Sortation Exception Report 
The Sortation Exception Report describes sortation error information about a mail run according to ZIP Destination or tray piece count, as well as the individual mailpiece errors identified by MERLIN.   Figure 5- 7 shows the report and Table 5- 3 and Table 5- 4 describe the fields on the report.

Figure 5- 7: Sortation Exception Report
Table 5- 3 describes the information contained in the summary section of the Sortation Exception Report.
Table 5- 3: Sortation Exception Report (Summary section)
Field	Description	
Tray Number	The tray number to which the report applies	
Tray Tag Information	Tray tag information	
The Sortation Exception Report describes the specific errors of a given run.  Table 5- 4 describes the information contained in the individual error section of the report.
Table 5- 4: Sortation Exception Report (Individual error section)
Field	Description	
MPID	Mailpiece ID number assigned by MERLIN.  This field is blank if the error is a problem with the overall run.	
Package ID	Package ID assigned by MERLIN	
Weight	Weight of individual mailpiece or weight of the tray/sack if the error is a problem with the overall run	
Error Text	A description of the problem.  For example:
•	Tray/Sack contains X missorted pieces
•	Tray only has XXX pcs, 150 minimum
•	Incorrect Piece Sortation. Piece ZIP Code = 53203