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--- cookbook:long_barcodes_attribute_auto [2019/10/17 02:43] – created Scott Cunliffe
+++ cookbook:long_barcodes_attribute_auto [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-====== Adding Long Barcode To Attribute Automatically ======
+====== Adding Long Barcode Values To Extended Attributes ======
-When adding hashed Long Barcodes to TapeTrack, the unhashed Barcode can be automatically added to the Volume's Description or an Extended Attribute to allow a human readable along side the hashed value.
+When adding hashed Long Barcodes to TapeTrack, the unhashed Barcode can be automatically added to the [[object:volume|Volume's]] ''Description'' or an [[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attribute]] to allow a human readable along side the hashed value.
-===== Adding An Extended Attribute For Long Barcode =====
+===== Sample Data =====
-If you are adding the unhashed Barcode to the Volume field Description or you have already added the required Extended Attribute you can skip this section.
+In this example we will use the following [[object:volume|Volume-ID's]] to scan into [[desktop:master|TapeTrack TapeMaster]]
+  * VOLUME_1001
+  * 100010002234
+  * MONDAY VOLUME 1
-Extended Attributes are added at a Customer level and are then available to all Media types that belong to that Customer.
+Adding [[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attribute]] ''Long Barcode''
-To add an Extended Attribute, right-click the required Customer-ID and select ''Properties''.
+===== Adding An Extended Attribute For Long Barcode =====
-From the Edit Customer window, select the ''Attributes'' tab.
+If you are adding the unhashed Barcode to the  [[object:volume|Volume]] field ''Description'' or you have already added the required [[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attribute]] you can skip this section.
-Attributes and types are set at a Customer level by right-clicking a Customer in the Customer Tree and selecting
+[[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attributes]] are added at a [[object:customer|Customer]] level and are then available to all [[object:media|Media]] types that belong to that [[object:customer|Customer]].
- **Properties**.
+To add an [[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attribute]], right-click the required Customer-ID from the Customer Tree and select ''Properties''.
 {{:master:tapemaster_customer_properties.png}}
-This will launch the Customer Properties Window. Select the Attributes tab.
+From the Edit [[object:customer|Customer]] window, select the ''Attributes'' tab.
+{{master_attribute.png}}
+Left-click in the first available blank [[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attribute]] field ''Name'' .
+Enter a descriptive name for the [[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attribute]] (eg. Long Barcode), leaving the ''Type'' as ''String''.
+Select the ''Options'' tab.
+From the ''Long Barcode Attribute'' field, select the [[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attribute]] field you want the un-hashed Long Barcode to be added to (eg. Long barcode).
+{{master_long_barcode_attribute_select.png}}
+Click ''Save''.
+===== Scanning Long Barcodes =====
+Scan Long Barcodes, by right-clicking in the [[desktop:master|TapeTrack TapeMaster]] Inventory window and selecting ''Special Operations'' -> ''Scan'' -> ''Scan To Add Volumes''
+{{master:tapemaster_volume_scan_to_add.png}}
+Scan-In the  [[object:volume|Volumes]] using your preferred method.
+All  [[object:volume|Volumes]] Scanned with Long Barcodes will automatically have the un-hashed barcode value added to the [[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attribute]] selected in the previous steps.
+===== Viewing Long Barcode Values =====
+To view the [[element:volume_attributes|Extended Attribute]] (Long Barcode) in [[desktop:master|TapeTrack TapeMaster]], from the main menu select ''View'' -> ''Volume List Properties''.
+{{:master:tapemaster_view_volume_list.png}}
-{{:master:tapemaster_attribute.png}}
+Select from the ''Attribute Field'', under ''List Options'', the required Attribute (Long Barcode).  The un-hashed Long Barcode values will now display in the Inventory window.
-Left-click in the Attribute field next to an Index number to enter an Attribute.
+{{master_attribute_select.png}}
-By default, the type will be set to String. Click String to select either String, Integer, or Date from the Type drop-down menu.
+{{tag> cookbook}}
-Set **Required** to the required value when creating new volumes:
-  * ''False'' equates to optional value.
-  *  ''True'' equates to mandatory entry.