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You can use handling codes to model certain properties of your freight, such as whether unit load devices can only be loaded on the lower deck. Handling codes are supported for air freight bookings and freight orders only.

Note Note

The relevant tab page is not displayed on the user interface for freight orders until you have personalized your user interface accordingly.

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Prerequisites

  • You have defined handling codes in Customizing for Transportation Management. For more information, see Customizing under   Basic Functions   General Settings   Define Handling Codes  . You can also specify here whether handling codes are to be used internally only or also externally. Only external handling codes are transferred when air freight bookings are sent.

  • You have optionally defined a handling code constraint profile in Customizing for Transportation Management. For more information, see Customizing under   Basic Functions   General Settings   Define Handling Code Constraint Profiles  .

Features

If your forwarding order contains handling codes, the system copies these to the corresponding freight units automatically. If you assign this forwarding order to a freight order or an air freight booking, the system checks the handling codes for the freight units based on the handling code constraints in the freight order or air freight booking. For more information, see Creation of a Forwarding Order.

You can restrict the handling codes permitted for freight orders and air freight bookings by defining constraints. You enter handling codes and constraints either manually or copy them:

  • Manual entry

    You can enter handling codes and constraints manually in the freight order or air freight booking.

  • Copying from the schedule (air freight booking only)

    If you create an air freight booking by assigning freight units to a departure, the system copies the handling codes and constraints automatically from the flight schedule-based allocation. For more information about transportation allocations, see Transportation Allocation.

  • Copying from the handling code constraint profile (freight order only)

    If you have defined a handling code constraint profile and assigned it to a means of transport in Customizing, the system applies the handling codes and constraints from this profile when you specify this means of transport in your freight order. If you subsequently change these handling codes, the system treats the handling codes as though they were entered manually.