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title: "Importing Quantities into a new Direct Shipment"
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updated: 2025-04-14T09:07:17Z
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# Importing Quantities into a new Direct Shipment

Quantify enables you to import counts of parts into a new Direct Shipment from a template. For this purpose, you can use any tab delimited file with two columns (Part Number and Quantity).

To import quantities into a New Direct Shipment

1. Click the **Shipping** tab, then click the **Ship Items to a Location** button ( ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/6358295c-a890-4edb-8fd5-2887d35c0298.png)).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-0Q6TMBQ8.png)

The *New Direct Ship* dialog appears.
2. Click the appropriate **From** radio button: **Branch Office, Sub-Branch, or Staging Area** or **Job Site or Group**.
3. Click the **From** dropdown list and select the specific location.
4. Click the appropriate **To** radio button: **Branch Office, Sub-Branch, or Staging Area** or **Job Site or Group**.
5. Click the **To** dropdown list and select the specific location. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-I8KTGVM6.png)
6. Click the **Rent Start** calendar icon. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-5Y7G7RQB.png) The calendar appears
7. Locate and click the appropriate rent start date. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-GOSLO38N.png)
8. Click the **Products** tab and click **Import**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-UA41HH1U.png) The *Import Quantities* dialog appears.
9. Click the **File to Import** button ( ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/b4d84240-0b96-46e0-9502-bcb6b2daed38.png)). ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/c4dcac90-2dbd-4d72-8757-7b947903032a.png) The *Import from Tab Separated Value File* dialog appears. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/6b07abce-50e2-49b6-906e-a79ede439a1e.png)
10. Navigate to the folder that contains the file, select the file and click **Open**.
11. Click the appropriate **If Quantity Exists** radio button: **Ignore** or **Overwrite Existing Quantity with Value from the File**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/2f624617-15c4-43c0-ac35-0ffff3ffc54c.png)
12. Click **Import**. When the import is complete, a confirmation message appears. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/2d6517ec-a477-423b-9455-0b9faf8dfc4d.png)
13. Click **OK** . Quantify updates the **Products** tab with the counts for parts you imported. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/cc9dd660-9558-42ad-8ae3-5c619bee7dd7.png)
14. Complete the Shipment