From v5.1, you can create/update container types in bulk through a bulk operation.

Steps to import CSV

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Go to the containers' list page and click on 'Types' button
Click on 'Import' button and select option 'Types'
Click on 'Download Template File' to download the template file from 'Import Container Types' page
Enter all valid data in the template file as mentioned in the below 'Data Dictionary' table
Upload the filled template file in 'Input Records File' field, select 'Import Type' as 'Create' to create container types or 'Update' to update containers types
Click on 'Validate and Import' button
Refer 'Import status' to check the status of import job

Sample CSV

Column Name	Data Type	Mandatory? (Create)	Mandatory? (Update)	Description	Permissible Values	Validations
Identifier	Integer	No	Depends	System auto-generated identifier for each container types. Can be used to update the container types' name
Name	String	Yes	Depends	Name of the container types to be created
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. By default, when not specified, (row, column) coordinates labeling mode is used.	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