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Write-Back to Dynamics 365 BC Invoices

StarShip writes back freight and shipment detail to the Sales Invoice after you Ship/Process it. Write-Back depends upon how you configured Dynamics 365 BC Settings and Custom Write-Back Setup in Setup > Source Interfaces > Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Freight

Freight is written to a line on the Invoice in the Lines grid, to the line type and line code you specified in Dynamics 365 BC Settings.

Freight is written back to the Lines.

Shipment Detail (Notes)

The information set up in Notes Settings will write back to the StarShip Notes field in the StarShip section of the Invoice.

StarShip Notes field in the StarShip section.

StarShip Packages Table

StarShip writes one row for each package or one row for each freight shipment to the StarShip Packages table in the StarShip section of the Invoice. Each row contains the following information:

  • Tracking Number
  • Shipment Link
  • Ship Date
  • Carrier/Service

StarShip Packages table

Header Fields

Write-back settings for these fields are set up in Custom Write-Back Setup.

Shipment Date

The Shipment Date in the Invoice Details is updated with the value from the StarShip Booked Date/Time field or the StarShip field you mapped it to.

The Shipment date is updated with the StarShip Booked Date/Time.

Shipping Method Agent

StarShip will write the value from the StarShip “Ship Carrier Name” field back to the Agent field under Shipping Method in the Shipping and Billing section of the Invoice.

Shipping Method Agent Service

StarShip will write the value from the StarShip “Ship Carrier Service” field (or whatever field you mapped to) to the Agent Service field under Shipping Method in the Shipping and Billing section of the Invoice.

Shipping Method and Shipping Method Agent Service write-back

Custom fields

If you set up custom fields for write-back at the “All” Header and/or Invoice Header level, values from those fields will populate the table in StarShip Custom Fields section. See Custom Write-Back Setup for more information.

Line Item Fields

Write-back settings for these fields are set up in Custom Write-Back Setup.

Shipment Date

The Shipment Date in Lines section is updated with the value from the StarShip Booked Date/Time field or the StarShip field you mapped it to.

Package Fields

Write-back settings for these fields are set up in Custom Write-Back Setup. StarShip will write back the values for any custom fields you added to the Sales Invoice at the package level to the StarShip Packages section of the Invoice. Click the arrow next to the StarShip Packages heading and select Go to Custom Fields.

The custom fields will display with the values from the StarShip fields you mapped to.

StarShip custom field values

Voiding Shipments

When you void a shipment, StarShip will remove the corresponding rows from the StarShip Packages table.