Carriers: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 10:22, 19 December 2023

The Carriers module allows shipping carriers to be created and modified.
To create a new carrier, click the New button. Each existing carrier is displayed in the search area on the left.
To import carriers from a spreadsheet or CSV file, click the More button at the top of the item list and choose Import Carriers.
To create a template file with the correct column headers, click Export Carriers.
The suggested order of CSV imports for new databases can be found here.
For a step-by-step tutorial on working with CSV files, check out the CSV video here.
Below is a list of the CSV columns. All column headers are required. Columns with an asterisk must contain data.
- Carrier-Name* - The name of a carrier responsible for shipping items.
- Carrier-Description - A brief explanation of a carrier.
- Carrier-Scac - The Standard Carrier Alpha Code of a carrier.
- CarrierService-Name* - The name of a shipping service provided by a carrier (e.g., Same Day, Air, Ground).
- CarrierService-Code - The identifying code number assigned to a carrier’s service.

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 {{Import|Carriers}}'''
 ** '''Carrier-Name*''' - The name of a carrier responsible for shipping items.
-** '''Carrier-Description''' - A brief explanation of the carrier.
+** '''Carrier-Description''' - A brief explanation of a carrier.
-** '''Carrier-Scac''' - The Standard Carrier Alpha Code of the carrier.
+** '''Carrier-Scac''' - The Standard Carrier Alpha Code of a carrier.
-** '''CarrierService-Name*''' - The name of a shipping service provided by the carrier (e.g., Same Day, Air, Ground).
+** '''CarrierService-Name*''' - The name of a shipping service provided by a carrier (e.g., Same Day, Air, Ground).
-** '''CarrierService-Code''' - The identifying code number assigned to the carrier’s service.
+** '''CarrierService-Code''' - The identifying code number assigned to a carrier’s service.