ECShip for Business Central
ECShip integrates Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central with nShift (formerly Unifaun), enabling you to create, manage, and send shipping documents directly from Business Central. The companion app ECPrintNode adds cloud-based label and document printing through PrintNode.
Key Features
- Shipment creation from Sales Orders, Warehouse Shipments, Posted Sales Shipments, or from scratch
- Automatic shipment creation when warehouse shipments are posted, with optional location filtering
- Carrier management — download carriers, services, addons, and package codes from nShift
- Parcel management — multiple parcels per shipment, item-level content tracking, dimensions, and weight
- Cloud printing — print labels and shipping documents directly to any printer via PrintNode
- Pre-notifications — send shipment notification emails to recipients with tracking information
- Shipping agent mapping — map standard Business Central shipping agents to nShift carrier codes
- Freight payer control — support for sender, consignee, and third-party freight payment
Documentation
| Guide | Description |
|---|---|
| Getting Started | Installation, API key setup, and initial configuration |
| Carrier Setup | Carriers, services, addons, account numbers, and package codes |
| Shipping Agent Mapping | Map Business Central shipping agents to nShift carriers |
| Shipment Workflow | Creating, editing, and sending shipments to nShift |
| Parcel Management | Managing parcels, content, dimensions, and tracking numbers |
| Printing | PrintNode setup, printer configuration, and printing labels/documents |
| Notifications | Sending pre-notification emails to shipment recipients |
| Troubleshooting | Common issues, error handling, and debug mode |
Permission Sets
| Permission Set | Description |
|---|---|
FMD ECSHIP-ADMIN |
Full access to all ECShip tables, pages, codeunits, and reports |
FMD ECPRINTNODE-ADMIN |
Full access to all PrintNode setup tables, pages, and codeunits |
Assign one or both permission sets to users who need to work with shipping documents and printing.