Connections

Definition

Connections represents a node of the Supply-Chain and can be an origin or a destination of an order.

In Hubble, a connection could be of several types:

Type	Definition
Manufacturer	A place where stock is produced
Customer	B2B customer : distributor, wholesaler, store, ...
Marketplace	An individual consumer (B2C)
Warehouse	A place where stock is stored
Entity	A company headquarters (used for billing)
Forwarder	A company in charge of forwarding / transportation arrangement

For example, in the below simple Supply-Chain, we have 3 nodes:

Therefore 3 connections will be created in Hubble

• My factory is a Manufacturer
• My warehouse is a Warehouse
• My distributor is a Customer

Each connection is composed of:

• General information: code, name, type
• An address
• One or several contacts

note

Connection type is just an information and has no impact on Hubble behavior (except for specific extraction to WMS). Marketplace is supposed to be unique for a given order.

View connections

Connections can be accessed through the menu Connections in MASTER DATA section:

Click on a connection code to view connection detail.

Page Layout

Connection page is organized in 2 cards:

• General information
• Details:
  • Address tab: Shipping address & main contact
  • Settings tab: Settings to get specific behavior for this connection

Fields

General information

Field	Definition	Mandatory?
Code	Main code for this connection. It should be unique for the whole data set	Y
Name	Name of the connection	Y
Active	If untick, the connection is not available for selection in orders: the data is just kept for history purpose
Type	Type of the connection, see above
Business registration nb	Registration number, to be displayed on invoices
Business registration type	Registration type, to be displayed on invoices
External ID	Secondary identifier, for communication with third party systems (ex: Cargowise)

Address

Address can be used as

• shipping address for warehouse operations (for orders to B2B customers, B2C customers, )
• address on documents: packing lists, invoices, ...

Field	Definition	Mandatory?
Address line 1	First line of address
Address line 2	Second line of address
Address line 3	Third line of address
District	If the city is organized in districts
Zip code	Postal zip code
City	City
State/province	State or Province (ex: California, 广东省，...)
Country code	Country code with ISO 3166-2 standard
Country name	Country name
Phone	Fixed phone to reach the location

caution

For Marketplace only, a field Shipping address is available. This field is the shipping address used for express delivery, in particular for connection with kuaidi100.

In this field, the shipping address is given in 1 single value with the country's way of displaying orders. For example, in China, the standard is Province City District Address (广东省 深圳市 南山区 广东路888号)

This field is automatically filled by Hubble when the order is coming from Qimen, but it should be managed by external systems if the order is coming from other channels. If needed, it is possible to change it and request a new express tracking nb and label.

Contact

Contact can be used for display in documents.

Field	Definition	Mandatory?
Name	Contact name
Phone	Contact phone
Email	Contact email address

Settings

Field	Definition	Mandatory?
Release threshold (cbm)	Threshold to automatically release a Hold order
Preferred currency	Currency used for invoicing this customer, to be displayed in invoices
Invoiced with retail price?	If yes, product retail price will be used on invoice. If no, wholesale price will be used.

Create and edit connections

Role user

Form

You can use form to create or edit a single Connection. See form for more details about form usage.

• Create is accessible from list view: an empty form will appear to create a new connection. Connection code must be unique: if already used, an error message will be displayed after submit
• Edit is accessible from the detailed view of a given connection: a form with current data will appear

Mass upload

Connections can be uploaded by Excel. See mass upload for the whole upload process.

Default template

The default template for upload of connections is:

Field	Level	Pivot column	Constraint	Excel column
Code	Product	Y	Mandatory	A
Name	Product	Y	Mandatory	B
Type	Product	Y	Mandatory, and should be one of the 6 allowed connection types	C

Example of upload with default template

For example, if the following file is uploaded:

	Column A	Column B	Column C	Good input?
Row 1	STORE01	Store 1	Customer
Row 2	STORE02	Store 2
Row 3	STORE01	Store 1	Customer

• Store 1 will be created successfully
• Store 2 will be not be created since Type is mandatory
• Last line won't be created since Store 1 is duplicated