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Connecting to Boulevard

Overview

Boulevard is an intelligent scheduling solution and comprehensive point of sale system that increases revenue and lowers costs for salons, spas, and other appointment-based businesses. You can use Skypoint's built-in connector for importing data from Boulevard. Skypoint's Modern Data Stack Platform collects, analyzes, and provides a solution to transform data into meaningful information for generating valuable insights.

Prerequisite

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

  • API Key
  • API Secret
  • URL
  • Business Id

Import Data using Boulevard connector

Follow the below steps to create a new dataflow for the Boulevard 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, enter Dataflow name in the Name text area.
  2. Click Next.

The Choose connector page appears.


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To add Boulevard connector

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

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You can use the Search feature too to find the connector. Also, the Boulevard connector can be found under Sales categories.

The Set dataflow name page for Boulevard appears.


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  1. Enter the Display Name to identify your Dataflow.
  2. In the Description box, you can enter an explanation of the connector.
  3. Click Next.

The Connect to Boulevard page appears.


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To configure Boulevard

Follow the below steps to configure the connection to Boulevard:

  1. Enter your credentials such as API Key, API Secret, URL, and Business Id to configure with the Boulevard connector.

  2. Click Connect.

The Table Details columns appear.


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  1. Enter the Table Details to process the data.
ItemDescription
PurposeOption to assign a purpose (Data or Metadata) for each table.
Data
Loads customer data.
Metadata
Loads Metadata.
File NameDisplays the 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 Boulevard 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.

Next step

After completing the data import, start the Master Data Management (MDM) - Stitch process to develop a unified view of your customers.