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There is a cost to all of the options available, this is due to licensing, resource changes which are required or just the general supply and upkeep of the module.
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License | Post customers to Vision | Post orders to Vision | Get data from Vision | Get āImagesā from Vision | Notes |
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Legacy CSV (Cheapest) | 
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Web Extract CSV. Data is typically send to the website on a daily basis and as this is a legacy method the data is usually submitted via FTP. It is relatively easy and you can always generate yourself a new file manually at any point. You take the orders and you enter them manually onto the commerce system. The disadvantage is that this is obviously labour intensive and requires a lot of checking to ensure you transpose the figures correctly. | Info |
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Can be used with the āAPI Inā license below to accept incoming orders electronically. |
| API In | | | | | Your website can post new / updated customer information into Vision and also new orders. No information can be retrieved from Vision electronically. | Info |
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Can be used with the āLegacy CSVā option above |
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Many more outputs available here than with the āLegacy CSVā option. E.g. your website makes a request for stock information, once per day should you want to refresh. Our API supplies all the information in one response which you would load into your web site. Posted customers / orders are unlimited. | Info |
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This type of connectivity requires external licensing which is why it is more expensive, and also increased security. |
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As above (āAPI Standard Limitedā) plus access to the āImageā APIs so you can store and retrieve product and producer images in the commerce system which are automatically available to your website. Although data retrieval is limited, Image retrieval is unlimited. | API Enhanced (Most expensive) | | | | | As above (āAPI Enhanced Limitedā) without limits; your website is always up to date. | Info |
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Requesting the information on a real time basis requires a server and connection powerful enough to sustain the requests it could receive, due to this this is the most expensive. |
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Technical Information on the above solutions is contained in the pages within this section of the site:
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