Barcode Pre-Process

To change the settings for pre-processing barcodes, click the Expand button  located on top of the group. Click Apply after a change has been done, then click Close to return to the main Circulation screen.
 
 
 
Barcode Pre-Processing
These settings instruct Circulation how to massage the raw barcode string into the desire form before submitting the query to the server.
Enable barcode pre-processing
Enable the pre-processing of the raw entered barcodes before querying the server. Often used to add/remove characters due to scanners’ peculiarities.
Enable removal of leading zeroes
Enable removing leading zeroes from the entered raw barcodes.
Number of leading zeroes to remove
Maximun number of leading zeroes to remove from the raw entered barcode. Enter 0(zero) to remove all leading zeroes.
Remove leading zeroes task priority
The task priority (1-6) is the order in which removal of the leading zeroes will take place.
Enable removal of trailing characters
Enable removing trailing characters from the entered raw barcodes.
Number of trailing characters to remove
The number of trailing characters to remove from the entered barcode.
Remove Trailing Characters Priority
The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the removing of trailings characters will take place.
Enable remove prefix
Enable removing prefixes from the entered raw barcodes.
The prefix(es) to Remove
Enter one or more prefixes (separated with by semicolons(;) to be removed from the entered barcodes
Remove prefix task priority
The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the prefix removal will take place.
Add specified prefix
Add the specified prefix to all entered barcodes.
The prefix to add
Enter here the prefix to add to the barcodes.
Add prefix task priority
The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the adding of the prefix will take place.
Conditional add prefix
Add a prefix to the barcode based on the current user or workstation organization symbol. In addition, a A substitution list can also be provided.
Add prefix condition
Use either the user or workstation organization symbol as the prefix or as the condition for substitution.
Use substitution list
Enables getting taking the prefix text from the substitution list. For any symbol matching the condition, add the corresponding prefix text.
Add prefix substitution list
The list of organization symbols and the corresponding prefixes. Select an Organization, enter prefix text and click on Add.
(EMPTY)
To force a prefix for user or workstation with empty organization symbol, select [EMPTY] and specify the prefix.
(Add) (Remove)
To exclude an organization from adding a prefix, select the organization and set the prefix to one or more blank spaces.
Use retry without adding prefix list
Re-try without adding prefix for those organizations in the list if fetching barcode fails.
Exclude organization list
The list of organizations to retry without adding the prefix if fetching the barcode fails.
Conditional add prefix task priority
The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the conditional addition of the prefix will take place.
Make entered barcode fixed length
Make all entered barcodes of a fixed length by padding or removing characters as configured.
Length of the barcode
The number of characters to make the entered barcodes.
Pad leading characters
Make the barcodes a fixed length by padding the leading characters. Otherwise pad trailing characters.
Padding character
The character to be used to pad the barcodes when the entered barcodes are shorter than the required length.
Remove leading characters
Make the barcodes a fixed length by removing the leading characters. Otherwise remove trailing characters.
Make fixed length task priority
The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the making the barcodes a fixed length will take place.