Pull from ShipBob

How to authenticate

Use the ShipBob integration in Parabola.

1. Get your credentials:
   From your ShipBob dashboard, go to Developer → API settings and generate a Personal Access Token (PAT).
2. Connect in Parabola:
   • In your flow, add a Pull from ShipBob step.
   • Click Authenticate, and paste your Personal Access Token into the authentication field.
   • Choose the ShipBob resource you want (e.g., Orders, Shipments, Inventory) and set any filters (date ranges, statuses, locations).
3. Test & save:
   • Run the step to preview a sample of records.
   • Save the connection for reuse across flows.

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.