DACHSER - Pallet places, goods groups and order groups

Four new optional attributes entries are now supported on shipments booked with DACHSER products. They are declared through the existing attributes arrays:

• order_group (shipment level) - free text.
• goods_group and goods_group_quantity (parcel level) - these two belong together. If only one of them is given on a parcel, the shipment is rejected with an error naming the missing field.
• pallet_places (parcel level) - accepts up to two decimals (e.g. 0.25 for a quarter pallet). Values are summed across all parcels and sent to DACHSER as a single number. If no parcel declares the attribute, nothing is sent - so declare 0 explicitly if you want to report zero pallet places.

{
  ...
  "attributes": [
    {
      "name": "order_group",
      "value": "A"
    }
  ],
  "parcels": [
    {
      "weight": 250000,
      "attributes": [
        { "name": "goods_group", "value": "B" },
        { "name": "goods_group_quantity", "value": "2" },
        { "name": "pallet_places", "value": "1.5" }
      ]
    }
  ],
  ...
}

DACHSER expects specific values in goods_group and order_group - agree these with DACHSER, as Shipmondo does not validate them.

Find the full specification in our Shipments API reference.