system.mes.inventory.ship

Ships inventory from the MES based on the provided parameters.

Syntax

system.mes.inventory.ship(**ship_request)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
type	String	The type of request defined by the LotRecordType Enum. It is internally set and must not be modified, as changes may break functionality.
quantity	Double	The quantity to ship from the location.
unitOfMeasureSymbol	String	The symbol of the unit of measure for the quantity.
lotIdOrName	String	The ID or name of the inventory lot that will be shipped.
materialIdOrPath	String	The ID or path of the material being shipped.
sourceLocationIdOrPath	String	The ID or path of the location from which inventory will be shipped.
operationId	String (ULID)	The ID of the operation shipping this inventory.
productionOrderIdOrName	String	The ID or name of the production order associated with the ship.
materialReasonCodeId	String (ULID)	The ID of the material reason code to add additional context.
startDate	Instant	The start date and time of the ship.
endDate	Instant	The end date and time of the ship.
ongoing	Boolean	Indicates whether this request is ongoing.
inventoryName	String	The name of the inventory the shipped inventory goes to.
notes	String	Notes related to the ship request.
spare1	String	Additional field for user-defined context.
spare2	String	Additional field for user-defined context.
spare3	String	Additional field for user-defined context.

Returns

Returns a JSON representation of an inventory lot record for a Ship Request.

Code Examples

# Generate the object structure for a new ship request object with no initial arguments
new_request = system.mes.inventory.newShipRequest()

# Set basic attributes for the new ship request
new_request['materialIdOrPath'] = 'Bottle/Milk'
new_request['sourceLocationIdOrPath'] = 'DairyCo'
new_request['quantity'] = 610
# (You can continue setting other properties as needed here)

# Ship the request
shipped_request = system.mes.inventory.ship(**new_request)

# Output the JSON representation of the shipped request
print(shipped_request)