# Tracking Points

Attached to a <mark style="color:purple;">shipment</mark>, they reflect operations around goods and shipment.

### The basics

A <mark style="color:purple;">shipment</mark> has at least 2 tracking points attached: *Departure* and *Delivery*. Those 2 tracking points are the minimum 2 operations around the shipment.

But many other operations can enrich tracking points within a shipment (like transport mode, National / International, State of goods…). These operations can be set manually or provided via external integrations.

### Tracking points rules

* The target time is inherited from the booking
* A tracking point cannot be rescheduled before its theoretical time.
* The recorded time is the one set by the user on the platform or by the driver mobile application.
* A tracking point can be filled afterwards.

### Status of tracking points

* A Tracking point includes a *place*, a *planned date* and an *effective date*.
* A Tracking point can be either *confirmed*, *cancelled* or *rescheduled*.

### Carrier external integration

Tracking in Shiptify has been designed to be as simple as possible and to be understood by everyone.

{% hint style="info" %}
We try to include only the most interesting carrier events and not all of them.
{% endhint %}


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