ILLiad Shipment Tracking Addon (WebView2)
Version Compatibility
This addon is only compatible with ILLiad Client v9.2.5 or later.
Name | Shipment Tracking |
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Version | 2.0.0 |
Author | Atlas Systems, Inc. |
Description | The Shipping Tracking Addon displays tracking information for Lending requests based on a given tracking number. The Shipments Addon tab only appears on a Lending request if the item is at a status of Item Shipped. It looks in the Special Instructions field for a shipment tracking number (FedEx, UPS, USPS) and looks up the status. |
Developers
This addon is available for developers to modify and extend. Developers are encouraged to submit changes to this addon by forking the git repository from GitHub and creating a pull request.
Download
Download the zip file:Â ILLiadShipmentTracking_v2.0.0.zip
Configuration
Addon settings are configured in the Manage Addons form. Shipping Tracking displays tracking information based on a given tracking number.
Shipment Tracking is Active by default. To hide the tab on your Request form, select No and Save Settings.
Name | Default | Type | Description |
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AutoSearch | True | Boolean | Defines whether the search should be automatically performed when the form opens. |
ILLiadField | SpecIns | string | The ILLiad transaction field that contains the tracking number to search. |
ShippingOptions_USPS | string | A comma delimited list of shipping options for which the USPS tracking service should be used. Any options containing the text "USPS" will already be matched and need not be listed. This list is not case sensitive. | |
ShippingOptions_Fedex | string | A comma delimited list of shipping options for which the FedEx tracking service should be used. Any options containing the text "Fedex" will already be matched and need not be listed. This list is not case sensitive. | |
ShippingOptions_UPS | string | A comma delimited list of shipping options for which the UPS tracking service should be used. Any options containing the text "UPS" will already be matched and need not be listed. This list is not case sensitive. |
Using this Addon
- To use the Shipping Tracking Addon, click the Shipments tab on the Loan request form.
- If Shipping Tracking has been set to search automatically for the tracking number, the form will open to the appropriate search result for the tracking number.
- If the search is not set to start automatically, you will see a blank page instead of the Shipping Tracking information.
- Start the search by clicking a Search button on the Shipments ribbon.
- Smart Search will choose the appropriate courier service based on tracking number prefix, ShippingOptions field, or tracking number length, in that order of priority.
- Use the Back, Forward, Stop and Refresh buttons in the Shipments ribbon to move between pages, refresh pages, and stop loading a page.