How to Send an Edi Drop Shipment Despatch Advice Message
Open Sales Order Entry
Load a sales order
Confirm the customer has the drop shipment DESADV configured.
Confirm the order has been shipped
Press the DESADV button
A prompt will notify the DESADV has printed
Errors will be thrown if the configuration is not correct
Errors will be thrown if required data does not exist
Confirm the file has been created in the required location
Configuration
Create a new report style
Note the style number of the new report style.
Set the description to DESADV_DROPSHIP
This is to avoid conflicts with other DESADV files
Set the report type to Outbound EDI
Set the output location to your desired folder
Select the Output EDI Plain Text
Plain txt will create files with a .edi extension.
XML files can be create by selecting this option.
Create/Add a customer document
Set the document name to DESADV
Select the type Advance Shipping Notice
Set the Document value to the report style number created in the previous step