The Hostex integration allows you to connect data fields from the unit record in Hostex to Touch Stay and have that data automatically update. This allows you to store data, such as the WiFi password or lock code, in Hostex and have that sync to Touch Stay for the relevant guides.
You can connect Hostex data to a Touch Stay custom field. This is perfect for things such as the WiFi password, where you will want this on all of your guides and as part of a larger topic. You then add the custom field to your topic content, and the WiFi password will show in the relevant guide correctly. You can learn more about using field codes in this article.
Setting up new data mappings
You create new data mappings from the Map data tab of the Integrations page, and click on the "+ Add new mapping" button. From here, choose the data in Hostex that you would like to map to Touch Stay.
Next, choose the mapping type that you would like to make for this data; the options are "Guide custom field" or "Topic customisation".
If you select Guide custom field, you can choose an existing custom field code or create a new one by using the "+ New custom field" button, giving it a name and any substitute value. Substitute values are used in the case of data missing when the field code is used; see this for more details about field codes.
If you select Topic customisation, you can then select the topic to map this data to (the dropdown allows searching too, just type the topic name). This will then create a customisation for that topic on each guide with the relevant content from each property in Hostex. The final option is to set any visibility override rule required for this data. This option allows you to have a topic show on a guide depending on whether it has some content for that data point in Hostex. There are 3 options for the visibility override rule, and the choice depends on whether this content is present on every property in Hostex and your preferred tag setup:
None - the simplest option, and the sync process will not make any changes to the visibility rule, and this topic will show on each guide based on its active tags. Use this option if the data will always be present in Hostex, or you have a generic version of the content for that topic added to Content Hub, which you would like to show in the absence of specific content in Hostex.
Hide topic if content is blank - this option is best if the content for this data point is not always present in Hostex, and you want the topic to be hidden on those guides with no content. During the sync process, if a Hostex property has no data for the mapped topic, then the visibility override rule will be set to Always Hide, and the topic will not show on that guide.
Show topic if content is not blank - very similar to the above option, but it works the opposite way and sets Always Show on topics for a guide if they have some content in Hostex. Use this option if you set your optional topics to have no tag in Content Hub, then when data syncs from Hostex, the topic will always show on that guide.
Syncing the guide data
The property data will sync between Hostex and Touch Stay automatically once every 24 hours, but you can also manually trigger the sync to run at any time.
There is a "Resync guide data" button on the Map data tab (just under the Hostex logo), which will sync data for all guides and all data. This may take some time if you have many guides and many data points mapped. If you need to just update a single guide with some changes to data in Hostex, then this can be done from the Guide Details tab for that guide within the Hostex Integration section. Use the "Edit" button and then "Resync guide data".
Data sources in Hostex
Note that you need to choose a property-level data field in Hostex to be able to map to guide data in Touch Stay. If you select a reservation level field (such as "Door Code"), then you will only be able to map that to a custom field linked to your invitations.
Property data maps to Touch Stay guide data (guide custom field or topics)
Reservation data maps to Touch Stay invitation data (user/guest custom field)
The property-level data that can be mapped from Hostex is as follows:
Number of Adults
Number of Children
Number of Infants
Number of Pets