When you post a warehouse shipment in Business Central, you need all your shipping bills to come out correctly for each of the source documents involved. A single warehouse shipment often pulls together several different document types, so it helps to know where the printed documents live and how to get them out efficiently.
You have three ways to get the shipping bills. You can find them from the posted warehouse shipment, you can go into each posted source document manually, or you can print them directly while you are still working on the open warehouse shipment.
You can also set up the printing to happen automatically when you post the shipment. Each printed document then follows the path of the shipment and relates to the specific items on that source document.
Printing shipping bills from a warehouse shipment with mixed source documents
A warehouse shipment can contain a mixture of source document types. From a single shipment, one line might come from a purchase return and another from a sales order, and each needs the right document printed.
From the lines on the warehouse shipment, you can open the posted source document directly. The first line in this example comes from a purchase return shipment, which you can print from there as a shipping bill. The next line is a posted sales shipment. You can find that posted sales shipment from the normal sales shipment list, but it is easier to have it printed automatically when you post the shipment.
Where to find the posted documents after posting
After posting, the documents are available in their usual places. The posted sales shipment shows up in the standard posted sales shipment list, and the same applies to the other document types. If you do not print at posting time, you can always go back and print from the posted documents later.
Q&A
How can I print shipping bills when posting a warehouse shipment?
You have three options. Print them from the posted warehouse shipment, open each posted source document manually and print from there, or print directly from the open warehouse shipment. You can also set up automatic printing so the documents come out when you post.
What happens when a warehouse shipment contains different source document types?
A warehouse shipment can mix document types, such as a purchase return shipment on one line and a sales shipment on another. From each line you can open the relevant posted source document and print the correct shipping bill for it.
Where do I find a posted sales shipment after posting a warehouse shipment?
You can find it in the normal posted sales shipment list. You can also open it directly from the line on the warehouse shipment, or have it printed automatically when you post.