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Descartes MacroPoint
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Connect to Descartes MacroPoint for real-time shipment tracking and carrier capacity intelligence.
Overview
What is Descartes MacroPoint?
MacroPoint by Descartes provides two complementary products: a Visibility API for real-time freight tracking (order creation, carrier mapping, FraudGuard fraud detection) and a Capacity API for carrier matching, lane history analysis, and load offering. Together they cover the full carrier lifecycle from finding capacity to tracking shipments.
Connection Setup
Connection Parameters
Required parameters to connect to Descartes MacroPoint.
Username
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Your MacroPoint API username. Used for both Visibility and Capacity APIs.
Password
passwordRequired
Your MacroPoint API password. Used for both Visibility and Capacity APIs.
Key Features
- Category
- visibility
- Status
- Available
- Auth Type
- Basic Auth
Key Features
- Real-time shipment tracking via carrier ELD/mobile
- Carrier partner status and mapping
- FraudGuard carrier fraud detection (DOT/MC/phone verification)
- TMS-embeddable tracking hyperlinks
- Ranked carrier matching (FindPower) by lane
- Lane history analytics with rate data
- Carrier and load data import for capacity matching
- Load offer creation and acceptance
Common Use Cases
- Automate shipment tracking when loads are dispatched
- Screen carriers for fraud before booking with FraudGuard
- Find capacity for open loads using ranked carrier matching
- Analyze historical lane rates to improve pricing
- Send load offers to matched carriers automatically
- Embed tracking links in customer portals
- Monitor carrier mapping status for partner onboarding