Requesting Shipment: Introduction

This section provides specific information about shipment requests. For a general introduction to shipment requests, see Shipments: Overview.

The different methods of requesting shipment each have their own subsection; the information in this current section applies to all methods.

The Dashboard displays cards for each of the different subscription plans/tiers within the primary, backup and replacement categories. Each card shows the licenses available and the total licenses in the form of numbers and a circular graphic showing the amount of product consumed and remaining. In addition, the supported form factors for each plan/tier/category can be viewed.

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To view the form factors available for each type of subscription, click the left-pointing caret on the right of the title bar on the card for each type of subscription. The Form factors available popup opens on the card. This is shown on the top card in the screenshot above; the caret of the card at the bottom is unclicked and thus does not display the available form factors.

You can put in a shipment request directly from each subscription card as well as from within the Form factors available window. For more information on creating shipment requests, see Requesting Shipment: Introduction.

Subscription (2.0) is differentiated from Subscription (1.0), and the standard products inventory is shown simply as form factors available.

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In the examples shown above, we see the subscription tiers purchased plus inventory available in addition to standard product inventory. Recent Shipments is shown on the Dashboard below that, along with Recent Purchase Orders (POs). Entitlement to products for each subscription tier is given in Key Models Per Tier.

Shippable Inventory

On rare occasions, due to limited availability, shippable quantities for a product are allocated. If there is an allocation set for a specific product you will see the availability on your Dashboard and in the Create shipment request form when requesting shipments.

If there are no shippable products available, you will not be able to request shipments. The allocation is removed as soon as the affected products become available again.

You can enable the Only show shippable inventory toggle switch on the top right of the Dashboard to see products that can be shipped through automated shipments.

If the toggle is turned on, the inventory allocation is displayed only if it has been set for a product that can be shipped using the YubiEnterprise Console (automated shipments). In that case, the remaining product volume supported by automatic shipment is smaller than the actual total remaining available allocated inventory number that can be shipped using manual and automated shipments.

Address Validation

When Yubico’s address validation service catches a discrepancy between an address in a shipment request and post office standards, the system flags the affected shipment request. Requests with such discrepancies are shown as “Incomplete” in the Status column of the Console. Incompletes must be reviewed and the proposed change accepted or rejected before the request can be processed. For instructions, see Reviewing Incompletes.

Restrictions

Post Office Boxes

Although the system can deliver to Post Office (PO) Boxes within the United States, delivery to the equivalent elsewhere in the world is unlikely to succeed.

Inventory: Channel Partners

The entity through which you submit a PO is always referred to as a channel partner. “Channel partner” is a term that covers distributors, resellers, and even Yubico itself. Yubico’s Channel partner ID (or ChannelPartnerId or channelpartner_id) is “1”.

Note

The deprecated /shipments API did not support indirect sales, i.e. the selection of channel partners (distributors, resellers). That API only supported direct sales in that the ChannelPartnerID was always set to 1, which means Yubico. To order inventory purchased through a distributor or reseller, use the /shipments_exact API.

Because inventory is sorted according to the source from which it was purchased, when requesting shipment, distinguish between inventory purchased directly from Yubico and inventory purchased through distributors and resellers doing business with Yubico. The Dashboard shows your total inventory of any given product, combining quantities purchased from all sources: both directly from Yubico and indirectly through channel partners. To find out what is in which inventory, check your purchase orders.

To find out what the channel partner (reseller or distributor) ID is:

BEFORE shipment:
 

The name of the channel partner (reseller or distributor) is shown on the Purchase orders tab, and the channel partner ID is shown on the PO detail popup accessed by clicking on the Purchase order number:

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AFTER shipment:

The Channel partner ID (Reseller or Distributor) is shown on the shipment request detail page, accessible by clicking the ID of the shipment request on the Shipments tab.

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Limits and Constraints

Names and Addresses: First Line

First name and Last name in the Console and in the CSV file for bulk shipments, map to the first line on the shipping label.

Long recipient names can be problematic for all methods of requesting shipment, because the shipment request will fail if the contents of the First name and Last name fields and/or Company or recipient fields exceed the maximum number of characters permitted in these fields (shown in the table below).

Workaround: When a recipient’s full name or company name exceeds the fields’ maximum lengths, split the names across the three fields, as in this example:

Location Field (limit=15) Field (limit=20) Field (limit=20)
API recipient_firstname recipient_lastname recipient
CSV First name Last name Company
Console First name Last name Company
Example of an overly long name before adjustment to fit the fields
  Johannes-Maximilian von Derschowitz-Dampfloch zu Querdenker
Example after adjustment
  Joh.-Maximilian v.DerschowitzDampfloch zu Querdenker

Company Name: Second Line

The second line on the shipping label maps to the name of the recipient’s company if the address is not residential. For example, the system’s address verification function recognizes that Yubico’s Santa Clara facility is in a commercial building, therefore the company name is expected in:

  • The Company field/table cell in the Console and in the CSV file.

  • The recipient field in the API

    Note

    API: Do not use the /shipments recipient field to specify the name of the individual to whom products are to be shipped. For this, use the recipient_firstname and recipient_last name fields instead.

If the address is residential, leave empty:

  • The Company field/table cell in the Console and in the CSV file.
  • The recipient field in the API.

Address Information

Incomplete or incorrect address information might cause validation errors. For example, entering the following information for a shipment request would result in failure because USPS recognizes that there are multiple companies in the building whose address is 530 Lytton Avenue:

Jan Lindberg
530 Lytton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
USA

Similarly, entering the following information for a shipment request would result in failure because a residential address would not be associated with a company.

Jan Lindberg
Yubico Inc.
6 Lea Rd
Dronfield S18 1SB
UK

When adding address information, you can for example use the address formats provided by Google Maps, see note in Troubleshooting. The limits on the various fields and the options for the dropdown are given in Shipment Request Form Fields.

Address Validation
Every 15 minutes, the system validates addresses; therefore you might have to wait up to 15 minutes to find out if your shipment request has been queued for fulfillment. (For details, see Shipping Status Codes.)
Availability of Stock/Inventory
Shipment allocations may be set. (For details, see Shippable Inventory.)
Non-subscription Purchases
Shipment requests can be made for up to one year after a PO is submitted.
Subscription Purchases
Availability of products depends on the stock/inventory from which the products are drawn. (For details, see Tier Sub-categories.)

Inventory Matters

Subscription (2.0)

Subscription (2.0) - full list of inventory (stock) types
Name of Tier

Initial or
Replacement
Primary or
Backup
Console: “Product selection”,
“Products” dropdown
Base Standard tier
(FIDO-only key license(s))
Security Keys only
Initial Primary Base Standard Primary
Backup Base Standard Backup
Replacement Primary
Base Standard
Primary Replacemen
Backup
Base Standard
Backup Replacement
Base Plus tier
Initial Primary Base Plus Primary
Backup Base Plus Backup
Replacement Primary
Base Plus
Primary Replacement
Backup
Base Plus
Primary Replacement
Advanced Standard tier
(Multiprotocol key license(s))
YubiKey 5 Series including
YubiKey 5 Ci
Initial Primary
Advanced Standard
Primary
Backup
Advanced Standard
Backup
Replacement Primary
Advanced Standard
Primary Replacement
Backup
Advanced Standard
Backup Replacement
Advanced Plus tier
Initial Primary Advanced Plus Primary
Backup Advanced Plus Backup
Replacement Primary
Advanced Plus
Primary Replacement
Backup
Advanced Plus
Backup Replacement
Compliance Standard tier
(Certified key license(s))
FIPS, CSPN

Initial Primary
Compliance Standard
Primary
Backup
Compliance Standard
Backup
Replacement Primary
Compliance Standard
Primary Replacement
Backup
Compliance Standard
Backup Replacement
Compliance Plus tier
Initial Primary Compliance Plus Primary
Backup Compliance Plus Backup
Replacement Primary
Compliance Plus
Primary Replacement
Backup
Compliance Plus
Backup Replacement

Subscription (1.0)

The full list of options that were potentially available in Subscription (1.0) is given below. The actual list depends on what you have purchased. Explanations for the terms in the list are given in the table below the list. For more details on subscription and non-subscription purchasing, see Modes of Purchase.

Subscription (1.0): Full List of Inventory Types

  • Primary Subscr - Base Tier: Initial
  • Primary Subscr - Base Tier: Buffer
  • Primary Subscr - Base Tier: Replacement
  • Primary Subscr - Adv. Tier: Initial
  • Primary Subscr - Adv. Tier: Buffer
  • Primary Subscr - Adv. Tier: Replacement
  • Primary Subscr - Prem. Tier: Initial
  • Primary Subscr - Prem. Tier: Buffer
  • Primary Subscr - Prem. Tier: Replacement
  • Primary Subscr - FIPS Tier: Initial
  • Primary Subscr - FIPS Tier: Buffer
  • Primary Subscr - FIPS Tier: Replacement
  • Backup Subscr - Base Tier: Initial
  • Backup Subscr - Base Tier: Buffer
  • Backup Subscr - Base Tier: Replacement
  • Backup Subscr - Adv. Tier: Initial
  • Backup Subscr - Adv. Tier: Buffer
  • Backup Subscr - Adv. Tier: Replacement
  • Backup Subscr - Prem. Tier: Initial
  • Backup Subscr - Prem. Tier: Buffer
  • Backup Subscr - Prem. Tier: Replacement
  • Backup Subscr - FIPS Tier: Initial
  • Backup Subscr - FIPS Tier: Buffer
  • Backup Subscr - FIPS Tier: Replacement
  • Non-subscription - Base Tier
  • Non-subscription - Advanced Tier
  • Non-subscription - Premium Tier
  • Non-subscription - FIPS Tier
  • Standard Products
Standard Products Subscription Non-subscription
Standard products are
physical keys purchased
outright (on your PO
you will not find
“Standard Products”,
but instead the actual
products/models that
you purchased).



There is a primary
subscription and a backup
subscription for each
tier (product grouping):
Base, Advanced, Premium,
and FIPS. Each of those
tiers has Initial,
Buffer, and Replacement
sub-categories, explained
in the table below,
The non-subscription
tiers are for virtual
keys. Unlike
subscription tiers,
non-subscription
tiers have no
sub-categories.




Tier Sub-categories

Stock: Initial, Buffer, Replacement
Initial
The stock in this category reflects the
total number of users on the subscription. This
lot can be drawn upon for 12 months from the
start of your subscription term.
Buffer
This category is made available to you free of
charge when your subscription begins. You can
draw on it throughout the term of your
subscription.
Replacement
This category is intended for those who have
lost their YubiKeys or want to upgrade. The
stock in this category is reset each year of
the subscription to the Replacement limit.

Timing

Shipment Requests
Shipment requests can be edited or deleted until 2am PST (10am GMT), the day after they were entered. For instructions on these procedures, see Editing or Deleting a Shipment.)
Delivery

Normal (standard) shipping: Typically, shipments will take 5-7 days for delivery in North America and Europe. Delivery to other parts of the world will take longer.

Expedited (rush) shipping: Typically, shipments within North America can be delivered in 1 business day. It may take longer to deliver shipments to other parts of the world, but Yubico will leverage the fastest delivery service reasonably available.

Shipment Status Messages

These error messages accessible via the API tell you why a given shipment request was unsuccessful. It is worth reviewing them before making any shipping requests in order to see what sort of issues might arise and thereby avoid them in the first place.

In the Explanation column, the source of the message is given: YubiEnterprise Delivery system for internal messages, US Validation for the US Postal Service, and finally, International Validation. Messages originating from the last two are simply passed on to you by YubiEnterprise Delivery.

YubiEnterprise Delivery API status messages
Message Explanation
InventoryProductId not specified for
ProductId %d - ShipmentStateError
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Too many keys in shipment -
TotalKeysShipped %d > %d - ShipmentStateError
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Not enough Inventory for Shipment -
ShipmentStateError
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Re-enter the address differently; some parts
of it are invalid.
US Validation
The address is invalid.

US Validation
The address is valid.

No further explanation required.
US Validation
Remove the ‘secondary unit designator’
(apt, suite, department, etc.)
because it is superfluous.
Remove the apartment number, unit, etc.:
it is considered wrong or unnecessary.
US Validation
Enter second line information (apartment, unit,
etc.). The information in the primary line is not
specific enough.
Add the apartment number, unit, etc.
US Validation

The address is a valid military address.

No further explanation required.
US Validation
The address is a valid General Delivery address
where individuals without permanent addresses
can receive mail.
No further explanation required.
US Validation

The address is valid. An organization such as a
government agency can have its own zipcode
because it receives a large volume of mail.
No further explanation required.
US Validation

Enter a street number; for example, for Yubico
“Lytton Ave” alone is not sufficient, it needs to
be “530 Lytton Ave”.
The number on the primary line, for example
the “185” in “185 Berry Street” is missing.
US Validation
Enter a valid street number.


The number on the primary line, for example
the “185” in “185 Berry Street” not valid.
US Validation
Enter a PO Box, Rural Route, or Highway
Contract number.
US Validation

Enter a valid PO Box, Rural Route, or Highway
Contract box number.
US Validation

Enter the Private Mailbox (PMB) identifier or the
# sign, followed by the PMB number.
PMB number is Private Mailbox Number
US Validation
This address is not eligible to receive mail.

US Validation

The address is that of a Commercial Mail
Receiving Agency (CMRA) a private business that
accepts mail for recipients, and the required
private mailbox information is present.
US Validation



The address is missing some important
secondary line information
(apartment, unit, etc).
No further explanation required.
International Validation

Mail is unlikely to arrive at this destination
- please verify input.
No further explanation required
International Validation
This street could not be found within the city
or postal code.
No further explanation required
International Validation
Invalid OrganizationId for Shipment

YubiEnterprise Delivery system

Country Code not set for Shipment

YubiEnterprise Delivery system

Country could not be found from
CountryCode2: %s
Country code entered is not in
YubiEnterprise Delivery system list
Shipment has no shipment items

YubiEnterprise Delivery system

DeliveryType not set for Shipment,
defaulting to 1 - normal
YubiEnterprise Delivery system

Invalid DeliveryType %s for Shipment

YubiEnterprise Delivery system

InventoryType not set for Shipment,
defaulting to 1
YubiEnterprise Delivery system

InventoryType %s not valid set for Shipment

You cannot use this InventoryType for this
shipment - YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Negative quantity entered for ShipmentItem
with ProductId=%d defaulting to 0

You set the quantity of the specified
ProductID to be shipped to less than zero.
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Invalid ShipmentProductQuantity for
ShipmentItem %d
You probably do not have sufficient inventory.
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Invalid ShipmentProductLineCost for
ShipmentItem %d
YubiEnterprise Delivery system

Invalid Shipment - Total keys in shipment
greater than 500
You cannot ship more than 500 items at once.
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Shipment has zero total item quantity

The number of items to be shipped must be > 0.
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
US Address is missing the state
name/abbrevation in region field
No further explanation required.
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Bad ProductId in ShipmentProduct for
NewShipmentProduct
ProductID is wrongly specified or invalid.
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Input for %s exceeded limit of %d characters


Specified field cannot accept the number of
characters that were entered.
YubiEnterprise Delivery system
Shipment of these products to this country
using this delivery type is not supported
For more information, see Delivery Policies.
Shipment request contravenes one or more
business rules.
YubiEnterprise Delivery system

Reviewing Incompletes

The address validation service flags addresses that are problematic or defective in some way, and displays this information on the Console in the Status column on the Dashboard tab. For a complete list of the different statuses and what they indicate, see Shipping Status Codes. To ensure your shipping request is accepted and processed, always verify that it has not been flagged Incomplete.

Step 1:

On the Shipments tab, in the Actions menu next to the Create shipping request button, select Review incompletes. The list of shipping requests with incomplete addresses is displayed:

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Step 2:

To find out what is wrong with an address and/or correct it, click the Edit icon at the end of the row containing the item. See Editing or Deleting a Shipment. The Edit Shipment dialog indicates the problem. In the example below, the recipient name is incorrect.

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Step 3:

The address validation process stops at the first error it finds in a given request (or in the case of a CSV file, in a given row). In the example above, it stopped at the name of the recipient, but the address in the example above would not be validated either. For this reason, continue to run the Review Incompletes activity until no more errors are found in your shipment request.

Editing or Deleting a Shipment

You can update an address or delete a shipment request until it is locked for processing and fulfillment, see Timing. This applies for both Automated and Manual type of requests. However, to edit or delete a Manual shipment request, you must contact Yubico to update the shipment request.

Step 1:

To edit a shipment, click the Edit [pencil] icon in the appropriate row of the table. The Shipment details page appears. To make name and/or address changes, scroll down to the Edit Shipment section.

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Step 2:

To make changes in either products or inventory, scroll down further to the Product Selection section. Be aware that Shippable Inventory limits might apply.

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Step 3:

Either make the required changes and click Update or click Delete shipment. The update function validates the fields, with a mouseover warning on any fields requiring input.

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Step 4:

Verify that the system is able to validate all the input in your shipment request by running the Review Incompletes activity (see Reviewing Incompletes).

Bulk Deletion of Shipment Requests

To delete multiple shipment requests at the same time, do the following:

Step 1:

On the Shipments tab, go to the Actions dropdown list, and select Bulk operations. The Bulk Operations screen appears showing shipment requests that can be deleted (those that have not yet been processed).

Step 2:

Select the checkbox in the row you want to delete. To delete all, select the checkbox in the header row and click Delete shipments on the upper right. The selected shipment requests are deleted.

To revert the Select all action, deselect all the shipment requests by clicking the checkbox in the header row again.

Refunds

When shipments fail to arrive at their destination, the price of product(s) plus shipping is refunded. The status of such a shipment is recorded as “Lost/Missing”.

Viewing Refunds

Console Owners, Admins, and Auditors can access refund details from the Shipments tab. On the upper right, click the Action dropdown menu and select Processed refunds.

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The list of processed refunds appears. The Processed refunds table shows the following information:

  • Shipment ID
  • Inventory product type (shipping, subscription type, etc.)
  • PO reference if applicable (link to PO from which the refunded inventory was drawn)
  • Refund quantity (this value will be “0” for shipping)
  • Product name
  • Refund date
  • Refunded amount

To see more details, click the Shipment ID of the desired shipment, or click the Download refund CSV file (see Downloading List of Refunds).

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Downloading List of Refunds

To download a CSV file listing all the data shown on the list of processed refunds, click the Download refund CSV button.

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The downloaded spreadsheet contains the following information for each refunded shipment request:

  • shipment_id
  • refund_date
  • organization_name
  • reseller_name
  • reseller_id
  • inventory_product_type
  • product_name
  • refund_quantity
  • product_cost
  • refunded_product_tax
  • refunded_product_vat
  • refunded_shipping_fee
  • refunded_shipping_tax
  • refunded_shipping_vat
  • purchaseorder_number
  • country_code_2
  • shipment_request_date
  • shipped_date
  • recipient_company
  • recipient_email
  • recipient_firstname
  • recipient_lastname
  • recipient_telephone
  • street_line1
  • street_line2
  • street_line3
  • city
  • region
  • postal_code