A net weight larger than the gross weight
net-over-grosson by defaultJapanese / English
A row of a packing list whose net weight is larger than its gross weight
Example
How to fix
Check which of the net and gross weights is right and correct the other.
Why it matters
On a packing list, the net weight is the goods alone and the gross weight includes the cartons and packing, so the net weight of a row cannot exceed its gross weight. It does when the net weight is copied wrong, when a row is mixed up with another carton, or when only the gross weight is corrected. Which column is net and which is gross is decided by the heading words alone (Net weight, N.W., Gross weight, G.W.), never by where a column stands. Only rows where both cells are written numbers (96.0 kg) are compared, the totals row too. Grams, kilograms, tonnes and pounds are converted by the units word list; other units are compared only with the same unit.
What it does not flag
A table with no net or no gross column, or with two of either, is not compared. Neither is a table with a heading that names both net and gross, or whose two headings say something different besides net and gross (net weight per piece beside gross weight per carton). A row whose cell is blank, a dash, TBD, signed, bracketed, approximate or a bound (100 kg or more), or whose two units cannot be converted to each other, is skipped. A net weight equal to or less than the gross weight is not reported.
Turning it off or relaxing it
Technical details
- Layer
- L3
- Status
- stable
- Severity
- warning
- Languages
- Japanese and English
- Suited to
- business, technical, blog, legal, docs, academic, literature, speech
Levels
Set a level for this rule under rules in chaff.yaml. With nothing set, it runs at the level its genre gives it (see By genre below).
| strict | error |
|---|---|
| normal | warning |
| relaxed | info |
This rule has no limit to count to. A level sets how a finding is marked: relaxed keeps the finding and marks it a step lower.
By genre
- Runs by default in
- technical/spec, technical/readme, blog/tech, blog/essay, blog/owned-media, business/proposal, business/report, business/email, business/press-release, business/meeting-notes, legal/contract, legal/statute, legal/judgment, legal/patent, docs/manual, docs/faq, docs/glossary, academic/paper, speech/address, speech/transcript
- Turned off by the genre in
- literature/fiction, literature/essay, literature/poetry, literature/play
Message
The net weight "{net}" is larger than the gross weight "{gross}" on the same row
This page is built from the rule's definition file:packages/chaff/rules/net-over-gross.yaml