Shipments that are rate shopped and labeled outside of Dynamic Ship can still have their data recorded in the Package Worksheet. This article describes how to configure the carrier and what information can be recorded.

Configuration

To enable the External Rate Entry, you can either use one of the configuration packages or follow the manual instructions.

Configuration packages

• 2.5 or higher, import the ExternalRateEntry2.5.rapidstart file.
• 2.2.2, import the ExternalRateEntry2.2.2.rapidstart file.

Manual configuration

1. Navigate to the Dynamic Ship Freight Integration Providers.
2. Create a new entry for the external carriers and modify the fields:
   1. Code: EXTERNAL or any value of your choosing.
   2. Name: External Rate Entry or any description of your choice.
   3. Execution Order: Highest seen + 10 is recommended.
   4. Enabled: Yes
   5. API Codeunit: 23044613
   6. API Key: externalcarrier or any other unique value; used in a later step.
   7. (Optional) API Additional Value 1: Any numeric value to use instead of the default of 999.
3. Select Related / Show Carriers and modify the fields:
   1. Code: Select an existing Shipping Agent or create a new one.
   2. Account ID: The first one must match (2.f.) as it will be the default carrier.
   3. Define additional carriers as desired, each with their own unique Account ID.
4. Select Carrier / Services and modify the fields:
   1. Code: Select an existing Shipping Agent Service or create a new one.
   2. Service: Any descriptive value, e.g. LTL/FTL/Hotshot.

Add carriers to external services

You can add as many carriers as desired to a single external freight integration, but you will only see the carrier matching its Account ID to the API Key in the rate worksheet. To see multiple carriers, repeat the manual configuration giving each a unique code (e.g., the carrier’s name).

Use the External Rate Entry

Once your carrier is configured, you will see it in the rate worksheet any time you have no shipping agent defined on your order. By default, it shows a freight price of 999 (to change this, please see step 2.G., making the field visible if necessary.

Selecting the external rate will open a new page prompting you to enter:

• Shipping Agent Code
• Shipping Agent Service Code
• Freight Cost
• Delivery Days
• Package Tracking Number

The shipping agent and service refers directly to the carrier and service defined in the previous steps 3 and 4 in Manual configuration.

You can select any valid shipping agent and service if a carrier and service is defined. The other details are optional but recommended for tracking and reference reasons.