ShippingType
                                            IMPORTANT The SOAP API entered a limited enhancement phase in Q4 2020. Access to version 1.6 will eventually be deactivated. At this time, there is no end-of-lifecycle date.
This entity describes an Autotask Shipping Type. A Shipping Type defines a carrier for a product shipment and can be associated with a Quote entity.
In Autotask, Shipping Types are set up in the Admin module and added to a Quote in the CRM module.
Entity details
You can also retrieve this information with the Web Services API call The getEntityInfo() SOAP API call.
| Entity Name: | ShippingType | 
| Can Create: | |
| Can Update: | |
| Can Query: | 
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| Can Delete: | |
| Can Have UDFs: | 
Field definitions
The following table describes the standard Autotask field objects for this entity.
- To retrieve more detailed information specific to a particular Autotask implementation, use the Web Services API call The getFieldInfo() SOAP API call.
 - For information on entity UDFs, use getUDFInfo().
 - For String datatypes, the number in parentheses ( ) indicates the maximum number of characters allowed.
 - LT indicates Local Term.
 
For more information about fields marked as picklists, review our Understanding picklists article.
| Field Name | Label | Datatype | Read Only | Is Required | Reference Name | Picklist | 
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| AllocationCodeID | AllocationCodeID | integer | 
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                                                        AllocationCode | ||
| Description | Description | string (2000) | 
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| id | Shipping Type ID | long | 
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| IsActive | Is Active | boolean | 
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| Name | Name | string (100) | 
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