iVendNext N8N - Quick Start Walkthrough

iVendNext N8N - Quick Start Walkthrough

Let us build a complete, useful automation in five minutes: "When a new sale is created at Acme, post it to the team's Slack channel."


  1. Add the Trigger. New workflow โ†’ add iVendNext Trigger. Choose your iVendNext API credential. Set DocType = Sales Order, Event = After Insert, Trigger Name = New Sale โ†’ Slack.


  1. Enrich the data. Add an iVendNext action node. Operation = Get, DocType = Customer, Document Name = ={{ $json.customer }}. Now you have the customer's full details alongside the order.


  1. Post to Slack. Add a Slack node and compose a message such as: "๐Ÿ›๏ธ New order ={{ $json.name }} โ€” ={{ $json.grand_total }} from ={{ $json.customer }}."


  1. Activate. Toggle the workflow to Active.


  1. Test. Create a sales order in acme.ivendnext.com. Within seconds the Slack message appears.



Notes

That's the pattern

Trigger โ†’ Get more detail โ†’ Do something. Swap Slack for email, a shipping carrier, a webstore, or an AI agent and you have covered most retail automations.



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