The Print, Verify, and Ship Reference User Interface is
an easy-to-use, Web-based software application that is used to manage the
print, verify, and ship processes for the WebSphere® Premises Server solution.
It contains the following main functions:
- Print - use the Print panel to determine the products
for which you need to print RFID tag labels. The labels print with information
stored in properties files, such as SampleCaseTag.properties and SamplePalletTag.properties.
Some properties file information are hard-coded; however, you can create a
properties file that substitutes information that is specific to your shipment
for many of the properties file variables. This functionality eliminates the
need to create a properties file for each label item. After the properties
file is created using the substitution variables, you can use the same properties
file for multiple labels. For a list of substitution variables, see Substitution variables for template properties files.
You can load all products from a particular
purchase order or catalog, scan or enter Global Identifier (GID codes), or
search the database by keyword. After you select the products, you can print
the tag labels based on existing print templates created in WebSphere Premises Server Administrative Console.
The
process for printing tag labels depends on whether your system is installed
in an integrated or a non-integrated environment. In an integrated
environment, the RFID network retrieves information from the back-end enterprise
system, so that product and catalog information displays directly in the Print, Verify, and Ship Reference User Interface. In a non-integrated
environment, the RFID network is not connected to the back-end enterprise
system and, therefore, does not have access to product and catalog information.
See Printing RFID tag labels for more information.
- Verify - use the Verify panel to create associations
in the database between cases and containers, either manually or automatically.
After you select the items to associated with a container, save the association
in the database for reference purposes. See Associating labels with containers for
more information.
Note: This document uses the generic term container to
include any kind of container that stores cases of items. For example, a pallet is
one example of a container.
- Ship - use the Ship panel to match scanned items
against the database for outgoing containers. See Validating outgoing shipments for
more information.
- Report - use the Report panel to run reports on
items that have been printed and verified. See Generating reports for
more information.
See Printing RFID tag labels to get started.