Outbound Shipments Feed
Purpose
If the merchant is using TradeGlobal's shipping portal to generate shipping labels, it is necessary to make use of the Outbound Shipments Feed to notify the merchant's systems that the order has shipped, and to update their system with the tracking number assigned to the shipment.
How it Works
Data Flow
This feed is sent to the client's TradeGlobal Commerce FTP and placed in the Shipments directory.
Timing of Updates
The Outbound Shipments Feed batch process runs every 30 minutes for 24 hours every day.
General Feed Requirements
File Formats
TradeGlobal Commerce's standard order reference feed template is in CSV format. Click Here for a standard template.
Data Requirements
| Field | Data Format | Purpose | Required | Description | Max Character Limit | Default Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MerchantCode | String | Uniquely identifies the merchant at the time of execution | Y | Unique product identifier | 20 | None |
| OrderID | String | Unique Identifier for the Order in TGC | N | Unique order identifier | 20 | None |
| OrderNum | String | Identifies the order number that was passed to TradeGlobal | Y | Order Number in TradeGlobal | 50 | None |
| Carrier | String | TradeGlobal identifier for the carrier the shipment shipped with | Y | Carrier codes are assigned and will be provided by TradeGlobal Commerce | 50 | None |
| Service | String | TradeGlobal identifier for the service the shipment shipped with | Y | Service codes are assigned and will be provided by TradeGlobal | 50 | None |
| TrackingID | String | Tracking Number assigned to the shipment | Y | 100 | None | |
| CarrierShipmentID | String | Reference value assigned to the shipment | Y | Typically this is the order reference value provided in the merchant's order reference feed/api | 100 | None |
| SKU | String | SKU shipped for the given shipment | Y | 100 | None | |
| Quantity | Integer | Quantity of the given SKU shipped | Y | None | ||
| Freight | decimal | Freight Amount quoted for shipment | Y | None | ||
| PackageWeight | decimal | Weight quoted for the shipment | Y | None | ||
| WeightUOM | string | Unit of measure for the PackageWeight column | Y | 10 | None | |
| ShipDate | Datetime | Date and Time the shipment was processed | Y | None |