Par (Brink) POS

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Accurate sales, labor data tracking, and schedule enforcement are at your fingertips with the Oracle Brink (Brink (Par)) POS integration in 7shifts! This connection provides the insights needed to build high-performing schedules while ensuring your team stays aligned with labor targets through real-time data.

In this article
Things to Know
Add the Integration
Employee and Role Mapping
Actual Sales and Forecasting
Actual Labor and Tips
Schedule Enforcement
Employee Sync
Syncing Wages

Things to Know

  • Starting October 1, 2025, Brink (Par) (Brink) POS introduces a mandatory infrastructure fee of $10/location/month for the 7shifts integration. This fee ensures continued data flow and is charged directly on your 7shifts invoice.
  • If you are a Delaget customer, please follow the Delaget integration steps instead.
  • Access to certain features may require an upgrade from your current 7shifts plan.

Add the Integration

To connect Brink (Par) POS, you must first obtain an API Url and Location Token from Brink (Par) Tech Support. Reach out to your Brink (Par) representative or BrinkAPITokenRequest@Brink (Par)tech.com to request these credentials. Please use the email template shown below:

Subject line: <<Your Name>> – Location Token Request for 7shifts

Brink (Par) Tech Support,

Please escalate this request directly to Level 3. I’m requesting an API Url Domain  & Location Tokens for the following stores be sent to <<your email address>>.

<<List your Stores Here>> 

Thanks, 
<<Your Name>>

  1. In the left navigation bar, head to Apps & Integrations.
  2. Search and select Brink POS.
  3. Select your Location from the dropdown.
  4. Enter the API Url (Format: https://api4.brinkpos.net/).
  5. Enter the Location Token and click Connect to Brink.
  6. Success! Your settings are now accessible under Apps & Integrations > My Integrations > Brink (Par) > Settings.

You've successfully connected your Brink (Brink (Par)) Integration. Continue reading below to discover the features that you can enable. Your integration settings will always be accessible under Apps & Integrations > My Integrations > Brink (Brink (Par)) > Settings.

After you've activated the integration, it may take several hours for the system to start bringing in your previous sales data.

Employee and Role Mapping

Mapping connects users and roles between your POS and 7shifts to ensure labor data flows to the correct profiles. When your roles and employees are correctly mapped, it reduces integration warnings and prevents issues when running payroll. You can leverage 7shifts reporting and analytics tools to help you make informed decisions and track your business needs.

Important: Mapping must be completed before enabling Employee Sync, Actual Labor, or Wage Sync to prevent data discrepancies. This is one of the most important configuration steps.

  1. Head to Apps & Integrations > Mapping > choose the Employees or Roles tab.
  2. 7shifts automatically maps roles and employees that have identical names and spacing in both systems. You'll find those under the Matched heading.
  3. For Unmatched employees or roles, choose to Match, Ignore, or Add them to 7shifts to ensure data syncs correctly.

Actual Sales and Forecasting

Real-time sales data integration is enabled by default upon activation. 7shifts pulls Net sales data from Brink (Par) to provide a real-time view of your labor costs and generate AI-powered forecasts.

  • 7shifts automatically imports up to 90 days of historical sales data from Brink (Par) upon activation.
  • It may take hours for the system to start bringing in your previous sales. If they do not appear initially, please check back in a few hours.
  • Both 7shifts and Brink (Par) POS must be configured with the same time zone and workday hours (5:00 AM to 5:00 AM).
  • It takes approximately 1–2 weeks of data collection for initial sales projections to appear.

Actual Sales and Forecasting in 7shifts defines universal rules and how projection logic applies across all supported integrations.

Actual Labor and Tip Management

In 7shifts, tip data is tied directly to the employee's time punch; as labor data syncs from Brink (Par), 7shifts automatically pulls the associated tip values to ensure accurate reporting and tip distribution. Once enabled, your actual labor numbers will be displayed on the Dashboard allowing you to comBrink (Par)e Sales vs. Labor.
Tip Management and your POS integration work together to ensure:

  • Labor data define who worked and when
  • Tip data define what was earned
  • Tip calculations define how earning are redistributed and paid

To enable labor sync:

  1. Head to Apps & Integrations My Integrations > Brink POS Settings.
  2. Under the Labor tab, toggle on Actual Labor and click Save.
Syncing POS time clocking data defines universal rules and how labor data from external systems is managed.

How Tip Data Syncs from Brink (Par) (Brink)

These tips are pulled alongside labor data and become available for use in 7shifts. The integration supports the collection of the following tip sources:

  • CC Tips (Credit Card Tips)

Tip: Configure these settings after your initial integration setup is complete and your first sync has occurred. This ensures 7shifts accurately recognizes all available tip sources from your POS.

Including Tips in Payroll

To ensure these tips are included in your reports and payroll (7shifts Payroll and external exports), you must configure your tip calculation settings. Follow the steps in Tip Management: Include Tip Calculations. The formula you set determines:

  • Which tips are includes
  • How they are calculated
  • How they appear in reports and payroll exports
Tip Management & Integrations defines the universal rules for including tip data from your POS in 7shifts.

Schedule Enforcement

Prevent unauthorized labor costs by ensuring staff only clock in when they are scheduled. Brink POS validates the employee's scheduled start time in 7shifts before allowing a punch-in. 

Important: Avoid scheduling overnight shifts that span across multiple days, as these will not sync to Brink (Par) for enforcement and may require a manager override.

Note: If an employee is not scheduled, a manager override on the POS terminal is required to allow the clock-in.

  1. In 7shifts, go to My Integrations > Brink POS  > Settings > Labor > enable Schedule Enforcement.
  2. In your Brink (Par) POS web terminal, head to Editor > Options > Labor > Scheduling.
  3. Check Use Schedule to enable Schedule Enforcement.
  4. Customize Grace Periods and enforcement rules for clock-ins and clock-outs as needed.

Note: If an employee is not scheduled, a manager override is required on the POS terminal to allow the punch.

Note: When an employee clocks in or out for their shift, the recorded time will be rounded down to the nearest 15-minute increment. For instance, if Barney clocks in at 12:08 PM, it will be documented as 12:00PM in 7shifts. Similarly, if Barney clocks in at 12:18 PM, it will be documented as 12:15 PM in 7shifts.

Schedule Enforcement defines universal rules and how scheduled shifts sync accross supported integrations.

Employee Sync

7shifts can automatically create new employee profiles when they are added to the Brink POS. Employee Sync also helps ensure your employee records match in both systems, so your labor data is always up to date in 7shifts.

Important: Actual Labor must be enabled and existing employees/roles must be mapped before using this feature.

  • Synced fields include First Name, Last Name, inactive status, and location/deBrink (Par)tment/role assignments.

To enable employee sync:

  1. Go to Apps & Integrations > My Integrations > Brink POS > Settings.
  2. Select the Employee Data tab.
  3. Toggle on Employee Sync.
See Employee Sync for the universal automation rules for syncing user profiles and status updates across all integrations.

Syncing Wages

You can set employee wages in 7shifts to sync automatically with the rates defined in Brink. This ensures your labor cost calculations in 7shifts remain accurate without manual updates.

Important: Prior to syncing wages, you must enable Wage-Based Roles and have properly mapped your Roles between Brink (Brink (Par)) and 7shifts.

  • Wage Sync imports wages only for hourly roles; salaried positions are not supported.

How to enable the Wage Sync setting:

  1. Head to Apps & Integrations > My Integrations > Brink POS > Settings beside the Location you want to enable.
  2. In the Employee Data tab, click the slider to enable Wage Sync.
Wage Sync in 7shifts defines the universal rules for syncing employee wage rates across supported integrations.

Next Steps

Review the Warnings tab 

The Warnings tab in Time Clocking is your final checkpoint for data accuracy. Before closing a pay period, use this tab to identify and resolve discrepancies between your time clocking source (such as 7punches or your POS) and your payroll exports.

Complete mappings is the foundation for reliable data and labor reporting. By reviewing this tab regularly, you can identify and resolve discrepancies (such as missing punches, unmapped employees, or role mismatches) before they reach payroll.

Understanding Integration Warnings in Time Clocking provide an overview of navigating the warnings tab.

Remove the Integration

Disabling the integration will automatically remove the infrastructure fee of $10/location/month from you 7shifts invoice:

  1. Log in to the web app as an Admin.
  2. In the left navigation bar, head to Apps & Integration > My Integrations.
  3. Select the More options icon next to Brink (Par) POS.
  4. Click Delete.

Related Articles

Role & Employee Mapping
Actual Sales & Projections
Syncing POS time clocking data
Understanding Integration Warnings in Time Clocking
Employee Sync
Wage Sync

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