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Feature Request: Add "Package Dimensions" as Automation Rule Criteria + Require Dimensions Before Label CreationNew

Hi ShipStation Product Team,I'm requesting two related features that would prevent costly UPS Dimensional Weight adjustments for ShipStation customers:1. Add "Package Dimensions" as a criteria option in Automation RulesCurrently, dimensions are only available as an Action Type ("Set Package Dimensions"). There is no way to create a rule that detects when dimensions are empty or set to 0x0x0. We need a criteria option such as "Package Dimensions Equal Zero" or "Package Dimensions Is Empty" so we can conditionally hold orders, add tags, or create alerts when dimensions are missing.2. Add an account-level setting to require dimensions before label creationShipStation currently allows labels to be created with no weight and no dimensions entered. There is no validation or warning. For any customer using UPS (or any carrier that uses Dimensional Weight billing), this is a serious problem. We need an admin toggle in Account Settings that blocks label creation unless dimensions are populated.Why this matters:We use UPS from ShipStation (One Balance). When a label is created without dimensions, UPS scans the package at their hub and applies a Dimensional Weight adjustment — often significantly higher than the original charge. Worse, when we tried to dispute these adjustments through ShipStation's automated claim portal, we were blocked because the original label had no dimensions on file (0x0x0). ShipStation's own dispute tool requires dimensions to exist on the original label.So the current situation is:- ShipStation allows labels without dimensions- UPS charges adjustments on those labels- ShipStation's dispute tool then blocks the dispute because dimensions are missingThe customer loses at every step. This needs to be fixed.We were advised by ShipStation Support to create an Automation Rule to hold orders when dimensions are empty. After reviewing every available criteria option, we confirmed with support that this criteria does not exist. Support then directed us here.We are a multi-location restaurant chain shipping across 100+ locations and this gap has directly cost us money that we cannot recover. I'm confident other ShipStation customers using UPS are experiencing the same issue.Thank you for considering this. Happy to provide additional details or screenshots if helpful.Frank Acosta

Unique Order # When Splitting OrdersNew

Until just recently, when we split an order, we could make the new split order a "dash one" and "dash two" and so forth. For example, Order #12345 needs to be split because we have part of the order available for shipment and the other half is waiting for stock to arrive on-site. In the past, we could split that order and have Order #12345 which ships now and Order #12345-1 which ships later. That also helped our accounting department bill each shipment appropriately because of their differentiating order #s.This new order screen layout has completely taken away that ability and that has dramatically and negatively affected our business. Now all shipments in that split order have the same order # but they don't have the same weights, the same # of units, the same shipping cost, etc. We can't bill based on order # now unless we manually differentiate the order #s before running them through our billing software. What an absolute pain!This also complicates when a customer calls about a shipment. They're going to provide us an order # and then we're going to have to figure out which of the splits on that order they're actually seeking info for. Not so hard when an order is split into two. But we often split orders into upwards of 7 shipments. Now we'll have to open each of those splits to find the info the customer is seeking. Again, what an absolute pain!Why in the world would you eliminate that function????? This new screen is NOT an improvement at all.