CloseGroundShipments Method
Closes out all FedEx Ground shipments made for the day or generates reports for the last 3 days' close requests.
Syntax
[VB.NET] Public Sub CloseGroundShipments()
[C#] public void CloseGroundShipments();
Remarks
Closing is a function to be used for FedEx Ground shipments only. Express shipments are automatically closed and do not require you to perform a specific close operation. The Close service allows you to reconcile shipping information for your Ground shipments and print a Ground Manifest for your Ground driver.
At the end of the shipping day, you should perform the FedEx Ground End of Day Close procedure. To do so, call the CloseGroundShipments method. The Ground manifest (Manifest stored in ReportFile) is generated after a successful close and must be printed before your Ground shipments are tendered to FedEx. This is required to be tendered to FedEx along with your packages if they are being picked up by FedEx Ground. If you are dropping the packages off at a FedEx drop-off location, the manifest is not required.
You may continue to ship Ground packages after a Close has been performed. The Close service may be performed multiple times during your shipping day. Use the Close service to initiate the final stage of processing all shipment data submitted for the day (close of business).
A customer cannot cancel any shipments once they are closed out. However, shipments can be added to a day's shipment after a close operation has been performed and multiple closes can be performed in a day.
When this method is called, the following properties must have been set:
- Server (required)
- DeveloperKey (required)
- Password (required)
- AccountNumber (required)
- MeterNumber (required)
- CloseRequest (required)
ReportType specifies the type of report. Only one type of report can be returned per Close request. If you need multiple report types you will have to issue multiple CloseGroundShipments requests.
The report will automatically be written to the file specified by ReportFile. These reports can be printed anytime during the shipping day for shipments that have already been closed (up to three days in the past).