Overview

OnTrac is a regional parcel carrier. See the following Help topic: 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 the following Help topic: 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: 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 the following Help topic: 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:

•Geographic Code

•Transit Days

•Holidays

•Import TinT Files

For general information on time in transit, see the following Help topic: Overview of Time in Transit Calculation.