What’s New
14 FedEx Ship Manager
®
Server User Guide, Version 7.6
Feature Description
Label Exceptions/Special
Movement CA
This feature affects CA-U.S. shipping only and is intended to make the
number of Consignee AWBs configurable. A new field, Suppress
Consignee Label, has been added to the Label Settings tab of the
FSMS Configuration Utility for Canadian origin meters only.
Rate All Services Request The Rate All Services transaction provides for the ability to receive rates
and service commitments for all available FedEx services in a single
Reply transaction. The transaction can be used to find a rate for all
available services given a range of parameters such as special services,
weight, dimensions, destination, etc.
A new transaction set has been provided for this feature. For more
information, see the FSMS TCR Version 7.6.
Rate Anywhere-To-
Anywhere (U.S. Domestic
List)
The ability to receive a rate quote from any U.S. origin to any U.S.
destination will be available in the Service Availability Request, Global
Ship Request, and Rate All Services transactions. The minimum data
required to receive a rate is the origin and destination state and postal
code. Returned rates will be based on selected packaging type, service
type, and special services.
Return List Rates for Bill
Recipient and 3
rd
Party
Billing for FedEx Express
This feature removes a current inconsistency between FedEx Express
and FedEx Ground rating. Currently, a rate will be returned for any
FedEx Ground shipment regardless of Payer, but Express will only
return a rate for Bill Sender. This feature will correct this inconsistency
so that only List rates are returned for Bill Recipient or Bill Sender, and
discount rates are only returned with Bill Sender for both FedEx Express
and FedEx Ground.
Dynamic Surcharging In order to more quickly support new surcharges, a new surcharging
format is being adopted. The new surcharge format will be based on
multiple occurrence fields rather than specific fields for each surcharge.
To use the Dynamic Surcharge feature, a checkbox was added to the
System Settings tab of the FSMS Configuration Utility. Checking this
box will cause surcharges to be returned in the Dynamic format. The
current format is the default format.
Patches & Service Pack
Support
FSMS v 7.6 introduces a new utility, the FSMS Console, which provides
additional information about installed services including: Base Version,
Patch Version, and Patch Application Date.
Patches will be created on a TBD schedule from the production issue
database. Service Packs will be cumulative, i.e. each subsequent
Service Pack will contain the fix or fixes in the previous Service Pack
and may also contain new features in addition to bug fixes.
Database
Duplication/Backup/
Failover
The Database Duplication/Backup/Failover feature allows a backup
server to function as a true backup to the Primary Server by writing the
contents of the Primary Server 's database to the backup in ten-second
intervals. Thus, the same meter numbers and tracking numbers are
stored on both servers. The Primary Server will also ensure all updates
downloaded are passed to the Secondary Server: URSA, rates, software
updates, and table updates.
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