Printing bar codes

This activity allows you to print bar codes for an asset tag. The bar codes are usually generated a third party utility. The bar codes generated are then updated by linking it to “Asset Capitalization” business component. However, this activity facilitates printing bar codes for an asset tag by retrieving the tag details and the bar code number from the temporary table. You can search for the asset tag details based on the asset location, the group to which the asset belong to, the tag details and the cost range of the asset. Before printing the bar codes, you can also update the details of the asset tag and the bar code number to the “Asset Capitalization” business component permanently.

Select the “Print Bar Codes” link present under the “Asset Inventory” business component.

The “Print Bar Codes” page appears.

Enter the following fields:

Option	Use the drop-down list box to specify whether the bar codes have to be printed or the existing tags have to be updated to the “Asset Capitalization” business component. You can select from “Print” and “Update”.
	Print – indicates that the bar code has to be printed.
	Update – indicates that the details of the asset tag have to be updated to the “Asset Capitalization” business component.
	The system displays “Print” by default on launch of the page.
Asset Location Code	A number identifying the asset location (Alphanumeric, 20). This number must be defined in the “Create Asset Location” activity of “Asset Location” business component.
	Help facility available.
Child Location	Check the box in case you want to retrieve all the locations mapped to the parent asset location. The child location for the asset location must have been defined in “Create Asset Location” activity of “Asset Location” business component.
Asset Class Code	Use the drop-down list box to specify the code identifying the class to which the asset belongs. All the asset class defined in the “Create Asset Class” activity of the “Asset Type Definition” business components are displayed in the drop-down list box. The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page.
Asset Group Code	A number identifying the group to which the asset belongs (Alphanumeric, 25). The system retrieves all the assets, which belongs to the group specified here.
	Help facility available.
Child Group	Check the box in case you want to retrieve all the asset groups mapped to the parent asset group. The child group for the asset group must be defined for the asset group in “Create Asset Group” activity of “Asset Type Definition ” business component.
Finance Book	Use the drop-down list box to specify the finance book in which the asset details are posted. All the finance books mapped to the organization are listed in the drop-down list box. The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page.
Asset No.	The number identifying the asset (Alphanumeric, 18).
	Help facility available.
Asset Description	The textual description pertaining to the asset (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the description in full or specify it partially using the * characters. The system retrieves all the sheets whose asset description is similar to the value entered here.
Cost Center	A code identifying the cost center (Alphanumeric, 10). You can enter the cost center in full or specify it partially using the * characters. The system retrieves all the assets that have cost centers similar to the value entered here. Help facility available.
Tag No.	A number identifying the asset tag (Integer).
	Help facility available.
Tag Description	A textual description pertaining to the tag (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the description in full or specify it partially using the * characters. The system retrieves all the inventory sheets whose tag description is similar to the text entered here.
Asset Cost From	The starting amount of the asset in the range of asset cost for which the details are to be retrieved (Decimal). The system retrieves all the assets whose cost is greater than the amount entered here. The amount entered here must be lesser than the amount entered in the “To” field.
	If this field is left blank and the “To” field is entered, then the system retrieves all the assets from the first assets in the database till the asset whose cost is the lesser than the value entered in the “To” field.
To	The ending amount of the asset in the range of asset cost from which the details are to be retrieved (Decimal). The system retrieves all the assets whose asset cost is less than the value entered here.
	If this field is left blank and the “Asset Cost From” field is entered, then the system retrieves all the assets whose asset cost is greater than the value entered in the “Asset Cost From” field

Click the “Get Details” pushbutton to retrieve the details in the multiline:

Note: If the option has been selected as “Update” then the tag details are retrieved from the temporary table for updation. If the option has been selected as “Print” then the tag details are retrieved from the “Asset Capitalization” business component, along with the bar code number, which can be printed.

The system displays the following in the “Asset Details” multiline:

Asset No.	The number identifying the asset.
Asset Description	A textual description pertaining to the asset.
Tag No.	The number identifying the asset tag.
Tag Description	A textual description pertaining to the asset tag.

Note: The combination of the asset number and the tag number must be unique.

Barcode No	The unique bar code number that has been generated by a third party utility for every asset tag.
Asset Location Code	The code identifying the asset location.
Asset Class Code	The code identifying the asset class to which the asset belongs.
Asset Cost	The cost of the asset.
Cost Center	The code identifying the cost center that has been mapped to the asset.
Finance Book	The code identifying the finance book to which the asset details are posted.
Asset Group Code	The code identifying the asset group to which the asset belongs.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark the asset number.

Note: Atleast one row must be selected in the multiline.

Click the “Update Tags” pushbutton to save the details of the asset tags.

Note: “Update” should have been selected in the “Option” field.

The system updates the details of the asset tags and the bar code number to the “Asset Capitalization” business component permanently.

Click the “Print Bar Code” to print the bar code for the asset tag.

Note: “Print” should have been selected in the “Option” field. Bar code details should exist for the asset tag that has been selected.

The system saves the asset tag and the bar code details and facilitates printing.

The system displays the following:

Created By	The login ID of the user who created the inventory sheet.
Created Date	The date on which the inventory sheet was created.