Use the Profile Configuration feature in the WebSphere® Premises Server Administrative Console to
create new pack types for profiles. You use these pack types in the Print, Verify, and Ship Reference User Interface.
Procedure
- Open the WebSphere Premises Server Administrative Console.
The Welcome page displays.
- Click EPC Configuration Profile
Configuration from the left panel. The
EPC Profiles panel displays.
- Click the profile for which you are creating a new pack
type. The Edit EPC Profile Details Panel displays.
- In the Available Packaging Types box,
select Add new packtype. The Pack Type Configuration panel
displays.
- Enter the pack type in the Packaging Type field.
- Type a brief description of this pack type in the Description field.
- In the Input Type field, select
the input format of the product codes you are including in this pack
type.
- In the Company Prefix Length field,
select the number of digits in the company prefix for this pack type.
- In the Encoding Type field, select
the algorithm to use when converting from the specified input type
to the EPC-compliant output type.
- Select a filter value from the Filter Value field.
Filter values are two- to four-digit codes that identify the pack
type. In the EPCglobal standard, filter rules are used for filtering
and pre-selecting basic logistic types such as inner packs, cases,
and pallets.
- Type a one-digit code from 0-9 in the Indicator/Extension
Digit field, if necessary. The indicator digit is specific
to the manufacturer and identifies packing levels for SGTIN encoding
types. The extension digit is used by SSCC encoding types to extend
the range of serial numbers.
- If appropriate, select one or more pack types from the Contained
Pack Type field. Use the <CTRL> key to select more
than one pack type. A contained pack type refers to a pack type that
is a subset of a larger pack type. For example, if you are creating
pack type Pallet64-011, you might have a contained pack type of CASE64-001
because a case can be part of a larger pallet.
Note: Any
pack type can have zero or more contained pack types.
- Select a print template from the Default Print
Template field. You must have already created at least
one print template on the Print Templates panel in the WebSphere Premises Server Administrative Console. For
more information on creating print templates, see Creating print templates.
Note: The
template you select automatically displays in the Label field
on the Print panel of the Print, Verify, and Ship Reference User Interface when
you select this pack type.
- Click Create. The
pack type is saved and available for selection in the Print module
of the Print, Verify, and Ship Reference User Interface.
- Go to the next section, Configuring profiles,
to create a customer profile containing these pack types.