Is it possible to pull information from the customer's order to create printable shipping documents, e.g. commercial invoices, packing lists or other printable templates?

I'm thinking of creating a template using the same method as the customer invoice template, and using rules to send a copy to the store administrator who will simply print it out. Currently our store administrators are having to copy and paste much of the information, and we would love to try and streamline the shipping document process.

In addition to that, would it be possible to create additional entry fields into the customer order e.g. Air Waybill (AWB) or other tracking number, so that we can use it in the template? If not, I think it would still be easy to print text that says "AWB: [blank]" and enter the data in a PDF editor before printing.

Please let me know if a custom template and rules is the right path.

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TR’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed

The answer to all your questions is "yes". Describing how to do this is beyond the scope of this issue queue, and depending on the workflow that you want probably involves a small amount of custom code either in your Rule action or in a custom module.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.