Generate Barcodes for Existing Assets

Generate Barcodes for Existing Assets

You can generate barcodes and update the details for assets that are already added.
  1. On the left navigation pane, select Barcode Generation.
  2. Click Barcode Generation for existing assets and follow these steps below:
Step 1: Generate codes and select assets to update
  1. Choose the product type.
  2. Select a site to be associated with the asset.
  3. Choose your code generation method and fill in the fields accordingly:
Sequential
Using Asset Data
Sequential method generates consecutive barcodes using the Starting From value provided by you.
  1. Enter the prefix and suffix. You can use alphanumeric or special characters as prefix or suffix.
  2. Enter the value with which the code generation must begin as the Starting From value.
  3. Specify the number of assets in the Count field. The number of codes generated is based on the count value.
If you have already added the asset by using barcode or QR codes, the count will be automatically incremented. Say you have added 25 workstations from count 1, the next time you add a workstation, the count will automatically start from 26.

  1. Add comments, if any.
  2. Click Generate barcode and associate to assets.
You can use the values available in Service tag/Asset Tag/Serial number of existing assets as the barcode value.
  1. Map the Service tag/Asset Tag/Serial number field whose value must be used as the barcode value.
  2. Add comments, if any.
  3. Click Generate barcode and associate to assets.
 


Step 2: Confirm barcode association
The Barcode Association Status section notifies if the barcode is added to the assets. Click Continue to Print.
If the asset addition fails, descriptive messages will be displayed to explain the reason for failure. You can resolve the error displayed and try again.

Step 3: Print Barcodes
You can choose to print the codes to designate the codes on asset hardware.
  1. In the Print barcodes section, select the label property. Click to add a new label property.
  2. You can preview the barcode in the canvas below. Unclear labels are highlighted in yellow during preview and cannot be scanned properly. You can remove unclear barcodes from being printed.
  3. Click Print.

Use Print Later to print the codes later. You can find the unprinted codes under the Unprinted Codes section on the Print Codes page.
Use Test Print to print the first row of the code label.


Step 4: Download mapping details
After you print the code, the asset mapping details will be generated where you can view the updated asset details and other basic details such as Asset name, barcode/QR code, Location, User, and Contact.

Click Download to store an HTML file of the asset mapping details on your system. You can also print the mapping details if needed.


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