USER'S GUIDE - ShipWeight

Additional features
In the Weight Group list at the right side of the dialog, possible import columns
are shown, and what order they should appear in. The columns should be in
the same order as the vertical order of the quantities shown in the dialog.
You are free to choose whichever columns you like as long as the Weight
group column is included. This has to be included because the ShipWeight
import routine needs to know which weight groups to store the imported
weight items in. If Weight group is selected, the weight groups are connected
to the weight item directly. If you are using the standard ShipWeight
breakdown structure, you can choose the SFI Code instead of the Weight
group column. If the SFI Code is selected, a mapping table in the ShipWeight
database will translate the SFI code to ShipWeight weight group code. The
mapping between ShipWeight codes and SFI codes can be checked in the
dialog Search… under the menu Weight group.
After setting up the columns and filling in data so that the spreadsheet is
organized properly, the spreadsheet file has to be saved as a text file (ASCII)
with tab delimiter. Give the file the extension .txt if this is not done
automatically when saving.
Now you are ready to import the file to ShipWeight. If not already done, close
the spreadsheet file. Select the dialog Text file… on the submenu Import on
the ShipWeight Project menu. Enter the path to the import file (the saved text
file) in the edit field, or find it by clicking the browse button […].
If the text file contains a heading row, check the ‘Heading row’ option.
To replace missing quantity values with default values, make sure to check
the option ‘Missing qty.=default’. The default values for each of the Quantities
can be set on the Quantity tab-sheet in the ShipWeight Options dialog. The
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ShipWeight – User’s Guide, version 10.0, April 2011