Hi @ all,
We are currently reviewing in the functionality “Freight Booking” via EDI and would like to know which Message Classes, Message API and Action for Inbound and Outbound have to be used!?
Can anyone help us and give us the information so that we are able to setup the connection for testing the transaction?
Thanks in advance.
Hi
I’m not sure I’m clear on the requirement.
Are you trying to implement EDI or utilize the Freight Booking functionality?
The row you have highlighted in your screenshot is the DESADV message class which in IFS would be considered the Dispatch Advance or in EDI would be similar to an 856 message - Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN).
The Freight Booking message is intended to be an outbound message (visible in the Outbound Message Viewer) from the IFS Shipment record to a 3rd party Freight Carrier or Transportation Management System (TMS).
The thought is you’d send data from the IFS Shipment (i.e. Receiver address, handling units, part information, etc.), then a user would process the Shipment in the 3rd party application.
Once the transportation function is completed in the 3rd party software, this would execute a message back to IFS and write to the inbound message (FreightTrackChargeService - visible in the API explorer).
The return values would be stored in a new tab called ‘Freight Information’ on the Shipment record assuming they are sent in the correct format.
If you need a charge added to a Customer Order, you’d need to create a custom event or workflow to manage this requirement as that is not apart of core IFS.
Dear astfarazt,
we are currently testing the freight Booking functionality and the screenshot we have posted was just an example to show which information we are looking for.
From our understanding we need at first the right API (for inbound FreightTrackChargeService, for outbound - what do we need to look for???). Which is the right message class and action?
Thanks a lot.
Kind regards
Hi
The outbound message can be seen from your instance’s landing page (1st and 2nd screenshot)
The message itself ‘Send Freight Booking’ can be executed from the Share command group on the Shipment record or through an optional event within the Shipment Type.
In order for this to send data externally, you would also need to configure a Routing Rule, Routing Address and Sender within IFS Connect.
IFS does provide an example Routing Rule (3rd screenshot) which is called “Example: Outbound Routing Address for Freight”.
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