3M 747 setup guide Set import parameters, Overview, Collection Categories, Import Formats

Step 8 – Set import parameters

You must set up import formats and export collection category labels to a memory card before attempting to use the DLA to collect data. These collection category labels are exported to a memory card for use by the DLA.

Overview

Data Manager software can import collected Item IDs from a memory card and save them as formatted text files. These text files can be used to update data stored in your circulation system (e.g., inventory dates).

Collection Categories

Use Data Manager to create different collection category labels that are exported to a memory card and displayed on the DLA.

When you use the DLA to collect Item IDs (read from 3MTM RFID tags) you can save the Item IDs to the memory card in any of the collection categories that you exported earlier.

Collected data can be saved in a specific category. This helps ensure that the imported text files do not contain “mixed use” item IDs (e.g., inventory and weeded items in the same file).

Import Formats

Each time you import a collection category, Data Manager saves the collected Item IDs from that category in a separate, formatted text file.

Data Manager saves these files in folders located in the Import File Destination folder.

Each file name includes the import date.

Use Data Manager to create Import Formats that determine how these text files are formatted.

Use the import format parameters (e.g., header string, barcode prefix, etc.) to add any special headers and command codes required by your circulation system.

Figure 19 shows an example of a formatted text file with barcode prefixes, headers, etc. Your formatted files may look quite different depending upon your circulation system requirements.

Default Import Formats

If you designate a default import format: each time you add a category, the default import format automatically appears in the Import Format text box.

Barcode Prefix

Figure 19: Import format parameters allow you to add any headers or command codes required by your circulation system.

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