How to find and replace values within your ShipHero data

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What is ShipHero

ShipHero is a warehouse management system (WMS) designed to help e-commerce businesses streamline their fulfillment operations. It provides inventory management, order processing, and shipping solutions that integrate seamlessly with various e-commerce platforms. ShipHero helps businesses manage their entire fulfillment process from a single dashboard, making it easier to track inventory, process orders, and ship products efficiently.

Why would you want to find and replace values within your ShipHero data

When working with ShipHero data, there are often scenarios where you need to standardize, correct, or update values across your dataset to maintain consistency and accuracy.

  • Standardize product names or SKUs across your inventory
  • Correct formatting inconsistencies in shipping addresses
  • Update outdated vendor information
  • Replace incorrect pricing or quantity values
  • Normalize customer data formats
  • Clean up imported data from multiple sources
  • Convert unit measurements or currency formats

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How to use ShipHero with Parabola

Parabola makes it easy to integrate with ShipHero and transform your fulfillment data without any coding knowledge.

  • Direct integration with ShipHero's API for real-time data access
  • Automated data synchronization capabilities
  • Visual workflow builder for creating custom data transformations
  • Ability to combine ShipHero data with other data sources
  • Scheduled Flow runs for regular data updates

Retrieving data from ShipHero

Getting started with ShipHero data in Parabola is straightforward using the Pull from ShipHero step. This step allows you to access various types of data from your ShipHero account, including orders, inventory, and shipping information.

Key features

  • Secure API connection to your ShipHero account
  • Multiple data type selection options
  • Customizable date ranges for data pulls
  • Automatic pagination handling
  • Real-time data refresh capabilities

How to use

  1. Drag the Pull from ShipHero step onto the canvas
  2. Using our ShipHero integration how to doc, authenticate the API integration
  3. Use one of the pre-built API connections to pull in an object from ShipHero, specifying the fields you'd like to pull and date range
  4. Run the step to pull in your data

How to find and replace with Parabola

The find and replace functionality in Parabola allows you to make systematic changes to your data using simple rules. This powerful feature can transform your data according to your specific needs without requiring complex formulas or coding.

Key features

  • Multiple find and replace rules in a single step
  • Case-sensitive matching options
  • Bulk operations across multiple columns
  • Preview of changes before applying
  • Find and replace values in entire cells or values in any part of the cell

How to use

  1. Add the Find & replace step to the Canvas
  2. Select the columns to apply the rule to
  3. Create your first find and replace rule
  4. Add additional rules as needed
  5. Preview the results to confirm the changes

Practical use cases and examples

Here are some common scenarios where finding and replacing values in ShipHero data can be particularly useful for your business operations.

Standardizing product names

When dealing with product catalogs, you might need to standardize naming conventions across your inventory. For instance, replacing variations like "T-Shirt", "T Shirt", and "Tshirt" with a standard format "T-Shirt" ensures consistency in your inventory management.

Correcting shipping addresses

Address standardization is crucial for accurate shipping. You can use find and replace to correct common abbreviations or formatting issues, such as replacing "ST" with "Street" or "AVE" with "Avenue" to ensure proper delivery.

Updating pricing information

When prices change or currency formats need to be standardized, you can use find and replace to update multiple products simultaneously. For example, converting prices from one currency format to another or adding/removing currency symbols.

By combining ShipHero's fulfillment capabilities with Parabola's data transformation features, you can maintain clean, consistent data across your entire fulfillment operation. This automation saves time, reduces errors, and ensures your business runs smoothly.