1. SCM (Supply Chain Management)
  2. Warehouse Management
  3. NetSuite WMS Setup
  4. Mobile App Setup
  5. Bar Code Setup for NetSuite WMS
  6. Setting Up Custom Application Identifiers for GS1 Bar Code Scanning

Setting Up Custom Application Identifiers for GS1 Bar Code Scanning

NetSuite WMS supports standard and custom GS1 application identifiers. When you scan an item bar code, fields on a mobile page are populated with data mapped to their corresponding standard or custom application identifiers.

Note:

GS1 item bar codes generated for labels printed from your mobile device do not support custom application identifiers. See Bar Code Setup for NetSuite WMS.

You can add custom application identifiers to custom mobile processes only. You can assign custom identifiers to fields that you have added to a mobile page of a custom process. Before you set up custom identifiers, make sure that you set the process type to GS1 for your Enable Advanced Barcode Scanning? system rule. For more information, see the following topics:

Standard GS1 Application Identifiers

The following table shows the list of common standard application identifiers mapped to NetSuite fields:

AI

Description

Data Format

Data Title

Key

00

Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC)

 

SSCC

sscc

01

Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)

14-digit number

GTIN

gtin

02

Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) of contained trade items

14-digit number

CONTENT

content

10

Batch or lot number

1 - 20 alphanumeric

BATCH/LOT

batch_lot

17

Expiration date (YYMMDD)

6 digits

USE BY OR EXPIRY

expiry_date

21

Serial number

1 - 20 alphanumeric

SERIAL

serial

30

Variable count of items (variable measure trade item)

 

VAR. COUNT(QUANTITY)

var_item_count

Custom GS1 Application Identifiers

The following table shows the list of custom application identifiers for your company’s internal use, which you can map to other standard or custom fields on a mobile page:

AI

Description

Data Title

Key

91

Company internal information

Internal

company_internal_91

92

Company internal information

Internal

company_internal_92

93

Company internal information

Internal

company_internal_93

94

Company internal information

Internal

company_internal_94

95

Company internal information

Internal

company_internal_95

96

Company internal information

Internal

company_internal_96

97

Company internal information

Internal

company_internal_97

98

Company internal information

Internal

company_internal_98

99

Company internal information

Internal

company_internal_99

To view the complete list of supported application identifiers, click the link: Supported GS1 Application Identifiers.

To set up custom application identifiers for GS1 bar codes:

  1. To access the button and field element for which you want to set up the custom application identifier, do the following:

    1. Using the Administrator role, go to Setup > Custom > Mobile - Applications.

    2. On the Mobile - Applications List, click View next to the mobile application.

    3. On the Mobile - Process List, click View next to the custom mobile process.

    4. On the Mobile - Process page, click the Page subtab, and then click the mobile page you want to configure.

      Note:

      You can set up custom application identifiers only on mobile pages that display the SCAN/ENTER ITEM textbox. The button element on these pages use the Forward Form action on which you can enter the identifier’s key, as described in step 2. Examples of these pages include the Enter Item page of the PO Receiving process and the Create Inventory page of the Create Inventory process.

    5. On the Mobile - Page page, click the Page Elements subtab that contains the list of page elements.

  2. To set the custom application identifier key in the button element’s Forward Form action, do the following:

    Note:

    The Forward Form action stores the value of the custom application identifier from the scanned bar code.

    1. On the Page Elements subtab, click the action button element that uses the Forward Form action you want to configure.

      By default, buttons with the _nextBtn suffix in the name use the Forward Form action.

    2. On the Mobile - Page Element page, in the On Click Action field, click the mobile action link.

    3. On the Mobile - Action page, click the Output Parameters subtab, and then click New Mobile - Output Parameter.

      Tip:

      In the Type field, you can verify that the Forward Form type is selected for the mobile action.

    4. On the Mobile - Output Parameter page, in the Name field, enter a unique name for the output parameter

    5. In the Response Key field, enter the custom application identifier key in the following format: response:<key>.

      For example, to set up Application Identifier 91, enter response:company_internal_91.

      To view the list of keys for custom application identifiers, see Custom GS1 Application Identifiers.

    6. In the Destination Key field, enter the custom application identifier key.

      For example, to set up Application Identifier 91, enter company_internal_91.

    7. Click Save.

    Repeat steps c to g if you want to add more custom application identifiers to your bar code.

  3. To set the custom application identifier key in the custom or standard page element’s Default Value field, do the following:

    Note:

    The Default Value field is used to display the value of the custom application identifier from the scanned bar code.

    1. On the Page Elements subtab, click the custom or standard page element that you want to configure.

      Tip:

      To access the Page Elements subtab of the mobile page on which you have set up the custom or standard page element, see step 1.

    2. On the Mobile - Page Element page, in the Default Value field, enter the custom application identifier key in the following format: state:dataRecord:scriptParams:<key>.

      For example, to set up Application Identifier 91, enter state:dataRecord:scriptParams:company_internal_91.

      To view the list of keys for custom application identifiers, see Custom GS1 Application Identifiers.

    3. Click Save.

    If you have multiple identifiers to set up, repeat steps a to c for each custom or standard page element.

  4. After you have completed all of your customizations, you must update the mobile application by doing the following:

    1. Go to Setup > Custom > Mobile - Applications.

    2. On the Mobile - Applications List, click the Update App link next to the mobile application.

    To view the status of your update, click the link on the processing message at the top of the page. Wait for the confirmation message to appear before you start accessing your custom mobile page.

Related Topics

NetSuite WMS Overview
NetSuite WMS Setup
Mobile App Setup
Bar Code Setup for NetSuite WMS

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