The Benefits of FileMaker Lightspeed Integrations

In 2025 Databuzz has completed a number of integration projects connecting custom FileMaker business applications with Lightspeed, the popular point of sale and payments platform for retail and hospitality businesses. Businesses with a physical retail presence will need a point of sale (POS) system with a cash register/credit card terminal. They might also be using a custom FileMaker business app that offers more functionality than off-the-shelf POS systems can provide.

We were approached to help a number of businesses get their FileMaker solution talking to Lightspeed, including a ski hire shop that uses FileMaker to capture all the details required for hiring ski equipment that a POS system isn’t designed to cater for. This includes the contact details, the details for each piece of equipment that is hired, as well as the dates for the hire and getting the customer to sign the hire agreement etc. Once all these details had been captured using FileMaker Go on an iPad staff would then have to create a new sale in the Lightspeed POS system and process the payment which involves lots of double data entry and wasted staff time.

Using the Lightspeed API we were able to eliminate all the double data entry between their FileMaker app and Lightspeed. Now staff can click a button to push an order captured in FileMaker to Lightspeed as a new sale and quickly capture the payment.

To map the FileMaker order to a Lightspeed sale we had to first download some setup data from their Lightspeed account, including:

• details for their Lightspeed account
• details for the Lightspeed shop
• the list of Lightspeed Tax Categories
• the list of Lightspeed Employees
• the list of Lightspeed cash registers
• the list of Lightspeed Inventory Items

These details were required in order to create a new sale via the Lightspeed API – we were able to map the FileMaker data with the corresponding data in Lightspeed so the sale was created in Lightspeed successfully.

If you would like to discuss integrating Lightspeed with your FileMaker solution please get in touch to arrange a free consultation and discuss your requirements.