About Carrier Event Service

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Let's start with the business object model of the Carrier Event Service. In the business object model, the connection between Carrier Connect and the Carrier Event Service is clarified. You already know the business objects shipment and package from the Carrier Connect business object model.

The Carrier Event Service adds the tracking object and the carrier event to the business object model. Each shipment has at least one tracking object. A tracking object either belongs to a shipment or to a package. If each package in the shipment can be tracked individually, the tracking object is a trackable package. If only the shipment can be tracked and not the individual packages, the tracking object is a trackable shipment.

The carrier events represent the tracking data provided by the carriers in a standardized format. They can be assigned to either one or no tracking object. Each carrier event contains, among other things, the standardized ident code of the event as well as the original ident code provided by the carrier.