Send EDI Despatch Advice

How to configure and create drop shipment DESADV messages

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Written by John Paul Gilmartin
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How to Send an Edi Drop Shipment Despatch Advice Message

  1. Open Sales Order Entry

  2. Load a sales order

    1. Confirm the customer has the drop shipment DESADV configured.

    2. Confirm the order has been shipped

  3. Press the DESADV button

  4. A prompt will notify the DESADV has printed

    1. Errors will be thrown if the configuration is not correct

    2. Errors will be thrown if required data does not exist

  5. Confirm the file has been created in the required location

Configuration

Create a new report style

  1. Note the style number of the new report style.

  2. Set the description to DESADV_DROPSHIP

    1. This is to avoid conflicts with other DESADV files

  3. Set the report type to Outbound EDI

  4. Set the output location to your desired folder

  5. Select the Output EDI Plain Text

    1. Plain txt will create files with a .edi extension.

    2. XML files can be create by selecting this option.

Create/Add a customer document

  1. Set the document name to DESADV

  2. Select the type Advance Shipping Notice

  3. Set the Document value to the report style number created in the previous step

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