- How do orders get into the queue?
- Three ways: a connected store pushes orders as customers place them, a spreadsheet upload imports the file a merchant already sends, and the API accepts orders from any system that can post them. All three arrive in the same queue with the same fields, so the source of an order never changes how it is worked.
- Do I have to map the spreadsheet columns on every upload?
- No. The mapping between the file’s columns and the order fields is saved the first time, so a file with the same layout imports with no setup. A merchant who sends a differently shaped file gets their own saved mapping.
- What happens to rows that fail in an upload?
- The failed rows are listed with the reason on each one, such as a missing phone number or an area the system does not recognise, and the clean rows import anyway. Fix the listed rows and upload them again, and the orders already imported are not created a second time.
- What stops the same order being created twice?
- Every order carries a reference from its source, a store order number, a row in a file or an API id. An incoming order whose reference already exists in the queue is flagged as a duplicate instead of being created again, so a re-sent file or a retried API call does not double the day’s work.
- Can I act on many orders at once?
- Yes. Filter the queue down to the set you mean, select it and apply one action: assign to a driver, hand to a carrier, move to another hub, print waybills, change status or export. The action is recorded with who ran it, when and on which orders.