Create a shipping carrier record

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2025
  • 1 minute to read

    • Create a shipping carrier record used to associate the carrier with an integration profile.

    Before you begin

    Role required: inventory_admin

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Hardware Asset Workspace > Asset operations.
    2. From the Shipment list, select Shipping carriers.
    3. Select New.
    4. Provide the contact details of the carrier.
    5. On the form, fill in the remaining fields.
      Table 1. Create New Shipping Carrier form
      Field Description
      Name Name of the shipping carrier. This field is required.
      Company Core company of the shipping carrier.
      Integration profile Profile for integrating with the third-party carrier's application.

      For more details, see View the carrier integration profile details.
      Status Status of the carrier.

      This field is set to Active by default.
      Max wait days Maximum days that the carrier takes to deliver a shipment.

      By default, this field is set to 90. You can change this value.

      Note:
      This field isn’t shown on the form by default. You can choose to display this field on the form.

      A shipment record that is not updated by the carrier after the integration profile job has run for the specified maximum wait days is marked as stale shipment by The ITAM: Process integration profiles and stale shipment job.
      Notes Additional information about the carrier.
    6. Select Save.

    Result

    The shipping carrier record is created and added to the Shipping carriers list.