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SAP Logistics Business Network, Global Track and Trace Option
SAP Logistics Business Network, Global Track and Trace Option
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1 INTRODUCTION
Recommendation
Before you start working your way through this document, ensure you have the most recent version of this
document that is available from:
help.sap.com/gtt
1.3 Prerequisite
You are able to log on to the global track and trace option for SAP Logistics Business Network as a
Transportation Planner.
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2.2 Filters
You can apply one or more filters to reduce the number of shipments displayed. By default, the following filters
are shown:
• Shipment No.: the identifier of the shipment — click in the field to display the Define Conditions popup
where you can set the operators to specify a fuzzy search and/or multiple conditions.
• Carrier: the LBN ID of the carrier — click in the field to display a popup where you can filter the carrier
by Carrier Name and Network ID.
• Process Status: the status of the tracked process for each shipment. Shipments with statuses Early,
Overdue, Late and Delayed are highlighted with a color-coded bar on the left in the Shipment List.
Select in the drop-down list one or more of:
o As Planned: The initial status of a process.
o Delayed: When a Delay event is reported, the process status changes to Delayed.
o Early: When an actual event is reported to occur earlier than the expected time window*,
the process status changes to Early.
o Late: When an actual event is reported to occur later than the expected time window*, the
process status changes to Late.
o Overdue: When the expected time window* for a planned event is overdue, but no actual
event has been reported, the process status changes to Overdue.
*The expected time window is a time period between the earliest and latest expected business
or technical date and time.
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• Execution Status: the execution progress of a shipment. You can set your own execution status logic in
the Event-to-Action script of the GTT standard model. Select in the drop-down list one or more of:
o Completed: If all the planned Proof of Deliveries of the shipment are reported, the
execution status changes to Completed.
o In Transit: If a planned event of the shipment is reported, the execution status changes to
In Transit.
o Not Started: the initial execution status of a shipment.
• Transportation Mode: Select in the drop-down list one or more of:
o Not Defined
o Maritime Transport
o Rail Transport
o Road Transport
o Air Transport
• Shipping Type: Select in the drop-down list one or more of:
o Loose
o ULD (Unit Load Device)
o LTL (Less Than Truck Load)
o FTL (Full Truck Load)
o LCL (Less Than Container Load)
o Parcel
o FCL (Full Container Load)
o Bulk
• Planned Departure Location: Click in the field to display a popup where you can filter the location
alternative key by External ID and Location Description.
• Planned Arrival Location: Click in the field to display a popup where you can filter the location
alternative key by External ID and Location Description.
• Delivery No.: the identifier of the delivery — click in the field to display the Define Conditions popup
where you can set the operators to specify a fuzzy search and/or multiple conditions.
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2.3 Views
You can select a view, also called a variant. The view determines the filter settings. There are two types of
view, either:
• Standard: unfiltered so displays all available shipments or
• one of the customized variants, if any have been created. These include some filters that may reduce the
number of shipments displayed.
After you select your view, its name is displayed on-screen. Click Go to display the corresponding shipments.
An asterisk (*) is displayed after the view name whenever any additional filter selection(s) is made. You can
save your selection at this time to create your own view.
By default, the following columns are shown: Shipment No., Transportation Mode, Carrier, Planned Departure,
Planned Arrival, Execution Status, and Process Status.
You can change the default columns with the Settings button to display the View Settings popup.
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Below the shipment number are details of Source Location, Destination Location, ETA of Destination and the
aggregated status of planned events in a donut chart.
A Refresh icon is displayed on the top right. Click the button to update the data shown.
A Report button is displayed above the timeline for you to report the planned and unplanned events. For each
event:
• An Items button is displayed for you to check the freight units or inbound deliveries where you can drill
down to the Freight Unit Details page or navigate to the Monitor Inbound ASNs app.
• If a planned event is reported, a Reporting History button appears for you to check the details.
• If an attachment is uploaded when reporting a Proof of Delivery event, an Attachments button appears
for you to download the attachment.
Below the freight unit number are details of Source Location, Destination Location and the aggregated status of
planned events in a donut chart.
A Refresh icon is displayed on the top right. Click the button to update the data shown.
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Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. The home page displays a table of messages with high-level information about each. The list contains
up to 20 shipments. The shipment count is displayed at the bottom. For example: (20/64) indicates that
20 shipments are displayed of a total of 64.
3. If there are more than 20 shipments, click More to see the next 20.
4. As previously explained, you can set one or more filters or apply a view to reduce the number of
shipments displayed.
Results
Columns
By default, the shipment table displays the following columns:
• Shipment No.
• Transportation Mode
• Carrier
• Planned Departure
• Planned Arrival
• Execution Status
• Process Status
If you add the location information in the Manage Locations app, you can click the fields of Planned Departure
and Planned Arrival to see the location details.
You can change the columns displayed with the Settings icon to display the Define Column Properties popup.
Sort Order
The list is sorted by the date and time when the shipment is last changed with the latest shipment shown first.
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Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. From the home page, click one of the shipments displayed to drill down for more information.
3. The Shipment Details page appears.
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Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. From the home page, click one of the shipments displayed that is sent from SAP Transportation
Management to drill down for more information.
3. The Shipment Details page appears.
4. Click the Tracking Timeline tab.
5. In the timeline on the left, select an event you want to check. Click the Items button.
6. Click one of the freight units displayed to drill down for more information.
7. The Freight Unit Details page appears.
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Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. From the home page, click one of the shipments displayed to drill down for more information.
3. The Shipment Details page appears.
4. Click the Tracking Timeline tab.
5. Click the Report button. Then choose Report Planned Event or Report Unplanned Event.
• To report a planned event, click Report Planned Event in the drop-down list to display a popup
where you can select a planned event of the shipment in the list.
o Corresponding user-defined fields are shown based on your selected event type.
o You can also add Estimated Time information for certain planned event.
• To report an unplanned event, click Report Unplanned Event in the drop-down list to display a
popup where you can select an unplanned event of the shipment in the list.
o Corresponding user-defined fields are shown based on your selected event type.
o You can also add Estimated Time information for certain unplanned event.
• When you report a planned or unplanned Proof of Delivery event, you can upload attachments in
the Attachments tab.
o Supported attachment file types are: jpeg, jpg, gif, png, pdf, doc, docx, xls, and xlsx.
o For each attachment, the maximum limit is 5 MB.
o For attachments added up together, the maximum limit is 10MB.
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Context
To view the tracking timeline of a shipment, do the following:
Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. From the home page, click one of the shipments displayed to drill down for more information.
3. The Shipment Details page appears.
4. Click the Tracking Timeline tab.
• On the left, there is a timeline of the milestone events related to this shipment.
o An Items button is displayed for you to check the freight units where you can drill down to
the Freight Unit Details page.
o If a planned event is reported, a Reporting History button appears for you to check the
details.
o If an attachment is uploaded when reporting a Proof of Delivery event, an Attachments
button appears for you to download the attachment.
• On the right, there is a map view to show the real-time transportation route.
Context
To view the tracking timeline of a freight unit, do the following:
Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. From the home page, click one of the shipments displayed to drill down for more information.
3. The Shipment Details page appears.
4. Click the Tracking Timeline tab.
5. In the timeline on the left, select an event you want to check. Click the Items button.
6. Click one of the freight units displayed to drill down for more information.
7. The Freight Unit Details page appears.
8. Click the Tracking Timeline tab.
• On the left, there is a timeline of the milestone events related to this freight unit. If a planned
event is reported, a Reporting History button appears for you to check the details.
• On the right, there is a map view to show the real-time transportation route.
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Context
To view the real-time transportation route of a shipment, do the following:
Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. From the home page, click one of the shipments displayed to drill down for more information.
3. The Shipment Details page appears.
4. Click the Tracking Timeline tab. A map view is displayed on the right.
• Each route indicates one shipment. The planned route of a shipment is shown by a dashed line,
and the actual route is shown by a solid line.
• Each spot indicates one stop of the shipment with the ETA shown in the label.
• The Current Location is the last position where the last actual event is reported.
Context
To view the real-time transportation route of a freight unit, do the following:
Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. From the home page, click one of the shipments displayed to drill down for more information.
3. The Shipment Details page appears.
4. Click the Tracking Timeline tab.
5. In the timeline on the left, select an event you want to check. Click the Items button.
6. Click one of the freight units displayed to drill down for more information.
7. The Freight Unit Details page appears.
8. Click the Tracking Timeline tab. A map view is displayed on the right.
• Each route indicates one freight unit. The planned route of a freight unit is shown by a dashed line,
and the actual route is shown by a solid line.
• Each spot indicates one stop of the freight unit with the ETA shown in the label.
• The Current Location is the last position where the last actual event is reported.
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Context
To navigate to the Monitor Inbound ASNs app from a shipment, do the following:
Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. From the home page, click one of the shipments displayed that is sent from SAP ERP to drill down for
more information.
3. The Shipment Details page appears.
4. Click the Tracking Timeline tab.
5. In the timeline on the left, select an event you want to check. Click the Items button.
6. Click one of the deliveries displayed to drill down for more information. Then you navigate to the
Delivery Details page of the Monitor Inbound ASNs app.
Procedure
1. Launch the TS app.
2. From the home page, click one of the shipments displayed to drill down for more information.
3. The Shipment Details page appears.
4. Click the Tracking Timeline tab.
5. In the timeline on the left, select an event you want to check. Click the Items button.
6. Click one of the freight units displayed to drill down for more information.
7. The Freight Unit Details page appears.
7. Click a delivery number you want to check in the Freight Unit Items tab. Then you navigate to the
Delivery Details page of the Monitor Inbound ASNs app.
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To send event notifications for freight orders or freight bookings from the GTT system to your TM system, you
need to set up a connection between TM system and SAP Logistics Business Network, global track and trace
option as follows:
1. Configure a web service in your TM system
2. Configure a connection in your SAP Cloud Connector
3. Define the destination service in your SAP BTP cockpit
4. Define the destination in Event to Action of your GTT model
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To receive event notifications, you must use the B2B message interface
TransportationEventBulkNotification_In in your TM system.
For more information about the required message enhancement, see SAP Notes 2721729 and 2743015 .
1.2 Execute T-CODE SOAMANAGER in your TM system.
Under the Service Administration tab, select Web Service Configuration.
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1.5 In the popup window, fill in your own service name and security settings and save the service you created.
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1.6 Click the Display Binding icon to check your service’s Calculated Access URL.
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2.2 Log on to the Cloud Connector and perform the required configurations to make your Cloud Connector
operational.
Note
To add role collections to the subaccount user, see the following:
https://help.sap.com/viewer/cca91383641e40ffbe03bdc78f00f681/Cloud/en-
US/daca64dacc6148fcb5c70ed86082ef91.html#loiodaca64dacc6148fcb5c70ed86082ef91__table_defa
ult_role_collections_setB
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2.4 After setting up the connection between SAP BTP and your Cloud Connector, set up the connection
between your TM system and your cloud connector.
Open Cloud To On-Premise. Click the Create icon in the Mapping Virtual to Internal System section.
2.5 Fill in the Virtual Host, Virtual Port, Internal Host, and Internal Port of your TM system.
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2.6 Add a resource for your mapping internal URL. Fill in the URL Path with the Calculated Access URL from
Step “Check Your Service’s Calculated Access URL”.
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For details, see help.sap.com/gtt and search for Guide for Model Administrators.
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