Close Shipments
Use the Close Shipments scheduled process to record the final step in processing shipments selected based on a range of parameters.
The shipment is selected by this process only when the shipment is in Confirmed status. If you choose not to defer sending inventory updates to integrated applications, the process submits the Manage Shipment Interface process for interfacing the shipment detail to the source system and Oracle Fusion Cloud Inventory Management.
When to Use
Use this process when you want to close shipments as a background process at predefined times and intervals. You need to use this process only when the shipments are confirmed using a ship confirm rule or ship confirm option that doesn’t close the shipment.
Privileges Required
- Close Shipment (WSH_CLOSE_DELIVERY_REQUEST_PRIV)
Specifications
Review the following before setting up this scheduled process:
| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Job Type | Adhoc Scheduled |
| Frequency | As required, usually depends on how often the shipment needs to be closed. Additionally, the frequency can also depend on your organization's shipping schedule. For example, you may want to consider running the process when you're scheduled to ship the shipments to the customer's ship-to location. |
| Time of Day | Any time. |
| Duration | Run time of this process varies based on the number of shipments to process. |
| Compatibility | There can be multiple instances of the process running at any time. Still, for optimal performance, it's recommended to schedule the process so that only one instance of the process is running at a time for a selected range of shipments. |
Parameters
| Parameter | Optional or Required | Description | Parameter Values | Special Combinations Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship-From Organization | Optional | Ship-from warehouse or organization of the shipments that you want to close. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of inventory organizations. | None | N/A |
| From Shipment | Optional | Starting shipment in a range of shipments that you want to close. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of shipments. | None | N/A |
| To Shipment | Optional | Ending shipment in a range of shipments that you want to close. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of shipments. | None | N/A |
| From Bill of Lading | Optional | Starting bill of lading assigned to the shipments if you want to use a range of bill of ladings to select shipments for closing. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of bill of ladings. | None | N/A |
| To Bill of Lading | Optional | Ending bill of lading assigned to the shipments if you want to use a range of bill of ladings to select shipments for closing. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of bill of ladings. | None | N/A |
| Customer | Optional | Sold-to party name of the shipments that you want to close. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of customer names. | None | N/A |
| Ship-To Location | Optional | Ship-to location of the shipments that you want to close. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of locations. | None | N/A |
| Shipping Method | Optional | Combination of Carrier Code, Mode of Transport, and Service Level of the shipments that you want to close. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of shipping methods. | None | N/A |
| From Initial Ship Date | Optional | Starting initial ship date if you want to use a range of initial ship dates to select shipments for closing. | Date | None | N/A |
| To Initial Ship Date | Optional | Ending initial ship date if you want to use a range of initial ship dates to select shipments for closing. | Date | None | N/A |
| From Confirmed Date | Optional | Starting confirmed date if you want to use a range of confirmed dates to select shipments for closing. | Date | None | N/A |
| To Confirmed Date | Optional | Ending confirmed date if you want to use a range of confirmed dates to select shipments for closing. | Date | None | N/A |
| Confirmed By | Optional | User who confirmed the shipments that you want to close. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of users. | None | N/A |
| From Planned Delivery Date | Optional | Starting planned delivery date if you want to use a range of planned delivery dates to select shipments for closing. | Date | None | N/A |
| To Planned Delivery Date | Optional | Ending planned delivery date if you want to use a range of planned delivery dates to select shipments for closing. | Date | None | N/A |
| Actual Ship Date | Required | This date is used as the actual ship date for the shipments when shipments are closed. | Date | None | When an Actual Ship Date isn't specified, the process uses the system default date. |
| Defer sending inventory updates to integrated applications | Optional | Determines whether the Close Shipment process should initiate the Shipping interface to Oracle Fusion Cloud Inventory Management and Oracle Order Management once the shipment is closed. | Yes No |
None | If you choose to defer sending inventory updates to integrated applications, schedule the Manage Shipment Interface process to run at a regular interval to interface the shipment details to Oracle Fusion Cloud Inventory Management and Oracle Order Management. |
| From Transportation Shipment | Optional | Starting planned shipment from Oracle Transportation Management assigned to the shipments if you want to use a range of planned shipments to select shipments for closing. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of transportation shipments. | None | N/A |
| To Transportation Shipment | Optional | Ending planned shipment from Oracle Transportation Management assigned to the shipments if you want to use a range of planned shipments to select shipments for closing. | Single value from list of values, which contains the list of transportation shipments. | None | N/A |
Troubleshooting Information
- You can view the status of the process on the Scheduled Processes page.
- Once the process is complete, it will have a log file and an output file.
- The output file will have a summary with the number of shipments selected for processing, the number of shipments successfully closed, the number of shipments closed with warnings, and the number of shipments that couldn’t be closed.
- Error and warning messages encountered while running the process will display in the log file.
- When the process is submitted, you can Resubmit, Put on Hold, Cancel Process, and Release Process as provided by the Scheduled Processes page.