Pull from ShipBob

How to authenticate

Use the ShipBob integration in Parabola.

1. Open the Pull from ShipBob step
2. Click the blue Authorize button, then click Add ShipBob account
3. A pop-up window will appear where you can securely authorize the app with your ShipBob credentials. After entering your credentials, scroll to the bottom of the page and click, Allow and Install
   
4. Once you're returned to Parabola, you're ready to start pulling in data
   
   1. Recommended: Save your account to use it across flows without re-authenticating each time by clicking "Edit accounts" ➡️ "..." ➡️ "Set as default." 
      
   2. We also recommend clicking "..." ➡️ "Sharing settings" ➡️ "Team can edit"

Available data

You can bring the following ShipBob objects into Parabola (names may vary slightly from your ShipBob account terminology):

• Orders & Order Items: customer, line items, fulfillment status, totals, timestamps.
• Shipments & Tracking: carriers, tracking numbers, statuses, delivery dates, costs.
• Products / Variants (SKUs): identifiers, titles, barcodes, dimensions, weights.
• Inventory Levels: on-hand, available, allocated, backordered by fulfillment center/location.
• Receivings / Inbounds: ASNs, received quantities, discrepancies, timestamps.
• Returns & Return Items: reasons, dispositions, quantities, restock outcomes.
• Taxonomy / Categorization: product categories, tags, collections for reporting.

Common use cases

• Reconcile order data across Shopify, NetSuite, and ShipBob to spot mismatches in fulfillment status, tracking, or completion.
• Three-way match purchase orders, receipts, and invoices using ShipBob data to catch quantity and pricing variances.
• Pull real-time product and inventory data from ShipBob and your ERP to refresh daily dashboards and flag location-level discrepancies.
• Monitor pick/pack/ship times, missed SLAs, and delayed shipments to generate internal and partner reports.
• Combine ShipBob data with PO and transportation feeds for end-to-end visibility into inbound shipments, customs progress, and receiving accuracy.

Tips for using Parabola with ShipBob

• Schedule your flow to run on the cadence your team needs (e.g., hourly for SLAs, nightly for reconciliations).
• Normalize IDs early (Order ID, SKU, Location) so downstream joins to Shopify/ERP data are consistent.
• Create data quality checks with Filters and Formula steps—flag negative inventory, missing tracking, or delayed receipts.
• Use Branches to route exceptions (e.g., shipments missing costs) to separate review queues.
• Send alerts via Email or Slack exports when thresholds are breached (missed SLA, ASN discrepancy, return spike).
• Cache reference tables (Products, Locations) in a separate flow and Import from another flow to speed up runs.

That’s it! Once connected, you can mix ShipBob data with your other systems to automate the workflows that keep fulfillment humming.