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Example of Creating a New Barcode Definition in the Siebel Handheld Application

This topic gives one example of creating a new barcode definition in Siebel Service Handheld. Although this example is for the Siebel Service Handheld application, it pertains to all Siebel Handheld applications.

You can define new one-dimensional barcodes in the Barcode Administration views. To define a new barcode, you need to create a new barcode definition in the Barcode list, then create corresponding records in the Barcode Item list to define data elements within the barcode.

To create a new barcode definition, complete the following procedures. You can perform these procedures differently, depending on your business model.

• To create a new barcode definition for the Siebel Service Handheld application
• To enable the SHCE Service FS Activity Parts Movements views for barcode scanning

To create a new barcode definition for the Siebel Service Handheld application

1. Navigate to the Administration - Mobile screen > Barcode Administration view.
2. Click New, then fill in the necessary fields.

   The following table describes the fields in the Barcodes list.

   Field	Sample Data
   Name	Hard Disk 100 GB
   Sequence	Set to the greatest number in the current list view plus one
   Barcode Type	Location
   Buscomp	FS Activity Parts Movement
   Min Length	12
   Max Length	12
   Prefix	#
   Description	Service

3. In the Barcode Item list, add a new record to identify how data will be parsed from the barcode.

   The following table describes the fields in the Barcode Item list.

   Name	Sequence	Min Length	Max Length	Data Desc
   UPC Code	1	1	1
   MFG Code	2	5	5
   Product Name	3	5	5	Product Name
   CC	4	1	1

   NOTE:  Reducing the amount of barcode seed data extracted to the Siebel Service Handheld application improves client performance and reduces synchronization database extract size. The following steps provide an example of extracting only the barcode standards that are required for the Siebel Service Handheld application. This is applicable as long as all the barcode records for the Siebel Service Handheld application defined in the Barcode list have the Description attribute set to Service.

   1. Navigate to the Administration - Mobile screen > Application Administration view.
   2. Select Siebel Service for CE.
   3. Click the Settings view tab, and make sure the parent record is the application Siebel Service for CE.
   4. Locate the DefaultBusObj directive that has the following value:
      • SHCE Barcode|0||SHCE Barcode||SHCE Barcode Item||SHCE Barcode Enable|.

        Replace that value with the following value:

      • SHCE Barcode|0||SHCE Barcode|[Description]="Service"|SHCE Barcode Item||SHCE Barcode Enable|.

To enable the SHCE Service FS Activity Parts Movements views for barcode scanning

1. Navigate to the Administration - Mobile screen > Barcode Enabling view.

   The Barcode Enable list appears.

2. If the following record does not exist, create a new record to enable the Product Name field in the SHCE Service FS Activity Part Movements List Applet for barcode scanning with the following information:

   View	Applet	Buscomp	Buscomp Field
   SHCE Service FS Activity Part Movements	SHCE Service FS Activity Part Movements List Applet	FS Activity Parts Movement	Product Name

3. If the following record does not exist, create a new record for the Product Name field in the SHCE Service FS Activity Part Movements Form Applet for barcode scanning with the following information:

   View	Applet	Buscomp	Buscomp Field
   SHCE Service FS Activity Part Movements (More Info)	SHCE Service FS Activity Part Movements Form Applet	FS Activity Parts Movement	Product Name

4. Save the changes. Now the Buscomp Field Product Name in both the SHCE Service FS Activity Part Movements view and the SHCE Service FS Activity Part Movements (More Info) view have been enabled for barcode scanning. The Buscomp Field Product Name specified here matches the value in the Data Desc column in the Barcode Item list defined earlier.

NOTE:  The example provided above assumes that the product Hard Disk 100GB has been defined and properly set in the appropriate product catalog.