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title: Using the boxing function
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October 22, 2025

# Using the boxing function

### Introduction

When it comes to packing and shipping your products, Paragon helps to streamline your process by allowing you to box your items from any transaction in the order to cash process: order, invoice, pick, pack and shipment.

 

#### **Access the boxing modal**

To get started, navigate to any module with [boxing enabled](https://support.paragon-erp.com/configuring-your-boxing-screen?hsLang=en) (it could be order, invoice, pick, pack, and/or shipment). Go to one of those transactions in issued or complete status, click the **action arrow,** and click **box.**

**![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-10-22%20092920-png.png?width=125&height=314&name=Screenshot%202025-10-22%20092920-png.png)**

 

 

 You will be brought to the boxing modal.

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn90ab5e03bd34e4d822a17cd5a3f2e5fb1d6faad3aa3e945c548aa87ea52273391d30a3c8dc0964647185ad01218847ab-1-1-1-3-1.png)

#### **Unit of measure and default box type**

First, you will need to select a unit of measure and a default box type. 

**Unit of measure** is a mandatory attribute. Click on the field to select imperial or metric. 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn3ad83b0313637b6f4ddb4e65e26efbd7c121d74959c1b751fb866b8c2d21e6bc1abc772d66d2890bb001e29970144417-1-1-1-3-1.png)

**Default box type** will display any template you have set up in the attribute **box template** in attribute setup. 

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsnff0749d07550b23b0e6890fe059aedc28b417dffa316c0303b73714903fc9a558edd77631baf0cff18d29db619a661d6-1-1-1-3-1.png)

If you have selected a default value, the **dimension uom** value for that template will be displayed in the unit of measure attribute when you open the boxing modal: 

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsne26681a171a5e9783f39b696e2e41da918246072ed2313e51fbc3ee1e2b89b19f5d960fcbdc36e388f7f76b7bea3e57f-1-1-1-3-1.png)

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsnff0749d07550b23b0e6890fe059aedc2ed72c4392fe088f5afb731a9c8553cc9c2f5fe803c0f42f61874da817fd9f33b-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn90ab5e03bd34e4d822a17cd5a3f2e5fb69215592469f88062a4215aeab7e0cb3ea55a6ef2d4f6ac2b81b9b32003b3c3f-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

#### **Number of boxes**

You can manually enter the number of boxes you would like. If you put 3, Paragon will automatically generate 3 boxes with the selected unit of measure and default box template:

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn25597ce540d1bfe5875b1bc278a4a8086a60272afb8094d712ee7baa632b02c129154dc4c784e2d9deaf4ff71c4ea6c4-1-1-1-3-1.png)

If you have the attribute **# Boxes** in the business terms or in the more tab of the transaction, the value entered in that attribute will be carried over to the boxing modal. Therefore, when you enter the boxing modal, the boxes will be already created:

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsnc4e64632fbee63bdf5dce91fc2814351acf2f8ec916d57f55b6c0d9039abf03499fc7731af213c7179bfe708a6b341ee-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

Please note that if you enter a large number of boxes in **# Boxes** (i.e. 500 boxes or more), it can take some time to open the boxing modal.

 

Add additional box(es)

Click the **add new box** button to add a new box. Each time you add a box, the number of boxes attribute will be adjusted. 

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsne26681a171a5e9783f39b696e2e41da96ca092e7c1f13ab6afa3e5b849ef77175d336d179f171fc2ec8730aecd52c660-1-1-1-3-1.png)

   

If you want to add a large number of boxes, the system will ask you if you would like to proceed because it could take some time.

 

   

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn3ad83b0313637b6f4ddb4e65e26efbd7b3b51bb26d75a99f8e50bef3b47ff3ce1a181b3e1586c72b42a5b6c40d1969ef-1-1-1-3-1.png)

After creating the large number of boxes, if you use the cancel button, you will see this notification:

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-10-22%20093348-png.png?width=299&height=72&name=Screenshot%202025-10-22%20093348-png.png)

#### **Remove box(es)**

If you enter 0 in the **number of boxes** attribute all boxes will be automatically deleted:

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn34109b34b22d7ae777c6e965f7f61cc94fc328cafca5ffc17db0f446cb401f882d9abe5b2a21232a9b544d287f83f0f9-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

You can also delete individual boxes using the **delete** button on each box line:

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn1425f013cd671d9dfbfcb8eedbddd457c79b46556f96c8a54ca84639185ae000b7e3039befae5a94418a90c5851e767c-1-1-1-3-1.png)

Please note that only open boxes can be deleted.

 

#### **Adding content to the box(es)**

**Evenly box**

Click on the **evenly box** button to distribute contents across boxes.

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn34109b34b22d7ae777c6e965f7f61cc9d2617e965e68e5146892cb6f75fcca3106d826bc8048260e54fc972495863004-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

After the action is done. you will get a success notification asking you to review the boxes and contents. 

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn0019b8068a10b6061b86e7514ee6d210a2b70d5c288b7c096091b711cb59309332fe3487aab2b9188b0ff951ef45c2a8-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

#### **Adding quantity manually**

To add contents one box at a time, click on the **add** button in the contents column for a specific box:

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn2d9246d30a9a5dd019da1449edb8b703016f89114c24a90826f3254bc6c930c1a700899734539f83780fff7efb085769-1-1-1-3-1.png)

This will open the box contents modal. 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsnff0749d07550b23b0e6890fe059aedc2b151aa05080353464b3da08d338e8b90f9af78a1afafc21f89ec5802c05bff37-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

By manually entering the quantity of each item to be added to the box, the number of items still **to be boxed** will automatically be calculated. If there are 5 to be boxed, and you enter 5 for your quantity, **to be boxed** will now be 0. 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn74ba62be834f091fbbcea39be3ba13a7f52e46aa8d3bc8210a98e0dab32c9d12a668fe4edb3a0034aacaa69454a3dad0-1-1-1-3-1.png)

Enter the desired quantity for the items and click on the **accept** button. 

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsnc4e64632fbee63bdf5dce91fc2814351a5490f548f669c81f5a257e4d70f9105b3c762ecc93e64e2cc0054afd56d1aa4-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

#### **Copy contents**

To save time, you can also click on the **copy** button. This will open a modal asking you how many copies you want. 1 will be entered by default.

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn8d9c233b73cbea89c06220c6d234f2ae6283f7ebe457020cb34c742e60edb69e707e80cddefc78adb9447e583123f0f8-1-1-1-3-1.png)

Enter the number of boxes you would like with the same content:

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsnd87da6dc80f6b9008649cd1130312cfde2610a6bbf8512d3153b37882a6ff4aa0003245a5b5665926dda7c66a2986b4e-1-1-1-3-1.png)

Click **accept** and your boxes will the created with the items from the copied box.

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn70f409b2fb69038ee4566979549026b37fc6a496067ca5f1883fe652228644e38c19c97725a009e96226be44e69f60fe-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

#### **Adding weights to the box(es)**

You can add the weight directly to the grid. Simply put the cursor in the weight field of the first row, input a value, then use the down arrow to keep entering values for each box line. 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn1425f013cd671d9dfbfcb8eedbddd457f45eb12ec0370c0b972e98f70818e46aadfe5e6bfdaa89a3192cd50779bfd13d-1-1-1-3-1.png)

#### **Close box(es)**

To close a box you can click on the **open/close box button**. Once the box is closed, the line will be greyed out and won't be editable. 

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn70f409b2fb69038ee4566979549026b309fb77c0cf9389f369300b868a7d30e9a34b48d206aa0b410727d193407d6b76-1-1-1-3-1.png)

You can re-open the box by clicking on the **open/close box** button.

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn0019b8068a10b6061b86e7514ee6d210cae6816d8a9abcc26d2d7103dca1367e688020ff6b1dd68f0cc964a54106a5b7-1-1-1-3-1.png)

You can also close all boxes at the same time by clicking on the **close all boxes** button.

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsnc4e64632fbee63bdf5dce91fc28143510cbb7f2460d56f9ff1d048af4ed1f36262cfc6e2fa7c00c20576314df57e55ca-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

#### **Finish and print box labels**

After you have finished reviewing your boxes, you can proceed by either clicking **accept** or **finish & print box details.** By clicking on the **finish & print closed boxes** button**,** a print preview of box labels will be generated and the modal will be closed.

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn70f409b2fb69038ee4566979549026b38d58f6ff523d26ce61a0057eacc204fc5c4e85d274d001f629c7cacb14391a9e-1-1-1-3-1.png)

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/edbsn74ba62be834f091fbbcea39be3ba13a7359d921d98c359c102574e8cdcf2921bca5570d172a9b5f8defed46324d3d534-1-1-1-3-1.png)

 

#### **What's next?**

Now that you're all caught up on using the boxing function, why not read some of our other useful articles on the boxing feature:

[How to set up box template attributes?](https://support.paragon-erp.com/how-to-set-up-box-template-attributes?hsLang=en)

[Box Detail WIGO report](https://support.paragon-erp.com/box-detail-wigo-report?hsLang=en)

[Configuring your boxing screen](https://support.paragon-erp.com/configuring-your-boxing-screen?hsLang=en)

 

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