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Rate Shop
The Rate Shop screen allows you to search for carrier rates using criteria including delivery dates, address details, and package dimensions. The screen can be used to quickly obtain rate quotes based on basic information, without the need to create a shipment in the system. This screen can have up to four tabs, each with slightly different search criteria.

Rate Shop
You can configure the number of tabs that appear on the screen. Carriers base their rates on a range of criteria, and these criteria vary from one carrier to the next. When choosing tabs, consider the carriers configured for this supplier. Consider also the shipper location; for example, some countries do not have post codes. System Values: Rate Shop Screen displays the system values that you can use to configure the Rate Shop screen.

System Values: Rate Shop Screen
 
Category
Key
Description
ITRAX
RATESHOP SHIP FROM MANDATORY
Possible values:
yes - the Ship From field is mandatory.
no - the Ship From field is optional.
Default value: yes.
ITRAX
RATE SHOP SHOW BASE COSTS
Determines the charges that appear in the View Rates table.
Possible values:
Customer - displays the Buying Charge column. The Buying Charge is the amount that the shipper pays the carrier for shipping the item.
Company - displays the Charge column. The Charge column contains the amount that the shipper charges the buyer for shipping the item.
Both - displays both the Buying Charge and Charge columns.
None - neither column displays.
Default value: Company
ITRAX
RATESHOP SHOW CHARGE BREAKDOWN
To view a breakdown of each charge in the View Rates table, set this system value to yes. An information icon appears beside the charge amount. When the user clicks this icon, a window pops up displaying the charge breakdown information.
Possible values: yes, no
Default value: no
ITRAX
SHOW BREAKDOWN DETERMINATION
This system value applies when the RATESHOP SHOW CHARGE BREAKDOWN system value is enabled for either the Rate Shop menu option or the Rate Shop step of Desktop Shipping. If SHOW BREAKDOWN DETERMINATION is set to yes, then information on how each charge breakdown is calculated appears on the screen.
Possible values: yes, no
Default value: yes
ITRAX
RATESHOP-TABS
Determines which tabs to show in Rate Shop and the order in which they appear.
Possible values:
ADDRESS - Rate Shop tab
POSTAL - Rate Shop (Postal Codes) tab
IATA - Rate Shop (Airport Codes) tab
POSTALSTATE - Rate Shop (Postal/State Codes) tab
Default value: POSTAL,ADDRESS
ITRAX
SPS RATESHOP PDF FILENAME
This system value specifies the filename for the PDF file of rates that the user can save to their computer. Enter the filename without the pdf file extension.
Default Value: RateShopReport
ITRAX
SPS RATESHOP SHOW PLACE OPTION
Determines whether the To Place field appears next to the To Airport field in the Rate Shop (Airport Codes) tab.