Chapter Two: FSMS Transaction Coding
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Processing the Shipment
Once you have received a Rate and/or Route/Time-in-Transit Reply, you can process the shipment using
either of the following steps:
• If you use field 1234 to obtain a Rate and/or Route/Time-in-Transit Request, change field 1234 to a
null (empty) value (for example: 1234,””) to ship the package.
• If you use Open Ship to obtain a Rate and/or Route/Time-in-Transit Request, set the Shipment
Confirm flag in field 541 (Flag 9) to Y and include field 542.
Pre-Ship Validation (020)
Prior to shipping a package, a transaction can be validated by FSMS to ensure that the shipment will
process correctly. This may also be used in place of a Route transaction to obtain routing information as
well as verify the shipment.
To validate a transaction, include the following field in the ship transaction:
Field 184 (Pre-Ship Validation Flag) with a value of Y
If the shipment validates correctly, you may then process the transaction by changing:
Field 184 to N
You can code a single ship transaction with field 184 (Pre-Ship Validation Flag), field 541 (Open Ship
Flag), and field 1234 (Rate, Route/Time in Transit Flag) to receive Rates, Routing/Time-in-Transit and
shipping validation prior to processing the shipment. However, a Rate/Route/Time-in-Transit Request
cannot be performed simultaneously if pre-assigning a tracking number and the ASTRA barcode
information is required in the Reply. To perform a pre-ship validation and then a Rate/Route/Time-in-
Transit, make the following changes to the shipping transaction:
Step 1: Pre-ship validation:
Add field 184 – value of Y.
Add field 541 – value of NNNNNNNNN.
Step 2: Rate/Route/Time in Transit:
Add field 1234 – value of 1, 2, or 3.
Send field 184 with no value, i.e. 184,”” or with a value of N.
Send field 541 with value of YNNNNNNNY.
Step 3: Ship the package:
Send field 1234 with no value, i.e. 1234,””.
Send field 184 with no value, i.e. 184,”” or with a value of N.
Send field 541 with value of YNNNNNNNY.
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