Address formatting and common issues

Let’s take a look at address formatting and other common issues when uploading spreadsheets.

The ideal address format is:

Street Address, City, County/State, Country, Eircode/Postcode

eg. 21 Cook Street, Cork City, Cork, Ireland, T12 K3KA

This can be added in one section in excel or can be separated:

This can be added in one section in excel or can be separated

If an address in your spreadsheet contains an error, you will see the following error message.

If an address in your spreadsheet contains an error, you will see the following error message

To update the address you can double click on the highlighted box and fix the address directly. You can then click ‘Finish Upload’ and then generate your routes as normal.

Header Rows Don’t Match

If you name your header row something our system doesn’t recognize, that’s no problem. You can match them on the next screen. Our system will remember this and in future it will automatically recognize your header row.

Missing Row Headers

Make sure your first row is the header row in your spreadsheet. Otherwise, once you upload you will need to select ‘my file has no header row’ and then manually match each column with a header in the drop down menu.

Missing Column

If you have a header with nothing in the column, our system will ignore it so please make sure to include any information in the column as needed.

Others:

  • Keep all information separated by columns ie. do not include name and address in one column. Read our full guide on formatting your spreadsheet.
  • Don’t include images in your spreadsheet.
  • Don’t upload spreadsheets with more than one tab.

Happy Routing!

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