Overview of setup items in nShift On-premises. Some of the setup items are password protected for security reasons and can only be configured by contacting nShift's Customer Service.
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Address Control | Used to validate post code data for Swedish, Danish and Finnish addresses and address data for Norwegian addresses. Can be configured to perform address control in different scenarios. |
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Batch Documents | Define when and where batch documents like carrier specific reports should be printed. Printing of custom documents can also be configured. |
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Buyer address | Add a default Buyer address to shipments. Being carrier specific, Buyer address is only used if supported by the carrier. |
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Carrier Account | Carrier specific customer number. Other carrier specific information like terminal may also be specified here. |
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Carrier ETA |
Add this to save carrier ETA values on a shipment so they can be seen in the Shipment Viewer. Read more about Carrier Performance: Only for hosted environment. |
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Carrier language | Set the language used for carrier validation messages. Only works if supported by the carrier, otherwise the default language used will be English. |
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Carrier Specific Report |
Specify printer and number of copies for printing Carrier Specific Report. Read more in this article: |
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COD Account | Configure COD bank account information. Usage varies from carrier to carrier and is not supported by all carriers. |
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COD Calculator | Use the Price and a factor to calculate the total COD value. Not supported by all carriers. |
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Completion Across Products | Configure the possibility to make shipment completion across products. Only supported by a few carriers. |
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nShift On-premises Alert System | Configure this to receive different types of e-mail alerts in On-premises, e.g. when counters are running low or transmit of EDI fails. |
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Portal Track Trace | Use Portal track and trace on custom carriers or instead of the carrier's track and trace. |
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Contact preferences | If added the preferences from Sender will load if possible. |
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Container setup |
Enable the Container feature. Read more in this article: |
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Counter Profiles | Set up counters used for shipment numbers and barcodes. |
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Counters | Overview of all Counter Profiles. Add, edit and view Counter Profiles. |
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Cross Docking | Carrier specific - only supported by a few carriers. |
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Custom Details | Create customized Details groups and fields. Custom Details are only created here but must be activated on the individual carriers using the Details item. |
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Custom DropPoints | Used to add custom drop points to a product. Only supported by some carriers. |
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Custom EDIFACT Transmitter | Configure this if sending customized EDI is needed. |
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Custom Error Label | Customize the layout of the error label. |
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Custom Freightbill | Customize some of the default freight letters. E.g. NO.Fragtbrev |
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Custom Goods Types | Configure and active Custom Good Types. These can only be used if the carrier supports custom goods types. |
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Custom Labels and Documents | Add customized labels and documents. Typically, these documents are not carrier specific but can be customer specific or relate to specific features. |
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Custom Recycle Types | Configure and activate Custom Good Types. These can only be used if the carrier supports Custom Recycle types. |
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Date/Time setup | Convert date and time fields on shipments to a specified ISO format on Shipment Server. |
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Default Country | Specify the default country used on shipments. |
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Default Shipment Fields Texts | Add default texts to message fields or custom field 1-5. |
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Delivery address | Add a default Delivery address to shipments. Being carrier specific, Delivery address is only used if supported by the carrier. |
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Departments | Connect to carrier's webservice to retrieve departments. Only supported by a few carriers. |
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Details | Enable or disable the Details fields that should be visible when the Details group is activated in Production. It does not apply to the carriers that have carrier specific details. |
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DGOffice Settings |
Configure an integration to DGOffice. Requires a DG Office subscription. Read more here |
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Document Options | Manage the configurations for the labels and documents available for each product. Control which should be printed, stored, emailed etc. |
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Document Printer Mapping |
Specify default printers for specific carriers if you have multiple printers. Can be configured on both client and server. Read more: |
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Document Upload | Configure the FTP settings to be used for documents with "Upload to FTP" enabled in the Document Options setup item. |
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DropPoint Configuration | Used together with custom DropPoints. Only supported by a few carriers. |
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Duplicate order number (actor) | Check for duplicate order numbers on actor level. Can be configured to give warnings or prevent the use of duplicate order numbers. |
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Duplicate order number (location) | Check for duplicate order numbers on location level. Can be configured to give warnings or prevent the use of duplicate order numbers. |
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EDIFACT Transmitter | Configure how EDI is sent to carriers who receive EDI via FTP or email. |
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End of day reports printing |
Configure additional settings for End of Day reports printing. Read more: |
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End of day reports scheduler |
Schedule when and how often End of Day reports should be printed. Read more: |
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ERP Integration | Set up an ERP integration with one of the supported vendors. |
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Export Setup |
Configure an export setup that creates a file with information from On-Premises. Read more: |
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Extra Counter Profiles 1 Extra Counter Profiles 2 Extra Counter Profiles 3 |
Three setup items used by carriers who need multiple counters on the same product. Only supported by a few carriers. |
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Global Validation | Carrier specific - only used by a few carriers. |
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GLS Unibox Setup | Needed by some GLS carriers to connect to their Unibox webservice. |
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Goods Types | Enable goods types used by carriers. |
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If insurance default currency | Set the default currency to be used when booking IF insurance. |
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Import addresses | Define static addresses used for UPS World Ease setup. |
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Import Setup |
Configure a setup for filedrop import. Read more in this article: |
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Insurance default currency | Set the default currency to use for insurance. |
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Invoice default currency | Set the default currency to use for invoices. |
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Label Print Settings | Used to control the layout for label print on A4 paper to allow printing two labels per page. |
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Layout Labels and Documents | Add this to make a local, editable copy of labels and documents. The local copy will override any changes released to the carrier labels. |
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Lead Counters Profile | Counter type used by UPS World Ease. |
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Line unit kinds | Enable Line Unit kinds which are extra types of packaging often used combined with goods types. Only supported by a few carriers. |
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Loadmeter Calculation |
Activate this if loading meter calculation with a factor is wanted. Read more in this article: |
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Mailback Setup |
Set up to automatically send emails to the receivers of shipments. Read more: |
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Mamut integration | Use to set up an ERP integration to Mamut. |
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OnGoing Integration | Use set up an ERP integration to OnGoing. |
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Overlay Labels |
Configure Overlay labels to add customized content to carrier labels. Read more: |
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Payer Address | Add a default Payer address to shipments. Being carrier specific, Payer address is only used if supported by the carrier. |
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Pickup address | Add a default Pickup address to shipments. Being carrier specific, Pickup address is only used if supported by the carrier. |
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Portal Upload | Configure at what time during the shipment production process data should be uploaded to Portal. |
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Post Code Validation | Configure postcode validation. Possible to specify non standard postcodes that should be allowed by the validation. |
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Prebooking EDIFACT Transmitter | Configure how prebooking EDI files are sent to carriers. Not supported by all carriers. |
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Price Calculation |
Activate this to set up Price Calculation and show prices in On-premises. Works for carriers supporting price calculation and for setting up custom price calculation. Read more: |
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Price Calculation Trigger Fields |
Specify additional fields to trigger calls to the Price Calculation webservice. |
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Proxy settings | Configure proxy server settings for client machines. |
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Proxy settings (on server) | Configure proxy server settings for the On-premises server. |
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Receiver address | Set up a default Receiver address to shipments. |
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Recycle Types | Enable recycle types used by carriers. Not all carriers support recycle types. |
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Report Setup |
Create a report with customized content. Read more in this article: |
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Return shipment address | Add a default receiver address for Return Shipments. |
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Return shipment setup | Configure the number of return labels to make when using the feature "Return shipment in addition". |
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ReturnTo address | Add a default ReturnTo address to shipments. Being carrier specific, ReturnTo address is only used if supported by the carrier. |
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Second EDIFACT Transmitter | Configure for carriers who require a second EDI file format. Only supported by a few carriers. |
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Sender address |
Set up a default Sender address. Read more in this article: |
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Sender Pallet Account | Specify a default sender pallet account number. Only used if the carrier supports pallet account number. |
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Server Printers | Configure and edit server printers and settings. |
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Services |
Enable and disable services on product level. Also enables services to be selected by default. Read more in this article: |
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ShipAdvisor Import | Configure which fields to include when importing orders created in ShipAdvisor 1.0. Only works with ShipAdvisor 1.0 so should not be set up anymore. |
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Shipment Booking | Configure shipment booking for webservice carriers. Usually contains the credentials needed to connect to the carrier's webservice. |
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Shipment Completion | Configure settings for Shipment Completion. |
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Shipment Server Key |
Only needed in On-premises if it is set up to run as a Shipment Server on-premises solution. Read more: |
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Shipping Rules |
Needed when adding a Shipping Rules file that is not configured using the UI. Read more about Shipping Rules: |
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SMS Notification Setup |
Configure SMS Notification and edit the text that is sent. Read more here. |
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SMTP settings |
Configure the SMTP settings used for Mailback. |
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Switch product | Automatically switch product if the selected product fails. This is only supported by a few carriers. |
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Terminal Server Settings | Configure settings for terminal server. |
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Test mode | Enable test mode for a number of features, e.g. IF Insurance and Shipment Booking. |
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Track and Trace Logon information |
Used for carriers who require credentials to access their track and trace. Only supported by a few carriers. Read more: |
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Trash Shipments |
Supported on Actor level. Trash shipments in Inbox, Autoprint, and Drafts older than X number of days. Option to set up schedule. |
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User account | Only used for carrier UPS to configure the customer's user account. |
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Waybill counter profile | Set up if carrier uses a special counter for producing waybills. Only supported by a few carriers. |
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Weight/Scale setup |
Add this item to set up an integration to a supported weight scale. Read more: |