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