Alternate Barcodes

The Item Barcode screen sets up alternate barcodes for SKUs in the warehouse. This screen enables the ability to configure multiple barcodes for the same Item Code.

The sequence in which item barcodes are looked up is as follows:

• If ITEM_BARCODE_SKIP_ALT_CODE_CHECK is set to yes:Setting the value to yes only allows the item barcode to be scanned on item entry fields. If an  alternate code is scanned, it cannot be used to identify the item and will  result in an ITEM_DOES_NOT_EXIST error.
• If ITEM_BARCODE_SKIP_ALT_CODE_CHECK is set to no: Setting the value to no (which is the default) allows the alternate barcode to be scanned on item entry fields. This means that either the item barcode or the item alternate code is used to identify and validate the item entered for the item entry field.

  If more than ONE record is found (for example, one record matches on barcode and another on item_barcode), the system will randomly pick one, usually the first created.