Maintaining Shipping URLs for StarShip

From the Header screen in Sales Order Entry you can use the Shipping hot key to access a web site and check the status of an order that shipped using a StarShip carrier.

To access the tracking information on the carrier's web site, the system uses the address stored for that carrier in Shipping URL Maintenance and the tracking number stored in the order's change log. When a StarShip carrier changes their web site access to tracking information, you need to update the information stored in Shipping URL Maintenance.

Use the following tasks to maintain shipping URL information:

To update shipping URLs:

  1. From the Tools menu, select Shipping URL Maintenance to display the Shipping URL Maintenance screen.

Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.

  1. In the URL ID field, press F10 and select the ID to edit.

Note: To create an ID, press F10 and select New. At the Enter new ID prompt, type an ID up to 8 characters and press Enter.

 Important: The URL ID name must match the first set of characters listed in the Interpreted As column in the Keywords Appendix from the StarShip user's manual. ClosedFor example: The URL ID field is not case-sensitive.

Input Value

Interpreted As

URL ID should be:

Key 1

Key 2

Key 3

UPS, U.P.S

GR, GT

 

UPS Ground

UPS

USPS, U.S.P.S

2nd, Second, Blue

Letter, LTR

USPS 2nd Day Air

USPS

Airborne, AEX

SELECT, SECOND, TWO

 

Airborne Select

Airborne

SPEE-DEE

 

 

Spee-Dee Ground

Spee-Dee

The screen displays the following fields of information for the URL ID. If you are creating a new ID, enter the following information for the URL.

Field

Description

Description

Description of the web site the URL ID accesses.

Default URL

URL address that accesses the web site home page. For example, www.eclipseinc.com accesses the Eclipse home page. If you select options on that page, such as Company, the URL changes to include additional information to access the different pages of the site.

Press Enter to copy the default URL to the Web URL field, where you can add additional information to the link. If you change the default URL, the system automatically updates the default portion of the URL in the Web URL field.

Web URL

URL address that accesses the tracking information on the web site. The base URL is the URL indicated in the Default URL field.

To edit the components of the URL address, use the Web URL Maintenance hot key. For example, if you want to access a specific page on a website, add that information to the base URL in this field.

  1. To delete a URL ID, use the Delete hot key. At the prompt, type delete to confirm the deletion.

  2. Press Esc to save the updated information.

To edit the components of a URL address:

  1. From the Tools menu, select Shipping URL Maintenance to display the Shipping URL Maintenance screen.

Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.

  1. In the URL ID field, press F10and select the ID to edit.

  2. Use the Web URL Maintenance hot key to display the URL ID Maintenance screen.

  3. Edit the following fields as needed:

Field

Description

Example

URL

Path to the web site home page.

http://www.usps.com

Protocol

Directory path from the home page to the tracking information.

cttgate/ontrack.cgi

Variables

Placeholders in the URL path for variable data.

tracknbr

Values

The values to assign to the corresponding variables.

$TRACK.NO$

  1. Press Esc to save the updated information and return to the Shipping URL Maintenance screen.

You can also insert components into the Web URL field by placing your cursor where you want to add the component, pressing F10 and selecting the component to add. The system adds the component to the URL.

See Also:

Setting Up Eclipse for StarShip Overview