How to Bulk Upload Shippabo View Tracking Shipments

Learn how to efficiently bulk upload Shippabo View tracking shipments, saving you time and streamlining your shipping process.

Written by Bonita Fowlersmith

Updated at April 29th, 2025

The Shippabo platform is designed to allow you to seamlessly upload multiple Shippabo View tracking shipments at once.

Please note: to bulk upload your shipments, the minimum data required is the MBL and SCAC for each shipment. However, to enhance your tracking experience and reporting capabilities, we recommend uploading as many of the other possible data points as you can.

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Initiating your Bulk Upload

To upload multiple tracking shipments at once, select New → Track Shipment from your top navigation bar.

Next, select Begin Bulk Tracking.

You'll now see your spreadsheet containing all of your tracking shipment data. From here, you have two options- Add file, or Manually enter data.

Action Options

Within this spreadsheet, you have a few action options in the top right of your page.

Jobs, the truck icon: will show jobs when they are running or completed.

Submit: will submit any of the shipment data you have entered in the spreadsheet.

Ways to Upload your Bulk Tracking Data

Manual Entry

Manually enter data will allow you to individually enter each field of data for your tracking shipments. Once you've entered all of the data points, press Submit. You'll see the following message letting you know that you've successfully submitted your shipments.

Add File- Import Spreadsheet

To import your shipments through a spreadsheet, select Add file. This will allow you to browse through documents on your computer to upload. You can also simply drag and drop your document into this field.

Please note: Your spreadsheet must be saved as a CSV to be uploaded for bulk tracking.

Mapping your Data

On the right side of the screen, you'll see a column labeled Destination Fields. Based on how you have your data labeled in your uploaded spreadsheet, the platform will attempt to automatically assign and match the fields of data for you to the corresponding fields in the platform.

If a field of data does not have a category that is recognizable by the platform, it will not auto-suggest a category for it, and the destination field will be blank. This allows you to assign the category to it by utilizing the drop-down menu.

Types of Supported Spreadsheets

The bulk upload tool is designed to integrate seamlessly with your current workflow, eliminating the need to generate a separate spreadsheet to start your bulk upload. Provided your existing spreadsheet contains your MBL information, you can use it to upload your visibility shipments in bulk. Your spreadsheet can be in either Excel or CSV format to facilitate bulk upload.

Error Messages

If you import your spreadsheet and you've included a partner (supplier, consignee, or delivery location) that is not currently saved in your partners network, you will receive an “Invalid” message.

Deleting a Row

If you need to delete a row from your bulk shipments table, you'll want to hover over the specific row. Hover over the left side, where the number of the row is located. Doing so will generate a check box that you can select.

Select the check box in the row you wish to delete.

Now, select the trash icon to delete the selected row.

Completing your Bulk Upload

Once you have assigned data categories to all of your data fields, press Continue.

You can now review all of your data again, seeing any data that may be marked as invalid, and make any changes as necessary. Once you've confirmed all of your data is accurate, press Submit. Your shipments are now being tracked, and each one will be assigned a Shippabo ID number.

Enriching your Bulk Uploads with Additional Data

Another significant feature of the bulk upload tool is the ability to upload additional data points as they become available. Once your bulk upload is complete, the tool can be reused to update your shipment data points in mass. For instance, if you need to assign delivery locations to all your shipments post the initial upload, you can efficiently use the bulk upload tool in the same manner as before.