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Overview

When shipping via FedEx Ship Manager, we are able to integrate with it to help streamline your shipping procedures and keep your shipping staff from having to type in any address or package information. This article will describe how to setup the integration between CMS and FedEx Ship Manager.

• FedEx Integration Import: This connects FedEx Ship Manager to your CMS database so you can type or scan in a CMS package number in FedEx Ship Manager and it will retrieve the necessary package information from your CMS database. CMS can either pass the weight of the package to FedEx Ship Manager, you can have an electronic scale attached, or you can key in the weight into FedEx Ship Manager. For fast and accurate shipping we recommend using with an electronic scale.

FedEx Integration Import

Setup

The following is a list of instructions for first-time setup of Worldship with CMS.

1. Copy the following Files from your CMS network drive to your C:\Documents Settings\All Users\ApplicationData\FedEx\Integration\Profiles folder on the FedEx computer. (Older versions used a different directory: \FedEx\Integration\Assistant\Profiles)
   • CMSFedExIntegration.xml
   • (NOTE: You may or may not see the .xml at the end of the file name, depending on your system configuration.)
2. Create a new DSN record in the ODBC Data Source Administrator that will allow the CMS System to communicate directly with FedEx Ship Manager. This is found by clicking the Windows Start button, then Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and then Data Sources (ODBC).
   • Once opened, select the System DSN tab, and then click the Add button.
   • Select Adaptive Server Anywhere 8.0, and then select Finish.
   • On the ODBC tab, enter CMSPackages for the Data source name, paying close attention to this CASE SENSITIVE name. It is important that this DSN be named exactly as it must match up with an existing FedEx Ship Manager map.
   • On the Login tab, enter cmsuser for the User ID and the password for that account. The Password field will display only asterisks.
   • On the Database tab, the Server name is the CMS Sybase Server Name, not the server’s Windows name. The default name is NHSDataServer. The Database name is the CMS database, which is usually your company name.
   • Select OK.
3. Repeat the steps above for another DSN named CMSPackagesExport.
4. Next open FedEx Ship Manager.
5. Select the Integration menu
6. Select CMSFedExIntegration profile
7. A small dialog should pop up asking for the package number (similar to doing Keyed Import in UPS Worldship). If it doesn’t, hitting the ‘Clear Fields’ button on the bottom usually does the trick.
8. Enter in the Order number - Invoice Number - Package Number of the package you would like to import (example 15602-1-1)

Congaulations you are now setup to use our FedEx Ship Manager integration.