Add Padded Barcodes

Back Office - How To

This outlines the How To Add Padded Barcodes.

The content is targeted at Resellers and Swiftpos Venue administrators who have a sound knowledge of and experience with Swiftpos. For further information or assistance, please contact your Swiftpos Reseller or Swiftpos Support.

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• About
• How To?

About      ▲ ▼

• What Is Required?
• What To Consider?
• When Is It Used?

What Is Required?      ▲ ▼

• Before embarking on this process, ensure a backup is made of the Swiftpos database. Refer HERE for more information.

What To Consider?      ▲ ▼

• Only those Items/Products that have a numeric Barcode of less than 13 characters will be considered when adding padded Barcodes.

When Is It Used?      ▲ ▼

Used to ensure Barcodes are added to Items/Products that have a numeric Barcode of less than 13 characters. The Barcodes added will be the Item's/Product's existing Barcode(s) padded with leading zeros to a length of 13 characters.

How To?      ▲ ▼

• Review About - Ensure the steps outlined HERE are addressed.
• Add Padded Barcodes?

How To Add Padded Barcodes?      ▲ ▼

In Back Office, do as follows:

• Navigate to and select the Add Padded Barcodes option in the SQL Tools menu.
• This will display the following prompt:

• Select OK to continue or select Cancel to abort the process.
• Once completed, a prompt similar to the one below will be displayed:

• Select OK to close the prompt and complete the process.

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