Shipment History

Review previous shipments, reopen records, retry failed actions, and save useful history views.

Shipment History keeps a record of shipment activity completed or attempted inside Shipdexa.

It helps users answer questions like:

Which labels were created today?
Which shipments were pushed back to Shopify?
Which tracking numbers failed to sync?
Which orders were shipped yesterday?
Which shipments still need pickup?
Which labels were printed?
Which carrier was used?
How much did each shipment cost?

Shipment History is not only a record page. It is also a useful workspace for reviewing, retrying, exporting, and reusing past shipment actions.

1. Open Shipment History

To open Shipment History, select History from the left navigation.

You may also open it from:

Dashboard > Recent Shipments
My Shipments > View History
Shipment Workspace > History
Tools > Shipment History

Shipment History can show records such as:

Created shipments
Generated labels
Printed labels
Rate checks
Tracking sync attempts
Cancelled shipment drafts
Failed carrier responses
Pickup requests
Exported reports

2. Review Previous Shipment Records

Each shipment record should show enough detail for the user to understand what happened.

Useful fields include:

Shipment date
Order number
Store name
Customer name
Destination city
Province/state
Carrier
Service
Shipment cost
Tracking number
Label status
Tracking sync status
Pickup status
Created by
Last updated time

This helps the shipping team investigate issues quickly without opening carrier websites or store admin pages.

For example, if a customer asks for a tracking number, the user can search Shipment History and find the shipment immediately.

3. Reopen a Shipment from History

This matches the TablePlus idea of reusing a query from history. In Shipdexa, users should be able to reopen a past shipment or reuse part of it.

For Shipdexa, right-click options may include:

Open Shipment
Open in New Tab
Copy Tracking Number
Copy Shipment Details
Create Similar Shipment
Retry Tracking Sync
Print Label Again
View Label
Export Shipment

This is useful when users need to check an old shipment, print a label again, or create a similar shipment for the same customer.

4. Create a Similar Shipment

A useful Shipdexa feature would be Create Similar Shipment.

This lets users reuse previous shipment information instead of typing it again.

It can be helpful for:

Repeat customers
Replacement shipments
Sample shipments
Office shipments
Trade show materials
Monthly recurring shipments

Shipdexa should copy useful details, but still require the user to confirm important fields before generating a new label.

Fields that may be copied:

Ship-to address
Package size
Package weight
Carrier preference
Service type
Reference number
Shipment notes

Fields that should be regenerated:

Shipment ID
Label
Tracking number
Shipment date
Shipment cost

5. Delete a Shipment History Item

Sometimes users may need to remove a history item from the local view.

For example:

Test shipment records
Cancelled draft records
Duplicate imported records
Old failed attempts
Internal testing data

Shipdexa should ask for confirmation before deleting.

Example Message

> Are you sure you want to remove this history item from Shipdexa?

Important: deleting local history should not automatically void a real carrier label or delete the shipment from Shopify, Etsy, or WooCommerce.

That distinction must be very clear.

6. Clear Shipment History

For advanced users or administrators, Shipdexa may include a Clear History option.

This should be used carefully.

Possible options:

Clear All History
Clear Test Records Only
Clear Failed Rate Checks
Clear Draft History
Clear History Before Selected Date

Before clearing history, Shipdexa should explain exactly what will be removed.

Example Message

> This will remove local shipment history records from Shipdexa. It will not delete labels, tracking numbers, or store orders.

7. Save a History View as a Saved Shipment Action

This matches the TablePlus concept of saving a history item to Favorite.

In Shipdexa, the better version is saving a filtered history view as a Saved Shipment Action.

For example, a user may filter history to show:

Tracking not synced
Labels created today
Failed address validation
Shipments over $25
Canada Post labels
Pickup required
Shopify shipments only

Then they can save that view as a reusable action.

Example saved actions:

Tracking Not Synced
Today’s Labels
Failed Carrier Responses
Canada Post History
Pickup Required Today

8. Find Shipment Record Location

TablePlus includes a Show in Finder option to find where a query file is stored.

For Shipdexa, this should become an advanced option like Show Local Record Location or Open Local Storage Folder.

This can help when:

Support needs to troubleshoot local data
An admin wants to back up records
A user needs to export local shipment logs
The desktop app stores records locally
The team wants to move data to another machine

Possible option:

Show Local Record Location

This should be treated as an advanced function, not a daily-user feature.

9. Search and Filter Shipment History

Shipment History becomes much more useful when users can search and filter quickly.

Useful search fields:

Order number
Customer name
Tracking number
Store name
Carrier
City
Province
Postal code
Shipment status

Useful filters:

Date range
Store
Platform
Carrier
Label created
Tracking synced
Tracking failed
Pickup required
Cancelled
Draft
Manual shipment
Imported order shipment

This helps users find exactly what happened without scrolling through hundreds of records.

10. Export Shipment History

Shipment History should allow users to export records for reporting or accounting.

Export options may include:

CSV
Excel
PDF
Printable summary

Exported fields may include:

Order number
Shipment date
Store
Customer
Carrier
Service
Cost
Tracking number
Label status
Sync status

This is useful for cost review, customer service, reconciliation, and management reporting.