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Container type is a 'template' that can be used to create containers. You can create it once and reuse it everytime every time you create new containers.

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  1. Select 'Containers' from the dashboard
  2. Click on 'Container Types' and then click 'Create' 

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From v5.1, you can create multiple container types in bulk through a bulk operation, refer to the wiki page for more details.

Delete container types in bulk

From v6.1, you can delete multiple container types. To delete multiple container types -

  1. Go to the 'Container Types' page 
  2. Select the container types to be deleted
  3. Click 'Delete'

Export/Import Container types in bulk

From v6.1 OpenSpecimen supports exporting container types in bulk. This is useful when container types are set up on the test server and have to be moved to the production server.

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To export container types:

  1. Go to the 'Container Types' page 
  2. Select the container types to be exported
  3. Click 'Export' Image Added
  4. This will export the aCSVfile

To import container types:

  1. Go to container types page of other instance of OpenSpecimen where the container types are to be imported
  2. Click 'Import' and select 'Types'
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  4. Upload the CSV file
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  6. Click 'Validate and Import'