Setting Up Inventory Number Prefixes

In addition to a barcode, Horizon can also assign items an inventory number, a unique, automatically-generated number which can be used to keep track of a particular item, even if the barcode is modified.

The Inventory Prefixes configuration allows you to configure the prefixes Horizon can use to generate the inventory numbers, whether or not the number should include a separator, and which number Horizon should start with to construct the numbers.

Horizon can generate inventory numbers as part of item creation or modification. For more information about this process, see the "Creating a Single Item Record" topic of the Cataloging User Guide.

To set up inventory number prefixes

1 Open the newinvkey (Inventory Prefixes) view in the Table Editor.
2 Choose the configuration that you want to change, or create a new configuration.

Horizon displays the Edit Inventory Prefixes window.

3 Complete these fields:

Field

Action

Prefix

Enter the value Horizon should append to the beginning of inventory numbers.

Description

Enter the name or description of the prefix.

Separator

If you want Horizon to insert a separator between the prefix and the inventory number, mark this box.

First Number

Enter the number at which Horizon should begin creating inventory numbers for numbers using this prefix.

Last Number Used

This read-only field indicates the last number Horizon generated using this prefix.

4 Save your changes.

 


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