| # Generate or merge handling units for shipments during picking The Generate Handling Unit for Shipment Header during Picking and Merge Handling Units at Shipment Line during Picking check boxes serve to generate a handling unit structure for shipments or shipment lines. The following examples show how to set these check boxes to generate the preferred handling unit structure.
Outbound order line | Quantity | Handling unit
--- | --- | ---
100034 | 1000 |
Outbound advice |  |
360289 | 500 | HU1
| 300 | HU2
| 500 | HU3
Release outbound advice 360289.
| Generate Handling Unit for Shipment Header during Picking | Merge Handling Units at Shipment Line during Picking
| Selected | Cleared | Selected | Cleared
1 | X |  | X |
2 |  | X | X |
3 | X |  |  | X
4 |  | X |  | X
For each combination of settings, the resulting handling unit structure is shown below. 1
Shipment | Handling unit | Quantity | Comment
--- | --- | --- | ---
454587 | HU0 | 1000 | Top level handling unit generated for the shipment header.
Shipment line | HU00 | 1000 | Intermediate level handling unit generated for the shipment line.
453286 | HU1 | 500 | The handling units from the outbound advice are merged into one shipment line and have become child handling units of HU00.
| HU2 | 300
| HU3 | 500
The handling unit structure fully reflects the shipment structure. 2
Shipment | Handling unit | Quantity | Comment
--- | --- | --- | ---
454587 |  |  |
Shipment line | HU0 | 1000 | Top level handling unit generated for the shipment line.
453286 | HU1 | 500 | The handling units from the outbound advice merged into one shipment line and have become child handling units of HU0.
| HU2 | 300
| HU3 | 500
The handling unit structure fully reflects the shipment line structure. 3
Shipment | Handling unit | Quantity | Comment
--- | --- | --- | ---
454587 | HU0 | 1000 | Top level handling unit generated for the shipment header.
Shipment line |  |  |
453286 | HU1 | 500 | The handling units from the outbound advice have become child handling units of HU0. They are not merged. Instead, because the Merge Handling Units at Shipment Line during Picking check box is cleared, for each handling unit a separate shipment line is generated.
453287 | HU2 | 300
453288 | HU3 | 500
4
Shipment | Handling unit | Quantity | Comment
--- | --- | --- | ---
454587 |  |  |
Shipment line |  |  |
453286 | HU1 | 500 | For each handling unit from the outbound advice a separate shipment line is generated.
453287 | HU2 | 300
453288 | HU3 | 500
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