Integration with FedEx

To integrate Uniware with FedEx you need to get your FedEx account identifiers and credentials

The following parameters are required to be set in the FedEx account, these are provided by the FedEx side:

• Account Number
• Key
• Meter Number
• Password

Follow the simple steps shared below:

A- Follow these steps to generate your FedEx parameters:

1. To generate test credentials at FedEx, access the link – http://www.fedex.com/us/developer/ and enter valid user credentials.

2. If you log in to the system for the first time, then register yourself. Otherwise, just verify your country to be India but select the Special Intra Country Test key as “US and Global”.

3. Get your test key.

4. Accept the terms and conditions.

5. The password is sent to the primary email as registered, rest of the values are generated.

B- Follow the simple steps shared below:

1- On the path Settings > Shipping Providers

2- Click on “Add Shipping Provider“.

3- Search for “FedEx“, then click on FedEx to fill the details.

4- Now fill in the details as per the below points.

General Information

• Shipping Provider Name: Enter the Shipping provider name
• Enabled: Yes/No. To mark shipping provider enable or disable in Uniware.
• Tracking Enabled: Yes/No. Mark this “Yes“, if shipping provider provides tracking info.

Forward Shipment

• Select Serviceability as Any facility to any Place / This Facility to selected Pincodes / Any Facility to Selected Pincodes. (in this case you need to define serviceability)
• Forward Shipment:  Add both COD and Prepaid Shipping Methods having AWB Generation selected as API.

5- Now save the detail by pressing the button Save and Next.

6. Click on ‘Connectors‘ and update the credentials for API settings, which will be provided by the FedEx team for every seller.

While configuring this, do keep in mind that

 For FedEx SO enable Standard-COD – “Yes” and Standard-Prepaid has Enabled = “No”.

For FedEx PO enables Standard-Prepaid= “Yes” and Standard-COD has Enabled = “No”.

Click on Connectors and update the credentials for API settings, which will be provided by the FedEx team for every seller.

Connectors Parameters:

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION/VALUES
Account number	Seller’s account identification number as on Fedex. This data will be provided by the FedEx team.
Password	This will be provided by the FedEx team.
Service Type	‘FEDEX_EXPRESS_SAVER‘ for FedEx Eco ‘STANDARD_OVERNIGHT‘ for FedEx SO ‘PRIORITY_OVERNIGHT‘ for FedEx PO ‘INTERNATIONAL_PRIORITY’ for FedEx international,  this is now as ‘FEDEX_INTERNATIONAL_PRIORITY‘ or ‘FEDEX_INTERNATIONAL_PRIORITY_EXPRESS‘ (for one-day delivery)
THIRD_PARTY	–
Freight on value	–
Key	Refer point: A, provided by the FedEx team
Label type	Blank: Four PDF files of shipping labels would be generated. PAPER_4X6: Two shipping label images are generated (with extension png) in A6 format. Second file in this case is Auxiliary label provided by FedEx : CompletedPackageDetails → PackageDocuments> → Type -> AUXILIARY_LABEL
Live	True/False, False: Test, These values generate the test COD and Prepaid Label for testing first, and after the initial round, it is approved by FedEx. At this stage, the parameter “Live” will be false. True: Live, Post approval Production Label is generated, and the parameter “LIVE” is set to true.
Meter number	Refer point: A, provided by the FedEx team
Use tracking number only	True/False, To decide if the label pdf to be fetched from FedEx True: Shipping label generated of UC format. False: Shipping label generated from FedEx.
Reference for Octroi Charges	Sender /Buyer, To drive value for Duties payment type. For FedEx international, if you want payment type as Recipient under duties payment then need to provide Buyer in Reference for Octroi Charges. By-default value is Sender .
Terms of Sale	Either of FOB, CFR, CIF, DAT DDP, EXW, FCA, CIP, CPT, DAP
Authorized Dealer Code	Pass the Authorized Dealer Code
Sale Under	–
Use barcode Value	–
Customer Reference By	–
Is GST Invoice	True/False, If generated invoice type is GST or Non-GST
Department Number	CS4/CS5, For international shipments, Customs and Tax handling. By default ‘CS5’
Shipper Email	Seller mail id

Note: When FedEx new integration is enabled, sellers have to mail their account details to FedEx team POC to make it live then the parameter “LIVE” is set to True.

CSB V handling:
Added the support for handling the department connector wherein a tenant can enter ‘CS4’ or any relevant value if required. Not filling the field will keep the department number to ‘CS5’ by default.

EWO implementation:
Post AWB Upload invoice feature is enabled that provides the sellers to directly upload to FEDEX and not attach 3 copies of the invoice and a single copy would suffice.

Item Wise Handling:
If there are multiple commodities going under one shipment, information for all the commodities will be passed in the shipping details. Note: All the products that are being shipped abroad must have the HSN code defined in the products tab since it’s mandatory for the Customs.

For migrating to the new Fedex integration:
1. Change INTERNATIONAL_PRIORITY to FEDEX_INTERNATIONAL_PRIORITY in service type connectors
2. Contact Fedex POS and ask them to enable the EWO feature