Upload Shipping Documents

Add your existing shipping documents to a shipment and choose each document's type.

  • ForShipment users allowed to upload documents
  • Task timeAbout 4 min
  • Video0:56
  • Last checked2026-10-22

Overview

Uploading is free. Eligible documents are then read by AI to extract their values, which uses credits per page.

What you'll learn

  • Open Add Documents
  • Choose files or a folder
  • Assign each document type
  • Upload and follow processing
0:56 · Captions are on by default. The video plays only when you press play.

Before you begin

Step-by-step guide

  1. Open Add Documents

    The shipment's Overview lists the documents you expect. Select Add Documents in the shipment menu.

    The shipment menu with Add Documents highlighted next to the expected documents.
    Step 1

  2. Choose your files

    Drop your files on the dialog, or select Choose files or Choose folder. Accepted: PDF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, WEBP, TIF and TIFF, up to 10 MB per file and 20 files at a time. Clear scans work best.

    The Add documents dialog with its drop area highlighted.
    Step 2

  3. Choose a type for each file

    Choose a Document type for each file. The types come from Shipment Setup. Each file's upload and quality checks start as soon as you choose.

    Four files listed, each waiting for a document type.
    Step 3

  4. Check quality and upload

    Shiplete rates each scan's quality. For a fair-quality scan, choose Keep this file or Upload a clearer copy. When every file has a type, select Upload.

    All files typed with quality ratings, Keep this file selected and Upload highlighted.
    Step 4

  5. Watch the documents being read

    On the Overview, each document gets a version and moves from Processing to Needs Review as Shiplete reads its fields. Next, open a document in the Viewer to check what was read.

    The Overview listing the uploaded documents as V1 with Needs Review and Processing statuses.
    Step 5

Expected result

The documents appear on Overview. Values appear once reading has finished.

Next tutorial

Video + guide1 min videoUse the Evidence ViewerInspect an uploaded document version, its pages and where each value came from.

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