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Introducing Symantec Barcode Solution This chapter includes the following topics: About Symantec Barcode Solution Symantec Barcode Solution features and benefits Components of Barcode Solution How Barcode Solution works About Symantec Barcode Solution Barcode Solution provides your organization with a simpler, more accurate way of gathering and verifying asset information in the field.
Pocket PC operating system. Barcode solution elements The Barcode Solution elements are installed on and work with Symantec Management Platform. They include reports and code to create the output files for the Barcode Manager.
They include reports and code to create output files for the Barcode Manager. The number of features and details available to you depend on the rights of your profile. Profiles are created and are modified in the Symantec Management Console , and you must use your Symantec Management Console credentials when operating a barcode device.
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Chapter Using Barcode Solution This chapter includes the following topics: Using Barcode Solution Creating a synchronization profile Installing Barcode Manager Synchronizing data Scanning assets Uploading data from the barcode device Verifying asset data About ownership and editing associations Resolving conflicts Viewing Barcode Solution reports Using Barcode Solution This process walks you through the steps that you need to complete to set up and...
Using Barcode Solution” on page 15. To create a synchronization profile In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Service and Asset Management > Barcode. In the left pane, right-click Barcode Solution > Synchronization Profiles. Click New > Synchronization Profile.
Click Save Changes. Installing Barcode Manager To install Barcode Manager on a barcode device, you must first access the Symantec Management Console from the host computer. You need to use the Notification Server credentials of the barcode device user. Barcode Manager is then installed to be installed on the host computer and from there, Barcoder is installed on the barcode device.
Using Barcode Solution Synchronizing data In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Service and Asset Management > Barcode. On the Barcode Solution home page in the Quick Links Web-part, click Install Barcode Manager. Synchronizing data Any data that is specified in the user profile and the Manage handheld device page is uploaded to the barcode device in the initial synchronization.
Using Barcode Solution” on page 15. To upload data from the barcode device On the barcode device, select Start > Programs > Symantec Altiris Barcoder. Click Synchronization. Enter the Notification Server computer login credentials and click Login. Select Synchronization and click Sync.
Using Barcode Solution About ownership and editing associations In the Batch uploads page, select the batch of uploaded data that you want to verify. Click View Batch Details. The Batch Details page displays the resources with new or changed data. Select a resource and click View Resource Details to view its changed details.
Viewing Barcode Solution reports Using Barcode Solution” on page 15. To resolve conflicts In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu click Service and Asset Management > Barcode. In the left pane, click Barcode Solution > Manage Changes > Unresolved Conflicts.
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Chapter Using Barcode Solution's User Interface This chapter includes the following topics: Barcode Solution Home page Web-parts Barcode Solution home page: Assets without a Barcode Web-part Barcode Solution home page: Profile Summary Web-part Barcode Solution home page: Quick Links Web-part Barcode Solution home page: Summary of Assets Scanned Web-part Barcode Solution home page: Summary of Verification Batches Web-part Batch Uploads page...
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Barcode Solution home page: Assets without a Barcode Web-part Web-parts on the Barcode Solution Home page (continued) Table 3-1 Web-part Description Summary of Assets Scanned Displays data about your scanned assets after it is uploaded from your handheld scanner to the server. Barcode Solution home page: Summary of Assets Scanned Web-part”...
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Barcode Solution home page: Quick Links Web-part Barcode Solution home page: Assets without a Barcode Web-part” on page 25. Barcode Solution home page: Quick Links Web-part” on page 26. Barcode Solution home page: Summary of Assets Scanned Web-part” on page 27.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Barcode Solution home page: Summary of Assets Scanned Web-part Options for Barcode Solution home page: Quick Links (continued) Table 3-3 Option Description Barcode Manager Installed Checks the computer for the latest version of the Install/Launch Barcoder on Barcode Manager.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Barcode Solution home page: Summary of Verification Batches Web-part Options on the Barcode Solution home page: Summary of Assets Table 3-4 Scanned Web-part (continued) Option Description Group By Groups the scan results that you want to have displayed by either the type of asset, or the location, or by neither.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Batch Details page Options on the Batch Uploads page Table 3-5 Option Description View Batch Details Opens the batch details page to show you the resources that are included in the selected batch. Batch Details page” on page 29.
You can then edit the asset or add the asset directly from the Symantec Management Console. Any barcode reader device you use should work as long as it appends a <cr> return code at the end of the scan and it is communicating directly with the computer that is running the Symatec Management Console (example: Bluetooth or USB).
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Assign Barcode page Pages in the Scanning folder Table 3-8 Page Description Assign Barcode Lets you add or update a barcode of asset based on the serial number. Assign Barcode page” on page 31. Quick Scan Lets you quickly scan your assets and update key asset details.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Quick Scan page Options on the Assign Barcode page (continued) Table 3-9 Option Description Serial Number The serial number of the asset in the system. You can use this option to scan in a serial number. Barcode The barcode of the asset.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Receiving page Options on the Quick Scan page Table 3-10 Option Description Profile The profile to use. Barcode / Serial Number The barcode or the serial number of the asset. Location The location of the asset. You can scan a location barcode to populate this field.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Receiving Warning page Bypass upload verification option on the selected profile then the changes are sent directly to the Configuration Management Database.” Assign Barcode page” on page 31. Quick Scan page” on page 32. Search page” on page 34.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Resource Edit Details A simpler way of searching, is by scanning in a field. Scanning a field automatically triggers a search without you having to click Search. When you select a resource on the Search Results pane, by double-clicking on a row, the Asset Details pane is displayed.
Barcode License Count Exceeded page This page is displayed instead of the scanning page when your licenses count is exceeded. Install Symantec Barcode Manager page This page is displayed instead of the scanning page when the Barcode Manager application is not installed.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Synchronization Profile page: Resources tab Tabs on the Synchronization Profiles page Table 3-13 Description Resources Lets you add organizationsl structure and resources and asset resources to a synchronization profile. Synchronization Profile page: Resources tab” on page 37. Data Classes and Associations Displays the data classes and associations of a synchronization profile.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Synchronization Profiles page: Select Data Classes and Associations tab Options on the Synchronization Profile page: Resource tab Table 3-14 Option Description Users (in selected department(s)) The users (by department) to include in the download. Departments The departments of the users to include in the download.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Synchronization Profiles page: Permissions tab Synchronization Profiles page: Permissions tab This page lets you set the user's permissions on handheld devices. Under Createable Resource Types, you can add and remove the resource types that you want available in the Synchronization profile, which can be created on the handheld device.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Synchronization Profiles page: Synchronization tab Options on the Synchronization Profiles page: Permissions tab Table 3-15 (continued) Options Description User Specific Resources Lets you specify whether or not you want to allow the user of this profile to add user-specific resources. Synchronization Profiles page: Synchronization tab This page lets you synchronize the data on the profile and the data on the handheld device.
Using Barcode Solution's User Interface Merge Settings page Are the licenses consumed by Barcode Devices when they synchronize with NS. These licenses are not released automatically and need to be Deleted once the device is no longer used. Console Licenses Are the licenses consumed by the Scanning pages on NS Console.
Synchronization Profiles page: Synchronization tab” on page 40. Barcode Solution Reports folder Barcode Solution Reports folder lets you select from several reports that display the results of data exchanges. For more information, see topic about Reports in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
Chapter Using Barcoder This chapter includes the following topics: About barcoder and the barcode device Starting barcoder Synchronizing barcoder Searching for a barcode value in barcoder Adding a Barcode Value to an existing asset with barcoder Adding a new asset with the barcode device Using barcoder to inventory assets About barcode sheets About barcoder and the barcode device...
Before you can use Barcoder, you must have already downloaded asset data into the barcode device. To start barcoder On the barcode device, select Start > Programs > Symantec Altiris Barcoder. Access Barcoder features from the Main Menu screen. Synchronizing barcoder The first synchronization from any profile downloads all of the existing data from Notification Server.
Using Barcoder Adding a Barcode Value to an existing asset with barcoder If the barcode is not found on the barcode device then you can return to menu and select New asset. Alternatively, you can go to asset scan and select, Create new asset on unknown barcode and then scan a barcode.
Barcoder. To increase productivity, use Barcoder only to add enough information to uniquely identify an asset. You can then use the Symantec Management Console to add the remaining data.
Using Barcoder Using barcoder to inventory assets To add a new asset from the Search screen Go to the Search screen. Click New. The New Asset screen is displayed. Select the asset type of the asset that you want to create. You are taken to the new asset screen, with the asset type entered, where you can create a new asset and add data class information.
Using Barcoder About barcode sheets To use barcoder to inventory assets Start barcoder. Starting barcoder” on page 44. On the Main Menu screen, select Location Audit. Select a location or scan a location barcode Scan the barcodes for the location. Repeat the proceeding steps for all locations and assets to be scanned.
Chapter Using the Barcoder menu This chapter includes the following topics: Search template options About the Asset scan template Quick Scan template options About the Location Scan template About the Owner Scan template About the Assign Barcode template About the Receiving template About the New Asset template About the Inventory Browse template About the Location Audit template...
Using the Barcoder menu Search template options When a gray field is displayed and the device beeps, when you scan a barcode the field is automatically populated. For example if you are in the Search screen and you scan a location tag, the Location field gets populated with that location. Then, every tag that you scan until you scan another location tag gets its filter value set, but the asset is not updated.
Using the Barcoder menu About the Asset scan template About the Asset scan template The Asset Scan template lets you quickly view an asset without making changes to it. When you scan the barcode of an asset, you can see all information on that asset.
Using the Barcoder menu About the Location Scan template the status list. Scan the owner barcode. The owner field auto-populates. Select Create new asset on unknown barcode. Then scan all assets that are in the office. All of the assets are automatically assigned to the owner and location that you scanned.
Using the Barcoder menu About the Assign Barcode template About the Assign Barcode template The Assign Barcode template adds a barcode to an asset when a serial number and barcode tag are scanned. You can use this template to assign a Barcode where assets already exist in your system.
Using the Barcoder menu About the New Asset template When a computer is inventoried, the serial number and barcode are merged with the computer inventory. This merging occurs if the Duplicate Computer Merge policy is enabled. There must be an existing computer in the database that has the same serial number or Barcode.
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Using the Barcoder menu About RFID Audit template User profile The last scan that is performed on a tag (in the event of multiple scans)
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Index synchronization tab, synchronization profiles page about 40 terminology barcode terminology 12 unresolved conflicts page about 29 workflow implementation 15...
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