Use Case
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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. Example 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
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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 A consignment will be created for each line in the csv file. If there are multiple items in a line, this will cause the consignment to divide the weight and volume by the number of items. |
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
Step 2: Selecting the file
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Please note: The file will need to be in a .csv format. Please use the attached template as it will make the next step easier |
select First row in header > Click browse to select the file that is to be uploaded and
Step 3: Mapping the file
The page should look like this, though there could be some small differences:
The top section is for editing any errors:
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:
Step 4: Importing the file
After mapping the file headers, click Import Data t the top of the screen.
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.
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.
