Checking and converting host system abbreviations for quantity units

Carrier Connect uses certain standard quantity unit abbreviations.

Check whether the shipping orders transmitted from your host system to Carrier Connect use the specified abbreviations for quantity units.

If your system uses the abbreviation listed below, no further action is required.

Abbreviation

Name

pair

pair

pc

pieces

ccm

cubic centimeters

cdm

cubic decimeters

cl

centiliters

cm

centimeters

cuft

cubic foot

cuin

cubic inches

dm

decimeters

ft

feet

g/ccm

grams per cubic centimeter

gr

grams

h

hours

hl

hectoliters

in

inches

kg

kilograms

kg/m3

kilograms per cubic meter

km

kilometers

l

liters

lb

pounds

m

meters

m3

cubic meters

mi

miles

ml

milliliters

mm

millimeters

nm

nanometers

oz

ounces

qcm

square centimeters

qdm

square decimeters

qm

square meters

qmm

square millimeters

t

metric tons

µm

micrometers

How to convert deviating or additional quantity units

If you use other abbreviations or spellings in your company, you must convert them to the standard abbreviations in Carrier Connect.

  1. From the Office, go to Master data – QTY unit conv. lists to create new quantity unit conversion lists.
  2. Fill in the Abbreviation and Description fields.
  3. In the Conversion entries field group, click New.
  4. In the Host code column, enter all the quantity units you wish to add.
  5. In the Quantity unit column, assign each of the host codes a quantity unit used by AEB.
  6. Click Save & close to save your changes.

How to assign your new quantity unit conversion list to your host system ID

  1. From the Office, go to Master data – QTY unit conv. assignments.
  2. Click New.
  3. In the Host system ID field, enter the ID of the host system that is transmitting the new quantity unit.

    4. If the host system is an SAP system, the host system ID is often made up of a combination of “SAP system_client”, e.g. SAPQ_100. We recommend that you maintain all host system IDs in the test system of Carrier Connect (e.g. development, test, prod).

  4. From the Conv. list drop-down list, select the conversion that you created earlier.
  5. Click Save & close to save your specifications.

How to check which host system ID you are transmitting

  1. Open the corresponding shipping order.
  2. On the System sheet under Data import / interface information, you can find the Host system ID.

The host system ID is transmitted from your host system via the “clientSystemId” field. The API documentation can be found here.