Chapter One: Setting Up FSMS
FedEx Ship Manager
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Field Name Description
Force Close Active Checking this box will force each configured meter to close at
the time entered on the Shipper Settings tab. See the “Shipper
Settings” section previously in this chapter.
Note: This setting is system level, which means that each
meter configured on your server will undergo a Force Close at
the time specified for each meter on the Shipper Settings tab.
Hourly Upload (HU) Interval This field is used to set the frequency of the hourly upload of
Express package data to the FedEx backend systems and can
be set from 30-120 minutes. This applies to both FedEx
Express and Ground HU files.
Express Hourly Upload (HU)
Retention Period
Number of days the Express Hourly Upload data is retained.
Can be set from 7-14 days.
Communication Check Interval Can be set from 24-72 hours.
Communication Logging Retention
Period
Number of days the communication log is retained.
Ground Hourly Upload (HU) Retention
Period
Number of days the Ground Hourly Upload is retained. Can be
set from 7-14 days.
Tracking File Retention Period Number of days to retain the tracking results from an 043
tracking transaction.
GCIU Retention Period Number of days the Ground Commercial Invoice Upload (GCIU)
data is retained.
Revenue Retention Interval Can be set from 1-7 days.
Purge Time Sets the time the database will be purged at the end of the
retention interval.
Backup Directory Displays the directory to which backup revenue files are saved.