RedTail Setup

StarShip supports integration with the RedTail EDI-solution. V-Technologies partners with RedTail Solutions to provide a more seamless shipping to EDI experience. You have the option of producing the GS1-128 label from StarShip or RedTail Transaction Manager. Producing the label in StarShip allows all shipping labels to print at the same time. On Ship/Process, StarShip will transparently send shipment detail to RedTail for final creation of the ASN to the trading partner.

Setup

Select Setup > EDI from the StarShip Ship screen.
Select RedTail from the menu choices.
Check the "Enable RedTail integration" option. Once checked, the EDI integration with RedTail option is available on the Recipient tab of the Ship screen.
For EDI shipments, activate RedTail integration :

Manually : This option allows the user to manually check (or uncheck) the "Enable integration with RedTail" option on the Recipient tab.
Conditionally : This option allows you to add conditions under which RedTail will be used for EDI shipments. When conditions are met, StarShip will automatically check the RedTail check box on the Recipient tab. Note that when this field is set to Conditionally, the user cannot manually check the RedTail check box on the Recipient tab. See Define Conditions for more information.

Type the Client ID code assigned to you by RedTail Solutions into the Client ID field. This field is limited to 5 characters and is required if RedTail Integration is enabled.

Define Conditions

Follow this procedure if you are defining conditions for RedTail activation. Conditions are a number of field values or calculations (operands) connected by operators. They can be based on :

Constant Values : These are fixed values that you define. You can add a Constant Value by selecting New Constant Value from the drop-down list. Values you already created are also saved to the drop-down list.
StarShip Fields : These are fields from the Ship screen (shipment fields).

Example

In this example, we'll set up StarShip to conditionally use a Billing Type shipment field value to trigger integration with RedTail (check box on the Recipient tab).

First, set the "For EDI shipments, activate RedTail integration" to "Conditionally."
Then, click the button next to the conditions area.
Select the first Operand, i.e. StarShip shipment field, by clicking on the drop-down list. In this case, we'll select "Billing Type."
Next, choose an operator from the drop-down list. Here we are choosing "is equal to" since we want to RedTail to be activated for a specific billing type.
Select the second Operand from the drop-down list. Here we'll select "Third Party." The second operand can also be a constant value, depending on the shipment field selected. In some cases, you can also select whether the condition applies to each order or package (Pack) in the shipment or at least one order or package in the shipment. Basically, what is available in the second operand list will depend upon the field you select as the first Operand.
Multiple conditions : To add another condition, click the button in the upper right corner of the dialog. To group conditions, first select the conditions you want to group...
...and then select the AND or OR button on the top right of the dialog.

Grouped conditions can be administered by clicking on the AND or OR button in front of the condition.
When you click OK, the condition (or grouped conditions) appears in the condition area.

Field Mapping (MS Dynamics GP)

MS Dynamics GP users should perform the following field maps for RedTail. From Setup > Source Interface > MS Dynamics GP, select Customize Interface > Sales Trx.

Under Target Fields > Order :

Map "EDI PO ID" to Dynamics GP Field "RedTail PO ID".

Map "EDI POLineID" to Dynamics GP Field "RedTail PO Line ID".

Under Target Fields > Line Item :

Map "EDI POLineID to Dynamics GP Field "RedTail PO Line ID".

Shipping with RedTail Integration

While processing a shipment, users can manually check (or uncheck) the RedTail integration check box, or it is done automatically by StarShip based on certain conditions (as defined in the above setup steps).

When RedTail integration is enabled for a shipment, the EDI icon appears in the Recipient panel.

Notes

RedTail settings are saved per location.
EDI shipment information is stored in a shared directory specified in StarShip Server Manager options. See the StarShip Server Help for more information.