Back-end updates, performance enhancements and minor UI improvements
The Hurricane services Item Verification, Prohibited Items and Denied Parties checks can now be configured to run as part of the shipment creation process. For these checks to run, Hurricane services will first need to be enabled on the customer’s account. The customer will then need to enable each check individually in the Hurricane integration screen. Once a Hurricane service has been enabled, Sapient will automatically run that data check each time a dutiable international shipment is created.
If the Hurricane Item Verification check is enabled, then customers can view details of the HS Code and Item Description changes made by Hurricane from the Shipment Processing screen and choose whether to accept or reject the changes. If the customer chooses to revert to the original values, they can re-print customs documents to ensure this contains the correct data.
Note: The Hurricane data checks can also be completed outside of the shipment creation process by calling the Hurricane Services APIs – see the API Reference section for more details.
When an EORI number is provided in either the createShipment request or Customs Settings UI, Pro Shipping will validate that the number is in a valid format and return an error if the EORI number is not valid.
A new API has been added to allow customers who are using barcoding (generating labels outside of Pro Shipping) to request a barcode number range. This API will obtain a barcode range for the requested service, and return this range in the API response for the customer to store in their labelling system. For more information, see the API Reference page and the Royal Mail API section.
Services and Service Enhancement Updates
by IntersoftThe following updates have been made to the services and service enhancements available in the system, in accordance with the latest specifications:
- The maximum weight of the Tracked Returns 24 and 48 services has been changed from 30kg to 20 kg.
- The Special Delivery Uncommon Services LA1-LA6 have been removed, as they have been withdrawn.
- The Consequential Loss service enhancements have been added. For more information on the available service enhancements, see the API Reference page, Royal Mail API section and the createShipment API schema carrierSpecifics element.
The shipment search screen has been updated to allow searching on future dates as well as past dates. The maximum date range that can be searched on is 30 days.
Delete Shipping Location via UI
by IntersoftThe Edit Shipping Location UI screen has been updated to allow shipping locations to be deleted. It will not be possible to delete a shipping location that is linked to one or more shipping accounts or user accounts; in this scenario, the shipping location will need to be un-linked from the shipping account/user account via either the API or UI before it can be deleted. In all other scenarios, it will be possible to delete the shipping location.
Service and Label updates
by IntersoftThe following updates have been made to the Royal Mail integration, in accordance with Royal Mail’s latest specifications:
- The maximum weight of the Special Delivery Guaranteed services has been increased from 10KG to 20KG
- The Tracked 24 and 48 Returns labels have been updated to match Royal Mail’s latest format. These labels will now contain the gazetteer information (in the same way as this is currently provided for outbound labels) and some minor formatting and wording changes have been made.
