OnTracWS

Account Number and Services

Overview

OnTrac is a regional parcel carrier. See OnTracWS > Overview and Supported Services for specifics on the region that OnTrac serves.
Note: OnTracWS is the OnTrac carrier name used in the Parcel Web Admin tool to indicate that this carrier makes use of the OnTrac Web Service (WS). References to the OnTracWS carrier in Parcel thus use the "OnTracWS" designation, while references to OnTrac as a company (for example, "the OnTrac Web site") use the term "OnTrac."

Adding an OnTracWS Carrier to Parcel

For general information on adding a carrier in Parcel, see Carrier Configuration > How to Add a Carrier .
To add an OnTracWS carrier...

  1. From the System menu, select Settings > Locations, and then, in the Carrier Configuration (Web Admin) tool (left panel), select the location to which you want to add OnTracWS as a carrier to display the Add Carrier dialog.

  2. Select Add Carrier, and then, from the Carrier drop-down list, select OnTracWS.

    Note: OnTracWS is available as a carrier option for US Locations only and is a regional carrier serving every address in California, and the major metropolitan areas of Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Colorado. Check the OnTrac Web Service for updates to areas serviced.

  3. In the Account Number field, type the OnTracWS account number for this location.

  4. In the Carrier Code field, type the carrier code for this OnTracWS carrier.
    Note: This is the code that Parcel displays in the carrier tree for the location, as well as the carrier code that appears in the drop-down list on the Warehouse screen.

  5. In the Services text box, select the services that you want included for this OnTracWS carrier. Select a service and click ADD or click ADD ALL to include all the services listed

    OnTracWS Basic Services

    • Ground

    • Sunrise

    • Gold

    • Palletized Freight

    OnTracWS DirectPost Associated USPS Services

    • Parcel Select

    • Parcel Select Lightweight

    • Priority Mail

    • BPM With Tracking (Bound Printed Matter with Tracking)

    • BPM No Tracking (Bound Printed Matter minus Tracking)

    • MM With Tracking (Media Mail with Tracking)

    • MM No Tracking (Media Mail minus Tracking)

    • First Class Mail

    Note: For descriptions of these OnTracWS services and options, see the following Help topics: See OnTracWS > Overview and Supported Services and OnTracWS - DirectPost .

  6. Click SAVE to save the settings or click CANCEL to cancel the settings.

For information on configuring an OnTracWS Carrier, see OnTracWS > Shipper Defaults.

Time in Transit

OnTrac provides time in transit (TinT) for an OnTracWS carrier via Web Service responses. This method is configured on the Time in Transit tab of the OnTracWS Shipper Defaults screen . You can also define your own TinT information by adding, editing, or importing time in transit data using the following screens:

For general information on time in transit, see Carrier Configuration > Overview of Time in Transit Calculation.

Shipper Defaults

Use the following tabs on the OnTracWS Shipper Defaults screen to configure the default information to use with this OnTracWS account:

  • Defaults Tab

  • Time In Transit Tab

Defaults Tab
Use the Defaults tab to change the Web Service settings for this OnTracWS account if required. Parcel uses this information when communicating with the OnTracWS Web Service.
Note: After you add an OnTracWS carrier, the following fields display default values for the following Web Service settings. It is recommended that you change these values only if you receive a request to do so from e2open, LLC. or OnTrac or when transitioning from a test environment to a go-live environment.

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Password

Password provided by OnTrac to access the OnTrac Web Service host.

URL

The test URL for the OnTrac Web Service. This URL needs to be changed to the production URL at go-live.

Host

The default OnTrac domain for the OnTrac Web Service.

After you fill out the information for a tab, click Save to save any changes you made or click Cancel to cancel out of the dialog without saving changes.

Time in Transit Tab
Use the Time In Transit tab to change the default arrival times for the supported services if necessary.
Note: After you add an OnTracWS carrier, the following fields display default Arrival Times for the listed OnTracWS services.

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Gold

Default Arrival Time of 08:00:00.

Ground

Default Arrival Time of 23:00:00.

Sunrise

Default Arrival Time of 10:30:00.

Palletized Freight

Default Arrival Time of 17:00:00.

After you fill out the information for a tab, click SAVE to save any changes you made or click CANCEL to cancel out of the dialog without saving changes.