Routing table entry

The screenshot shows the entry form for routing table entries.

(1) New, Delete, Cancel, Copy, Save: Managing the routing table entries in the list below.

(2) Details: A table entry needs a name and can be given a description. The name can be assigned to a destination element in a business object with the Ereignisaktion Ermittle Route.

(3) From/To: An entry is made if the start location of a shipment is in the defined 'From' zip code range – i.e. between the limits From zip code start and From zip code end – and the destination of the shipment is also in the defined 'To' zip code range – i.e. between the limits To zip code start and To zip code end. A specified range can only ever refer to the specified country. Cross-national areas cannot be defined, but the 'From' area and the 'To' area can be in different countries (e.g. a route from Germany to Austria). Which company/address attributes from a business object are compared with the country/zip code areas is decided by the parameterization for the From chain and To chain when the Ereignisaktion Ermittle Route is called.

►NOTE◄

• The start-end values for zip code areas must also be filled appropriately if all zip codes of a country are to be covered, e.g. with '00000'/'99999' for Germany or '0000'/'9999' for Switzerland.

• The check whether a zip code lies in a range compares the values as strings (important for postal code systems that do not only use digits). So leading digits/characters can be used for limitation as well, but the combination of characters at the End of a line is only 'included', if there are no more characters following. Some examples for this are:
  

  • A limitation with Start = '83' and End = '85' covers the values from 8300 to 8499 in a four-digit postal code system. A value '85' would be included (even if not practical) and the practical value '8500' would be excluded, because it is sorted in ascending order according to the upper limit '85'.

  • A limitation with Start = 'A' and End = 'Z' in the British system would include most postal code areas, but not the Shetland Islands with the prefix 'ZE'. For 'all' postal code areas, the combination 'A'/'ZZ' would be the most appropriate.

• If a routing table entry is to apply to addresses without a postal code, only the Country may be filled in, while Start and End must remain empty. A single entry covering addresses with and without postal codes cannot be configured.

(4) Attribute: These attributes can optionally be copied from the appropriate routing table entry into the business object when determining the route.

Examples of attributes of a routing table entry:

►NOTE◄ As shown in the screenshot, values for Text attributes, Reference attributes, Numerical attributes and Company/address attributes can be assigned in the routing table entry. Only for these data types direct assignments can be derived from the routing. Value assignments to flag attributes, date attributes, free enumeration attributes or business object properties that are directly linked to certain dynamic enumerations (service type, transport type, etc.) are not possible in this direct way.

(5) List of defined routing table entries for the selected routing table.

To use Routing tables and routing table entries, see also the description of the Ermittle Route event action.