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Load

All the complete packaging from different levels (primary, secondary, and tertiary), including multipacks, put together to send to the final destination. Each row corresponds a unique complete packaging (or multipack) item sent to a specific location during a specific time period.

Table

Column
Status
 Format Notes
identifier required String A globally unique identifier. See identifiers section for information on how to construct this identifier
name recommended String The name of this load.
description recommended String A brief description of this load.
tags recommended Dictionary A dictionary of identifiers that might be used to identify the complete packaging in other systems. For example: bar codes or global trade item number (gtin). To provide tags please follow this format. {'tagName1': 'identifier1', 'tagName2': 'identifier2'}
loadIdentifier required String The unique identifier of the created load. There must be an equivalent identifier found in the load catalogue.
startDate required String The date that the load began for the destination. Use the format dd/mm/yyyy.
endDate required String The date that the load ended for the destination. Use the format dd/mm/yyyy.
destinationAddressName recommended String The name of the load destination address.
destinationAddressStreet required String The street address of this load destination.
destinationAddressCountry required String The country of this load destination.
destinationPostalCode required String The postal code of this load destination.
timesSent required Numeric The number of times this load was sent to the destination during the specified time period.
updateDate required String The date that the load was provided/last updated. Use the format dd/mm/yyyy.

Diagram

Schema

Data schema

Template

Loads should be provided as a separate csv file, in tidy format. This means that each row of the csv file should be a single load or a multi loads from the load catagolue schema. An example is provided.

The specification of this csv file is as follows:

Load_Template.csv

Example

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{
  "identifier": "ED051AFD-EC7F-0428-B054-8837118922FE",
  "name": "Weekly Load of Guacamole Dip",
  "description": "24 cases of 12 tubs of guacamole dip for example company on high street west",
  "tags": {
    "GTIN":"00123456789012",
    },
  "loadIdentifier": "CA88F5CE-2D09-AFE0-08D7-44804780F924",
  "startDate": "01/08/2022",
  "endDate": "01/08/2022",
  "destinationAddressName": "Example Company",
  "destinationAddressStreet": "High Street West",
  "destinationAddressCountry": "England",
  "destinationPostalCode": "XX00 0XX",
  "timesSent": "2",
  "updateDate": "01/08/2022",
}