Brink POS
DLH.io documentation for Brink POS
PAR POS Point-of-Sale (POS), also known as Brink POS, supports numerous restaurants processing billions of transactions annually. DLH.io enables shared customers to connect their Brink POS system for data storage, analytics, AI projects, and meeting Key Performance Indicator (KPI) needs. For additional information about Brink POS, visit the PAR Tech website
Prerequisites
To connect to your Brink POS account, you must have the following:
- Your location token for each location/site you wish to retrieve data from.
For information about obtaining providing location tokens, please work with your PAR Brink POS representative and use an email such as this one below to provide the details to the Brink API team which they will send along as part of the integration:
Subject line:* <<Your Company/Restaurant Name>> – Location Token Request for API Access*
Body:
Hi Par Tech Support,
We are requesting that you please escalate this request directly to Level 3.
I’m requesting API Url & Location Tokens for the following stores/sites be sent to
our integration vendor DLH.io at their email, <<DLH.io email address>>:
<<List your Stores Here>>
Our current project requiring this API access is underway.
Your attention in providing the requested item as soon as possible is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
<<Your Name>>
<<Your Phone>>
PAR Brink POS Won't Give Us API Access
This is uncommon, but as a customer we are happy to assist you where needed. Depending on your experience in requesting API access. DLH can assist you so please reach out to our support team for assistance.
Connecting to Your PAR Brink POS Account
This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in PAR Brink POS connector page in the DLH.io platform when you create a connection.
Credentials Pane
In your DLH.io account, navigate to sources and search for Brink or PAR.
Click on the result and you should see a connection for to be completed with some minor details about the connection you wish to create.
Enter the details based on the instructions to the right of the page.
Click Save and Continue.
Once saved, click on the connection again, then on the Configuration tab, begin entering the list of location tokens for each location's data you wish to integrate.
Click the Save button to confirm your inputs.
You should now be able to continue to the Sync Bridge (Data Pipelines) creation step.
If you have questions please reach out to your DLH.io customer success or account manager.
Issue Handling
If any issues occur with the authorization simply return to the sources page in DLH.io, edit the source details and click the Save & Test or Authorize Your Account or Re-Authorize Account button to confirm connectivity. If any issues persist please contact our support team via the DLH.io Support Portal.
Replicated/Synchronized Entities
The following PAR Brink POS entities are replicated to your target destination. These are the table names you will see:
- All data tables/entities offered by Brink POS
Reverse ELT / Updating the POS
If you need to update the POS system, from DLH, using another system as referencing, or working with any tranformation that pushes data to your POS or updates your POS, this is possible with DLH. Please contact Customer Support or your DLH Account Manager for setting up the integration to match your use case.