View Shipments

 
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This topic discusses information about a shipment to be viewed. The user can view a shipment, return, a package in a shipment, or view the details of a package. It also provides options for shipment maintenance and package tracking status. Only shipments and returns that have been processed successfully in the Process Shipments or Process Returns screens will be available for viewing. Shipments that are in manifests that have been posted can also be accessed through the Archived Manifests menu option.

 

The user is presented with the Search Criteria dialog box when first entering this screen.

 

To search for shipments for a particular Organization, Site, Carrier or ShipVia, select the corresponding Load button to retrieve all of the options.  Disabled sites appear in red and can be selected as search criteria.

 

Select your search criteria and then select Ok.  A list of all shipments matching the specified criteria will be displayed:

 

 

A maximum of 500 records idisplayed in a single result set.  Use the Prev (500) and the Next (500) buttons to navigate through the results set.

 

Double-click on the shipment in question or highlight the shipment and click on the OK button. To cancel the listing without choosing a shipment, click the Cancel button.

 

If the user cancels out of the above window, the view Shipments window is displayed with no data populated in the fields. If a shipment is selected, the view Shipments window displayed with all of the information related to the selected shipment.

 

The data is displayed in read-only format. There are no changes you can make to the shipment. To make modifications, the shipment must be voided and re-entered through the Process Shipment screen.

 

 

EOD Rates (per pkg)

Shows the base, special and total rate based on End of Day Consolidation (currently only available for FedEx and ConnectShip rating engines).

 

Package Detail

The Package Detail section will display the return information when you are a viewing a return.

 

Package Level Functions

 

It may be necessary to use the horizontal scroll bar to view all the information about the package. It will be necessary to scroll to the right to view the result of a track procedure.

 

The following freight information is found in the Shipment Totals section of the screen:

 

 

Helper Functions for Developers

Various client-side helper Functions are accessible from this location. Right-click anywhere in the white area of the screen and select View Source. Use the search string 'Contents' to list the following helper functions:

 
  • Function XiSpacePad(string, int) --------------- Suffixes string with spaces to length.

 
  • Function XiZeroPad(string, int) ---------------- Prefixes string with zeroes to length.

 
  • Function XiProperCase(string) ------------------ Capitalizes first character of each word.

 
  • Function XiTestForFile(strFilePath) ------------ Returns True if file (strFilePath) exists, False if it does not.

 
  • Function XiWriteToFile(strPath, strWrite) ------ Writes input string to a text file.

 
  • Function XiWriteToXMLFile(strXML, strXMLPath) -- Writes input string to an XML file.

 
  • Function XiGetDesktopDir() --------------------- Returns the physical path for the Windows Desktop.

 
  • Function XiBase64Decode(string) ---------------- Function to Base 64 Decode the label data.

 
  • Function XiBase64Encode(string) ---------------- Function to Base 64 Encode the label data.

 
  • Function XiFixIllegalChars(strInput) ----------- Function replaces illegal characters with safe ones.