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You can create/update container types in bulk through bulk operation.

Steps to import CSV

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Click on 'Download Template File' to download the template file from the 'Import Container Types' page.

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'Data Dictionary' table below.
Upload the filled template file in the 'Input Records File' field, select 'Import Type' as 'Create' to create container types or 'Update' to update containers types.
Click on the 'Validate and Import' button.
Refer 'Import status' to check the status of the import job.

Sample CSV

Column Name

Data Type

Mandatory?

(Create)

Mandatory?

(Update)

Description

Permissible Values

Validations

Identifier

Integer

No

Depends

No	System auto-generated identifier for each container type.		Mandatory only while updating container type name.
Name	String	Yes

Depends

Yes	Name of the container types to be created.		It should be unique within the system. Mandatory while updating container type if the identifier the column is blank.
Name Format	String	Yes	No	Name format for the container types to create.		Refer to the 'Label Format' section of the wiki page to generate name formats.
Temperature	Integer	No	No
No. of Rows	Integer	Yes	No
No. of Columns	Integer	Yes	No
Position Labeling Mode	String	No	No	Specifies whether to use (row, column) coordinates or integers like 1, 2, 3, etc to identify positions within the container. When not specified, (row, column) coordinates labeling mode is used by default.	LINEAR TWO_D
Row Labeling Scheme	String	No	No		Numbers Alphabets Upper Case Alphabets Lower Case Roman Upper Case Roman Lower Case	Default value: Numbers
Column Labeling Scheme	String	No	No		Numbers Alphabets Upper Case Alphabets Lower Case Roman Upper Case Roman Lower Case	Default value: Numbers
Position Assignment	String	No	No	The position assignments of the containers.	HZ_TOP_DOWN_LEFT_RIGHT HZ_TOP_DOWN_RIGHT_LEFT HZ_BOTTOM_UP_LEFT_RIGHT HZ_BOTTOM_UP_RIGHT_LEFT VT_TOP_DOWN_LEFT_RIGHT VT_TOP_DOWN_RIGHT_LEFT VT_BOTTOM_UP_LEFT_RIGHT VT_BOTTOM_UP_RIGHT_LEFT
Stores Specimen	Boolean	No	No		Yes No
Can Hold#Name	String	No	No	The child container the container types can hold