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Connecting to OpenTable

Overview

OpenTable helps your restaurant business thrive by anticipating the changing needs of both restaurants and diners. You can use SkyPoint's built-in connector for importing data from OpenTable.

This document will guide you through the process of connecting OpenTable to SkyPoint Modern Data Stack Platform.

Prerequisite

You will need the following details to configure and import data using OpenTable:

  • Username
  • Password
  • Restaurant Id.

Note: You can refer to the OpenTable Set up Guide document to learn more about the Prerequisites.

To import data using OpenTable connector

Follow below steps to create a new dataflow for OpenTable import connector:

  1. Go to Dataflow > Imports.
  2. Click New dataflow.

The Set dataflow name page appears.

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  1. In the Set dataflow name page, type dataflow name in the Name text area.
  2. Click Next.

The Choose connector page appears.

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To add OpenTable connector

  1. In the Choose connector page, select OpenTable connector.

Note: You can use the Search feature to find the connector. Also, the OpenTable connector can be found under Ecommerce category.

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  1. Enter Display Name for your dataflow in the text area.
  2. Enter Description for your dataflow in the text area.
  3. Click Next.

The OpenTable configuration page appears.

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To configure OpenTable

Follow below steps to configure the connection to OpenTable:

  1. Enter User Name in the text area.
  2. Enter Password in the text area.
  3. Enter Restaurant Id in the text area.
  4. Click Connect.

The Table Details columns appear.

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  1. Enter Table Details to process the data.
ItemDescription
PurposeOption to assign a purpose (Data or Metadata) for each table.
Data
Load customer data.
Metadata
Load Metadata.
File NameDisplays name of the file that you imported.
Table NameDisplays the imported table name.
  1. Click Save.

Run, edit, and delete the imported data

Once you save the connector, the OpenTable connector gets displayed in the list of tables created in the Dataflow page.

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ItemDescription
NameDisplays the name of the imported Dataflow.
TypeDisplays connector type symbol.
StatusIndicates whether the data is imported successfully.
Tables CountDisplays the number of tables.
Created DateDisplays date of creation.
Last refresh typeDisplays the refresh value. You can see the value is Full or Incremental after the last refresh of data.
Updated DateDisplays last modified date.
Last RefreshDisplays the latest refresh date. This date will get updated whenever you refresh the data.
Group byOption to view the items in a specific Group (For example, name, type, status).
  • Select the horizontal ellipsis in the Actions column and do the following:
If you want toThen
Modify the DataflowSelect Edit and modify the Dataflow. Click Save to apply your changes.
Execute the DataflowSelect Run.
Bring the data to its previous stateSelect Rollback.
Delete the DataflowSelect Remove and then click the Delete button. All tables in the data source get deleted.
See the run history of the DataflowSelect Run history.