To send an XML ASN from a shipping manifest:Using XML, you can set the system to create and send an Advance Ship Notice (ASN) to your trading partner, advising them of inventory you are going to ship in their next order.
Note: Before the system can send an advanced ship notice to a customer, create an XML transaction map for an advanced ship notice transaction type, set activity triggers, and define document post locations for the customer.
You can set the system to create and send an ASN from the following locations:
From the Shipping Manifest Queue after the manifest is created and locked. Use the Manifest Lock activity trigger with the B2B ASNs activity description to set up this process.
From an order generation when the Prt field on the Status screen is set to 2.
When you send an ASN using XML, the system verifies that the customer has a transaction map defined for the outbound Advanced Ship Notice transaction type and archives the XML sent in Remote Archive Maintenance.
To send an XML ASN from a shipping manifest:
When an order for the customer is placed on a manifest in the Shipping Manifest Queue and the manifest is locked, the system generates the ASN and sends it using the transaction map defined for an outbound ASN transaction for the trading partner.
To send an XML ASN from a sales order:
Open the order for which you want to send the advance ship notice document.
Display the order's Status screen and change the order status to Invoice.
In the Prt field, enter 2 for B2B.
Press Esc to exit the window and process the order.
If prompted, select the type of ASN to send.
The system verifies that a valid XML transaction map exists for an ASN for the trading partner and translates the Eclipse data using the settings in the map.
See Also:
Reviewing XML Orders From Your Customers