From v5.1, you can create/update container types in bulk through a bulk operation.
Steps to import CSV
Sample CSV
Data Dictionary
Column Name | Data Type | Mandatory? (Create) | Mandatory? (Update) | Description | Permissible Values | Validations |
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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 | Should be unique within the system, | |
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. |
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Row Labeling Scheme | String | No | No |
| Default value: Numbers | |
Column Labeling Scheme | String | No | No |
| Default value: Numbers | |
Position Assignment | String | No | No | The position assignments of the containers. |
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Stores Specimen | Boolean | No | No |
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Can Hold#Name | String | No | No | The child container the container types can hold |