Creating Composite Bar Code Templates

Create templates to specify the composite bar code components and pad character for each item. You can associate a composite bar code template with multiple vendors. After you create your templates, you can scan the item bar codes initially through the PO receiving process on the app. For more information, see Bar Code Setup for NetSuite WMS.

NetSuite WMS provides standard bar code components mapped to NetSuite fields. When you scan a composite bar code, the corresponding fields on the mobile pages are populated automatically.

Before you create composite bar code templates, review the following guidelines:

When you activate the Enable Advanced Barcode Sanning? rule, make sure that you set the process type to Composite. See Bar Code Setup Procedures.
Do not use the pad character that you assign to a bar code in any part of the data you enter in a component field.

For example, if you select # for the pad character and add the Item component to your bar code, do not use # as part of any item name, number, UPC, or alias.
Composite bar code components have a fixed length that you can define in the index fields of your template.

For example, you set an item component’s length to 14 characters and your item data has less than 14 characters. Pad characters automatically fill out the remaining character spaces to reach your defined fixed length.
If you include both the quantity and serial number components, each serial number must be unique. Make sure that the bar codes you generate for the item have a quantity value of 1.

To create a composite bar code template:

Using the WMS Warehouse Manager role, go to WMS Configuration > Configure Warehouse > Composite Bar Code Templates.
On the Composite Bar Code Template page, set values in the following fields:
- In the Bar Code Template Name field, enter a unique name for the bar code template.
- In the Padding Character field, select the character you want to use for padding.
On the Bar Code Components subtab, do the following:
1. In the Component column, select the data you want to map for the bar code component:
  - Item – Item code, name, UPC, or item alias
  - Expiry Date – Expiry date of a lot-numbered item
  - Lot – Lot number
  - UOM – Item’s unit of measure
  - Quantity – Item quantity
  - Serial Number – Serial number
  For more information about these item details, see Creating Item Records.
2. In the Starting Index and Ending Index columns, define the component’s length by specifying the index numbers that correspond to the component’s first and last position in the bar code.
  
  For example, you can define a six-digit expiry date by entering a starting index of 2 and an ending index of 7.
3. For lot-numbered items, in the Date Format column, select the format for expiry dates stored in a bar code.
4. Click Add to add another component.
On the Vendors subtab, select the vendor’s name, and then click Add.

Repeat this step to add more vendors.
Click Save.

To create a composite bar code template:

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