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NLIS DEVICE APPROVAL AND ORDERING SYSTEM

This document outlines all approval and ordering procedures of NLIS (National Livestock

Identification System) Devices for Agents (Section 1) and Manufacturers (Section 2) on the

website.

1. APPROVAL AND ORDERING SYSTEM FOR RURAL AGENTS

1.1 Logging into Website

Enter Username and Password and click on “Login”

This will bring up the following page;

YOU MUST BE A REGISTERED USER TO LOG INTO THIS WEBSITE. If you are not registered contact details for registration through DPIPWE are listed on

the top right hand side of the webpage link provide above.

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1.2 Search for NLIS authorised persons by PIC

click on Search for NLIS authorised persons by PIC

enter PIC number for the order and (click on search)

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This figure above displays the following (Example Only);

Property details, listing: PIC. Property Name. Property address.

Persons authorised for NLIS tags, listing: Tag. Authorised Name. Trading Name. ID.

NOTE: ID Number that must go on all

orders with client’s name.

NOTE There could be more than one person listed, make sure the correct person is

chosen and that they are registered for tags (sheep or cattle or both).

The ID number (see figure above) must accompany an order or it will be

invalid and unable to be processed.

If there is no ID number and the clients name does not appear they must fill

out an NLIS registration form. A link to this form is provided in the top right

hand corner of this page (see figure above).

If there is an issue with accessing the NLIS form above, an email can be sent to

DPIPWE detailing clients name and contact details (i.e. address and phone

number(s)) and DPIPWE will be responsible for sending an NLIS application form to

the client. A link to DPIPWE e-mail is circled in the figure above.

Link to NLIS Registration form

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2. APPROVAL AND ORDERING SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURERS OF

NLIS TAGS

1.1 Logging into Website to upload a completed NLIS Tag order .csv file

Enter Username and Password and click on “Login”

This will bring up the following page;

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To upload a completed NLIS Tag Order file click on the appropriate option circled in red in the

figure above.

If the manufacture needs to confirm a PIC or ID number provided by an Agent prior to upload

follow steps as in Section 1 on this document.

Table 1 Requirements for NLIS upload .csv file

Seq Field Name Format Length Mandatory Code Example 1 PIC String 8 yes no MZBF1234 2 Tag order type String 2 yes yes Sheep FL cattle NL 3 Tag order date Date 10 yes no 30/06/2011 4 Party id Integer 5 yes no 12345 5 Person’s name String 50 yes no Jones M 6 Tag manufacturer String 11 yes yes ALLFLEX 7 Tag name String 20

Sheep/ optional cattle

yes FLEXITAG, ELECTRONIC

8 Tag style String 5 no yes EAR,BOLUS 9 Tag colour String 2 yes yes WH,YE,PU 10 Quantity Integer 5 yes no 200 11 Tag disease String 1 Only for sheep yes V,T or L 12 Order reference String 100 yes no Rural Store 9789e

IMPORTANT: Fields which are coded must be a valid code

IMPORTANT:

All files MUST be saved as a .csv file before uploading to the web page.

There must be 12 columns across for the upload to be successfully completed.

See tables 1 and 2.

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SAMPLE OF ALL COMPANIES CURRENT NLIS REGISTERED TAGS

Table 2 Correct example of .csv file for upload.

PIC TAG

order type

Tag order date

Party id Person's

name Tag

manufacturer Tag name

Tag style

Tag Colour

Quantity Tag

disease Order

reference

MHSL0300 NL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH ALLFLEX ELECTRONIC EAR WH 50 4500789456

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH ALLFLEX FLEXITAG EAR PU 11 V PO1245

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH ALLFLEX FLOCKTAG A EAR PU 22 L A123245

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH AAA TAGS AAA TAG EAR PU 33 T 333

MHSL0300 NL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH DATAMARS ELECTRONIC EAR OR 44 1005499898

MHSL0300 NL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH DROVERS ELECTRONIC EAR OR 55 156489

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH DROVERS EZYTAG EAR PU 77 L PO123456

MHSL0300 NL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH GALLAGHER ELECTRONIC EAR OR 3 4500789123

MHSL0300 NL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH LEADER BOLUS BOLUS OR 100 AT456789

MHSL0300 NL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH LEADER ELECTRONIC EAR OR 26 TASLA1522356

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH LEADER ENVIRO NLIS TAG

EAR PU 89 V PO12365498

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH LEADER JUMBO EAR PU 56 L PO2356

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH LEADER MULTITAG EAR PU 48 L 15426548

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH LEADER ORIGINAL A EAR PU 500 T 4500111111

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH STOCKBRANDS SIDNEY TAG EAR PU 66 T 1.57E+11

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH STOCKBRANDS STRONG TAG EAR PU 55 T 222

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH SWINGERTAG SIDNEY TAG EAR PU 88 L 2135

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH SWINGERTAG TALLY TAG LONG

EAR PU 99 L 1235

MHSL0300 FL 30/03/2011 18336 SMITH SWINGERTAG TALLY TAG SHORT

EAR PU 77 V 123456

MHSL0300 NL 21/03/2011 18336 SMITH ZEE TAGS ELECTRONIC EAR WH 22 ABC 123

NOTE

Spaces around the commas are ignored(with .csv file upload), this may make it more readable. When editing

your file before downloading .csv to NLIS upload page.

HEADER LINE

A column header line in the .csv file is optional, and will be ignored, as there are 12 columns and the first

column value is PIC.

When entering column 11 Tag disease please refer below:

L – NLIS sheep tag (PIC & NLIS Logo) only V – OJD vaccine treated T – Terminal lamb

(Only required for sheep)

When entering column 9 Tag colour please refer below:

Colours:

BK- Black, BR- Brown, LG- Light Green, OR- Orange, PI- Pink, PU- Purple, RD- Red, SB- Sky Blue,

WH- White and YE- Yellow.

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Step 1: To upload .csv file click Browse button and attached relevant .csv file required for upload.

Step 2: Click upload button to send file to the Department

The following page appears upon a successful upload

If there are any errors in uploading a file these will be detailed in an error message for correction by the

manufacturer.

Step 1 (One)

Step 2 (Two)

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An example is provided below.