This page details how to Add or Delete Media Types.

Right-click a Customer and select Add Media Type This will launch the Edit New Media Window.

This will launch a Edit New Media window. The first tab on the Edit New Media window is the Identity tab. The Identity tab requires the input of a Media ID and a Media Type Description. You can add up to four characters as the Media-ID and up to twenty characters for the Media Type Description.

The Options Tab provides options for the new Media Type. Set the option values required.

• Hide Media Type when set to true removes the media type from view in the customer tree.
• Internal media type has an internal purpose and should not be displayed to all applications.
• Maximum Volumes allowed. 0 = unlimited.
• Maximum Repositories allowed. 0 = unlimited.
• Allowable Volume-ID's if set, restricts the allowable volume ID formats for this customer.
• Default Media Type This media type is the default when none can be determined.
• Auto Simple Management adds new media with the simple management option.
• Auto Container automatically adds new volumes as containers.
• Stock Controlled requires all new volumes to have a stock control type.
• Auto Stock Selection selects a stock type for new volumes automatically.
• Relaxed Barcode Matching attempts to match a scanned barcode with L|T|J suffix when not found.
• No Move-back Warning stops a warning flag (W) being added to a volume if it moves back to its current repository.
• Lock Volumes
• No HealthCheck
• Show Built In Repositories
• Remove Barcode Suffix
• Barcodes use Modulo43
• Default Repository

Click Save

The next prompt will be to add the relevant repositories.

Right-click a Media Type in the Customer Tree. Select Delete Media Type.

Note: Media Types that contain Repositories and/or Volumes cannot be deleted. For more information, see:

• Adding and Deleting Repositories
• Adding and Deleting Volumes