Scheduled consignment release

Release of consignments can be scheduled in Logtrade. This is however defined by carrier and since it is possible to define multiple shipping agents for one single carrier, there can be situations where you want to release consignments on a scheduled basis from Business Central by shipping agent instead of by carrier in Logtrade.

Codeunit 12063908 can be executed from the job queue to send a ChangeShipmentStatus request to Logtrade similar to what a user can do by changing status using the consignment worksheet. When calling the codeunit a filter for shipping agent code can be defined as a parameter string on the job queue card.

This example will release consignments for DHL daily at 3 pm.

The code: