2e - Create Lunchbox Payment Types (NorthStar)

Disclaimer: This article is for Lunchbox 2.0 customers only. If your dashboard header looks the same as below, you are in the right place:

Let’s set up in North Star which payment options will be available to guests through your online ordering site and apps with Lunchbox.

You can create an Alternate Payment Type in NorthStar for each Payment Type that you wish to differentiate for online ordering for reporting purposes. These could include Gift Cards, Grubhub, DoorDash, etc.

To create Alternate Payment Types in NorthStar:

Step 1: Log in to ECM

Step 2: Go to Financial > Alternate Payments

Step 3: Click Add Alternate Payment button and enter the name and description to identify what the payment type will be used for (Gift Cards, Grubhub, DoorDash, etc.)

Step 4: Enter any other required information, but the External Code field should be left empty (a number will auto-populate the field)

Step 5: Click Active to make the alternate payment active

Step 6: Click Save to save the new payment type and close the window

Step 7: Repeat the above steps for each Alternate Payment option that will need to be available for online ordering

Step 8: Copy and paste the list of the new Alternate Payments created and the corresponding External Codes and send to NovaDine.

To make Online Ordering available in Web Ordering API on Northstar:

Step 1: Log in to ECM

Step 2: Go to Sites > Sites and Groups

Step 3: Click Integrations Tab

Step 4: Click Web Ordering API tab

Step 5: Select Enable Web Ordering

Step 6: Mark any Alternate Payment Options that will be used for online ordering as Available on this tab.

Step 7: Click Save to save the configuration and close the window