FedEx Ship Manager - FSMS Transaction Types

Chapter Two: FSMS Transaction Coding
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Chapter Two: FSMS Transaction Coding
Overview
This chapter provides a brief description of the FSMS transactions used to complete all of your shipping
activities. In addition to standard FedEx Express, FedEx International, and FedEx Ground shipping
transactions, we will also provide instructions for performing Open Ship transactions.
FSMS Transaction Types
FSMS transactions are divided into two categories: Online and Offline.
Online transactions are passed through FSMS to FedEx backend systems for processing and require
constant network connectivity.
Offline transactions are processed locally within the FSMS application and require only periodic
connectivity with FedEx systems to obtain data required for shipping, such as routing files, rate files, and
tracking numbers. The exception to this is the 043/143 Tracking transaction. This transaction passes
through the offline system before processing by FedEx tracking servers.
Each transaction is composed of a transaction pair – the Request transaction and the Reply transaction.
The Request transaction is used to make a Request to FSMS. The Reply is the response to the Request
and will indicate successful transaction processing or will contain error messages if processing problems
were encountered.
Offline
Customer
Systems
FedEx
Systems
Transaction
Manager
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ransactions
Online Functions
• Address Verification
• Tracking
• Call Tags
• Dispatch
• Drop Off Locator
• Etc.
Offline Functions
• Shipping
• Rating
• Routing
• Labeling
• Reporting