Overview
Business
Rules
in
Shipstore
are
a
way
to
automate
your
shipping
processes.
They
are
used
to
tell
the
system
to
perform
an
action
when
a
specified
condition
is
met.
Let's
look
at
an
example.
This
Business
Rule
will
print
a
Commercial
Invoice
for
the
shipment
to
FedEx
Ground
if
the
criteria
for
the
rule
is
met.
Anatomy
of
a
Business
Rule
Let's
take
a
closer
look
at
the
parts
of
a
Business
Rule.
Basics
The
Basics
tab
contains
a
name
for
the
rule
(that
you
choose),
and
when
the
rule
will
run.
In
this
case,
the
Print
Commercial
Invoice
rule
will
run After
Shipment
Label
Prints.
You
may
also
optionally
add
a
description
for
the
rule.
The
description
is
for
your
own
purposes.
Criteria
Under
Criteria,
you
can
set
the
condition
for
which
the
business
rule
will
take
effect.
In
this
case,
the
rule
only
applies
if
the ShipTo
Country
is not US-UNITED
STATES and Use
Electronic
Form is
unchecked
in
the
International
Items
section
of
the
shipment
details.
Note: If
you
do
not
add
any
criteria,
the
rule
will
always
apply
to
every
shipment.
Actions
The
Actions
section
defines
what
actions
will
be
performed
when
the
criteria
is
met,
or
what
the
system
will do as
a
result
of
the
criteria
being
met.
In
this
case,
we
have
told
the
system
that
when
all
of
the
criteria
are
met,
we
want
the
system
to generate
and
print
3
copies
of
the
Commercial
Invoice.
Note: Be sure to hit Save Changes once complete.
Child
Rules
Child
Rules
are
just
additional
business
rules
that
you
can
set
to
run
after
the
initial
business
rule
has
run.
You
can
think
of
child
rules
as nested business
rules
under
and
belonging
to
the
main parent business
rule.
You
can
add
as
many
child
rules
as
you
want
under
a
business
rule,
but
we
recommend
no
more
than
16,
because
beyond
this
number
it
begins
to
get
too
complicated
and
slows
the
system
down.
