You can create specimens shipment in bulk through a bulk operation.

Steps to import CSV

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Go to home page and click on 'Shipments' card
Click on 'Import' button and select option 'Specimen Shipments' from shipments list page
Click on 'Download Template File' to download the template file
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 or 'Update' to update specimens shipment
Click on 'Validate and Import' button
Refer 'Import status' to check the status of import job

Sample CSV

Data Dictionary

Column Name	Datatype	Mandatory? (Create)	Mandatory? (Update)	Description	Permissible Values	Validations
Identifier	Number	No	Depends	System auto-generated unique number for every shipment		Can be left blank during add, this is used only during edit
Name	String	Yes	Depends	Name of the shipment
Courier Name	String	No	No	Courier name of the shipment
Tracking Number	String	No	No	Tracking number of the shipment
Tracking URL	String	No	No	Tracking URL of the shipment
Sending Site	String	Yes	Yes	The sending site of the shipment		Should exist within OS
Receiving Site	String	Yes	Yes	The receiving site of the shipment		Should exist within OS
Shipped Date	Date & Time	No	No	The date on which the container is shipped from sending site
Sender Comments	String	No	No
Received Date	Date & Time	No	No	The date on which the container is received at receiving site
Receiver Comments	String	No	No
Status	String	No	No		Pending Shipped Received
Sender#Email Address	Email Address	No	No	Email address of the sender		Should exist within OS
Receiver Name#Email Address	Email Address	No	No	Email address of the receiver		Should exist within OS
Shipment Item#Quality	String	No	No		Acceptable Unacceptable	Default Value: Pending
Shipment Item#Specimen#CP Short Title	String	Yes	No	The short title of the CP whose specimens has to be shipped
Shipment Item#Specimen#Specimen Label	String	Yes	Yes	The label of the specimens to be shipped
Shipment Item#Specimen#Barcode	String	No	No	The barcode of the specimens to be shipped
Shipment Item#Specimen#Location#Container	String	No	No	The name of the container in which the received specimen is to be store
Shipment Item#Specimen#Location#Row	String	No	No	Row position of the storage container
Shipment Item#Specimen#Location#Column	String	No	No	Column position of the storage container

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Specimens Shipment CSV

Steps to import CSV

Sample CSV

Data Dictionary

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