How to upload multiple tags
Find out how to use a CSV file to upload multiple tags into the NAIT system against a specified NAIT number.
Preparing the CSV file
Your CSV file must include all of the column headings, in the correct order. This includes headings for optional columns you are leaving blank.
Template
Tag upload - Sample
CSV 662 bytes
How to complete each column
This is the date the tags were issued.
You can leave this column blank if you provide a NAIT Visual ID.
A NAIT RFID is the unique 16-character code that relates to each animal's NAIT tag. It is provided by tag manufacturers or can be read with a scanner. Formats we accept include:
- 00000 0 982 000196588496
- 942 000002422333
- 982 000161531687
- 0982000190869343
- 0982 000190869343.
You can leave this column blank if you provide a NAIT RFID.
A NAIT visual tag ID is the information printed on the outside of the tag.
If intended as a replacement tag with a duplicate visual ID, set to True. If not, set to False.
Accepted categories are:
- cattle
- deer.
You can choose to enter a reference number of your own — for example, 1, 2, 3, 4. This will make it easier for you to identify which record (row of your spreadsheet) is incorrect if you make a mistake in your CSV.
If you include an AHB herd number, you can't include a participant code.
An AHB herd number can have leading zeros.
If you include a participant code, you can't include an AHB herd number.
This is a mandatory field and must be a valid NAIT number.
This is the manufacturer order number (for reference).
This is a code that identifies tag type.
This is a code that identifies tag type.
You must enter this code if the Type A tag product code requires a Type B tag product type.
Accepted categories for cattle are:
- dairy (D)
- beef (B).
Accepted categories for deer are:
- venison (VE)
- velvet (VT)
- trophy (TR).