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Introduction

This document provides instructions for setting up Shipping Routes.

It prints the Shipping Route code and description on the XML delivery note when a job

gets mailed out.

Procedure

You must complete the following setup to identify the shipping route code to print

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Custom Configuration

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 6 – Configuration Editor and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 6 – Edit Custom Configuration and press enterEnter.

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• Press Q “Q” to Query.
• Ensure that the table below exists.

If the table does not exist:

• Type A Press “A” to add a new record.
• Enter all the information as per the example (s) below.
• Press Escape to save the data.
• Type E Press “E” to exit.

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Ship-To Configuration

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 1 – Customer Database Editor and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 5 – Add/Edit Ship To and press enter

Shipping Route Codes are assigned by the Code2 field for a customer Account Ship To address.

• Press enter Enter until you reach the Code2 field.
• Type Enter the applicable shipping code.

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• Press enter Enter until you see the following message:

Is this data correct (Y/N)?

• Type Y Enter “Y” to confirm or N “N” to discard the changes.

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Shipping Route Configuration

Definition: To print Prints the shipping route on the delivery note label and the work ticket, in the “Route Code” field.

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type Select Option 3 – Editor Utilities and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 1 – Customer Database Editor and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 19 – Shipping Route Code Editor and press enterEnter.

• Press Q “Q” to query
• Type Enter the applicable shipping route code in the Code2 field and press escapeEscape.

If the code does not exist:

• Type A Press “A” to add an entry.
• Type Enter the applicable code in the Code2 from the ship-to-editor field.
• Type Enter the Route Code along with the Route Description to print on the delivery note label.

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Entering a job

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type Select Option 4 – Order Entry and press enterEnter.

• Enter a job as normal usual with an Account’s Ship-To address that uses a defined route.
• At Mail-out0ut, the route code and description will is then be output into the deliverydeliver_note.xml file for the job in the /delivery_note/shipping_label/route_info/route_code and / delivery_note/shipping_label/route_info/route_desc tags:

<route_info>

          <route_code>LX01           </route_code>

          <route_desc>Lisboa Sul     </route_desc>

</route_info>

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