Bulk importing consignments is best used for:

Promotional Activities

Sending the same freight item details (one carton or satchel) to multiple different receivers using the same Carrier Service.

e.g. I want to send a promo box to all my Bunnings partners. I know that I have 50 Bunnings receivers and I have all the receiver details in a list.

OR

I have a new product demo that I want to have it sent to all my branches so they can have their customers test the new product.

Limitations

Bulk importing consignments cannot be used for:

Dangerous Goods consignments

Dangerous Goods need to be officially declared, in OneFlo, due to DG compliance regulations
Dangerous Goods need item level information, which Bulk Uploads does not currently collect

Consolidation

Bulk imported consignments will not consolidate.

Bulk importing consignments is not recommended for:

Small number of consignments

Bulk uploading consignments could take longer than manually filling out the form in OneFlo. It is recommended for customers that frequently have more than 20 consignments created a day.

Returns

Bulk uploading consignments will be treated as an outbound consignment by the system. This could cause issues with the cost of the consignment.

Multiple items per consignment

Instructions

Step 1: Accessing the Import Consignments page

In OneFlo, click on the settings cog ⚙ in the top right hand corner of the page > Click Import Consignments

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Step 3: Mapping the file

The page should look like this, though there could be some small differences:

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The top section is for editing any errors:

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And the bottom section is for mapping the headings. If there are any --Select File Column-- In the second column, click on the drop down boxes and match them to the first column appropriately

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Step 4: Importing the file

After mapping the file headers, click Import Data t the top of the screen.

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This will take you to a new screen where, if there are any errors, they can be corrected here. Refresh the page after a while to see if any errors appear, or if they have processed. If there are a large number of consignments, this may take some time to process.

Clicking the green triangle will show what the errors are, if there are any.

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The table on the first page shows the requirements for importing consignments for troubleshooting any errors that may appear on this page.
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This screen is where most of the errors can be fixed. For example, Receiver Location is invalid is because either the postcode or suburb is incorrect.

Requirements

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Mandatory Fields

Field Name	Type	Character Limit	Mandatory	Examples
Released	DateTime	8	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	DD/MM/YYYY
Service	Text	20		TP02
Reference	Text	20		123ABC
3rd Party Account	Text	10		DEF456
Cost Centre	Text	10
Sender Name	Text	30	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	Company Name
Sender Contact Name	Text	30		Steve McGuy
Sender Address 1	Text	30	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	123 Fake St
Sender Address 2	Text	30		C/O That Place Co.
Sender Suburb	Text	30	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	Melbourne
Sender State	Text	3	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	VIC, NSW, etc.
Sender Postcode	Numeric	4	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	3000
Sender Country Code	Text	2	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	AU
Sender Phone	Numeric	10		0398785548
Sender Email	Text	50		stevemcguy@email.com.au
Sender Is Residential	Text	3	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	Yes or No
Receiver Name	Text	30	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	Customer Co
Receiver Contact Name	Text	30		John Johnson
Receiver Address line 1	Text	30	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	456 Real St
Receiver Address line 2	Text	30		C/O That Other Place PTY LTD
Receiver Suburb	Text	30	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	Glen Waverley
Receiver State	Text	3	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	VIC, NSW, etc.
Receiver Postcode	Numeric	4	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	3150
Receiver Country Code	Text	2	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	AU
Receiver Phone	Numeric	10		0359687458
Receiver Email	Text	50		john.johnson@email.com.au
Receiver Is Residential	Text	3	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	Yes or No
Authority to Leave	Text	3	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	Yes or No
Delivery Instructions	Text

250

60		Please leave in mailbox
Special Instructions	Text	250
Items	Numeric	999	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	101
Description	Text	250	Status colour Red title

Y

YES	Carton, Pallet, etc.
Weight (KG) in Total (not per item)	Numeric	0.01 - 10000	Status colour Red title

Y

YES

0.3 =

 300g 

300g
Volume (m3) in Total (not per item)	Numeric	0.001 - 10000	Status colour Red title

Y

YES

0.004