Akru POS
Akru POS integrates with 7shifts to send real-time sales and labor data. Employee information — including names, roles, PINs, and location assignments — syncs from 7shifts into Akru POS.
Things to Know
This is a partner-led integration. Akru POS manages the setup and configuration process. For help with setup, connection settings, or troubleshooting, contact Akru Support directly at hello@akru.co.uk.
- Access to this integration may require an upgrade from your existing plan.
- Line item data for receipts is not supported.
- Break tracking is not supported.
Add the Integration
You can get your access token and information from 7shifts by heading to Settings > Developer Tools. For setup assistance, contact Akru Support at hello@akru.co.uk.
- Navigate to the Akru POS web app and select Other > Support Tickets.
- Submit a ticket to Akru POS support requesting that the 7shifts integration be enabled.
- Akru's team will complete the OAuth Company Grant Flow to connect your account.
Actual Sales and Forecasting
Once your integration has been activated, your real-time sales data will be enabled by default. 7shifts will also use those Actual Sales values to populate Projected Sales, allowing you to create schedules based on those projections. These will become more accurate over time as more data is available.
After activating your integration, please note that sales projections may not appear immediately. It can take approximately 1–2 weeks from the activation date for sales projections to become visible, covering up to four weeks into the future. These will become more accurate over time as more data is available.
You can manually import sales data for more immediate projections. To do this, import hourly sales each day or individual receipts consistently. You can learn more about sales projections here.
- Both 7shifts and Akru POS must be configured with the same time zone and workday hours (5:00 AM to 5:00 AM).
- It may take a few hours for the system to bring in previous sales. If sales data does not appear initially, check back in a few hours.
- It takes approximately 1 to 2 weeks of data collection for initial sales projections to appear.
- 7shifts will sync sales data into the Dashboard, Manager Log Book, Actuals Report, and the Labor Budget Tool.
Learn more about the Labor Budget Tool.
When building schedules for future weeks, 7shifts will automatically use past historical sales data to generate and insert sales projections. This feature enables more accurate scheduling to help you stay on budget and within your labor targets.
Actual Sales data will initially be empty for current or future days until sales data starts rolling in. Once sales numbers are pulled into 7shifts, they will be displayed under the respective days.
Actual Sales and Forecasting in 7shifts defines universal rules and how projection logic applies across all supported integrations.
Actual Labor
Akru POS integrates with 7shifts for Actual Labor. Your actual labor costs will be pulled into 7shifts and displayed on the Dashboard, allowing you to compare Sales vs. Labor. Labor numbers will update on the Dashboard on the day you enabled Akru POS Actual Labor.
- Time punch edits should be made in 7shifts to ensure labor data remains accurate.
Syncing POS time clocking data defines universal rules and how labor data from external systems is managed.
Employee Sync
Employee data syncs from 7shifts into Akru POS. Employee names, roles, PINs, and location assignments are written from 7shifts into Akru POS. Employee profile creation and updates originate in 7shifts and are pushed to Akru POS.
Integration Warnings in Time Clocking
Once your POS labor is syncing into 7shifts, you will see a Warnings tab when reviewing your current pay period. This tab highlights punches missing a role in your POS/7shifts labor data that may need attention before running payroll.
These warnings appear directly in Time Clocking > Pay Periods > Warnings, helping you quickly identify and fix issues with labor data flowing in from the POS.
You can resolve most issues right from the Warnings tab, and you can still close your pay period even if some warnings remain.
Learn more about: Understanding Integration Warnings in Time Clocking.