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

Steps to import CSV

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Go to the containers' list page and click on the 'Types' button.
Click on the 'Import' button and select option 'Container Types'.

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

Enter all valid data in the template file as mentioned in the 'Data Dictionary' table below.
Upload the filled template file in the 'Input Records File' field.
Select 'Import Type' as 'Create' to create new container types or 'Update' to update the existing container types.
Click on the 'Validate and Import' button.
Refer to' Import status' to check the status of the import job.

Sample CSV

Data Dictionary

Column Name	Data Type	Mandatory? (Create)	Mandatory? (Update)	Description	Permissible Values	Validations
Identifier	Integer	No	No	System auto-generated identifier for each container type.		Mandatory only while updating container type name.
Name	String	Yes	Yes	Name of the container types to be created.		It should be unique within the system. Mandatory while updating container type if the identifier of the column is blank.
Name Format	String	Yes	No	Name format for the container types to create.		Refer to the wiki page's 'Label Format' section 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

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Container Types CSV

Steps to import CSV

Sample CSV

Data Dictionary