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--- cookbook:volume_id_building [2018/03/14 02:57] – [Volume Serial Building Tool] Scott Cunliffe
+++ cookbook:volume_id_building [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Volume Serial Building Tool ======
-Utilize the Volume Serial Building tool to efficiently add large quantities of sequential volume ID's to selected media types.
+Utilize the Volume Serial Building tool to efficiently add large quantities of sequential [[object:volume|Volume-ID's]] to selected [[object:media|Media Types]].
+To use the Volume Serial Building tool, the Media Type must have both a valid Media-ID and Description.
 ===== Volume Serial Building Process =====
-Right-click the media type that you want to add volumes to and select ''Properties''.
+Right-click the [[object:media|Media Type]] that you want to add volumes to and select ''Properties''.
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-==== Build Sequence ====
+==== Building The Volume-ID Sequence ====
-In the **Edit Media** Window click the Volume-ID Building tab.  Press the **insert** key or right-click in the upper window and select **Before** or **After** depending on where you need the next range inserted.
+In the ''Edit Media'' Window click the ''Volume-ID Building'' tab.  Press the ''Insert'' key or right-click in the upper window and select ''Before'' or ''After'' depending on where you need the next range inserted.
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-Any unwanted or unneeded ranges can be removed by right clicking the required index and selecting ''Delete''.
+Any unwanted or unneeded ranges can be removed by right-clicking the required index and selecting ''Delete''.
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-Repeat this process until you have enough ranges to create the barcodes you require.  The ranges can be edited to encompass a range of numbers, letters or characters, or they can be set to one value.
+Repeat this process until you have enough ranges to create the Barcodes you require.  The ranges can be edited to encompass a range of numbers, letters or characters, or they can be set to a single value, such as making the last index **L5** to have all serials end in that value.
-==== Add Volume ID's ====
+==== Add Volume-ID's ====
-Once you have built the required volume ID's, select the range required in the lower window.  Right-click the highlighted range and select ''Add'' to add the volumes to the default repository or ''Add To'' and select the required repository.
+The lower window displays the constructed index, the series of [[object:volume|Volume-ID's]] and whether the [[object:volume|Volume-ID's]] is defined (already exists as a [[object:volume|Volume-ID]] in the media type) or undefined (does not already exist as a [[object:volume|Volume-ID]] in the media type).
+Select the range required in the lower window, ensuring selecting just the undefined [[object:volume|Volume-ID's]].
+Right-click the highlighted range and select ''Add'' to add the [[object:volume|Volumes]] to your default [[object:repository|Repository]] or ''Add To'' and select the required [[object:repository|Repository]].
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 ===== Alternative Methods =====
-Alternative methods for adding Volumes ID's:
+Alternative methods for adding [[object:volume|Volume-ID's]]:
   * [[master:tools_excel_import|Excel Import Tool]]
-  * [[master:volume_edit_menu|copy and paste]]
+  * [[master:volume_edit_menu|Copy and paste]]
   * [[master:volumes|Scan To Add]]
+<- :cookbook:simplemanagement|Simple Management ^ cookbook:introduction|Introduction ^ ->
+{{tag> cookbook}}