will be partially masked. 

Create a token

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Do not provide the same access token to multiple partner companies. Generate a separate token for each company.

  1. Click Add New Token.

  2. Add a Label Token Label for your token. This should usually can be the name of the company who that will use this token.
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  3. Click Save Changes Create.
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  1. token–which looks like a random series of letters, numbers,

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Revoking a token

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  1. and symbols–will be generated and the following message will display: 
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  2. Copy the access token and provide it to the third-party company to provide access to your data. 
  3. Click Close to dismiss the window. 
  4. The new access token will appear masked in the access tokens grid. 

Revoke a token

  • To revoke a partner company's access to your data,

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  • click Revoke next to a token. The token will immediately no longer be allowed to access your data.

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  • To reissue a token

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  • revoke the current token and issue a new one.