Inventory Item Barcode List

How to generate a list of barcodes for all items counted in an inventory

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Written by Nick Neale
Updated over a week ago

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Overview

Every venue takes inventory in a different way. In some areas of your venue, you may find it more efficient to have a sheet of barcodes, or barcodes affixed to shelves, cabinets, bins etc instead of scanning the barcode located on a physical item (if it has one).

If you have completed at least one inventory in your venue, you can generate a PDF with all the barcodes of the items you have inventoried, separated by inventory area. The PDF can be generated for all areas, or individual ones.

This is useful for items that may not have a physical barcode on them (produce, certain wines, etc), because it generates one based on the item’s unique ID in WISK. You can then scan this barcode instead of having to search for the item or scroll through your item list to find it. Depending on the size of your venue, this can save a lot of time.

Note: For items that already have a barcode, it will generate another based on the item’s unique ID as well. You can scan this new barcode, or the existing one on the physical item.

Downloading the Barcode List

To download the barcodes for an inventory, go to the “Inventories” page on the WISK Web Portal, and click the details button beside a completed inventory.

An arrow points to the "..." icon beside a completed inventory on the "Inventories" screen.

On the inventory details window that opens, you can choose to download the list for:

Barcodes for all Inventory Areas

  1. Make sure that the “By Item” view is selected

    On the inventory details, the "By Item" button is highlighted.
  2. Click “Actions” and then “Download Inventory Barcodes (PDF)”

    The actions button is highlighted and has been clicked. An arrow points to the "Download Inventory Barcodes (PDF)" button.

    Note: Depending on the number of unique items in your venue, it may take a few moments to generate the PDF

  3. The PDF displays a barcode and image for each unique item in an area, separated by area. You can print these barcodes and place them in those inventory areas to be scanned during inventory

The PDF of items with their barcodes based on the unique ID in WISK and their images.

Note: As mentioned above, you’ll see that the barcode is based on the unique ID of the item in WISK, not the physical barcode you would find on the item.

Barcodes for Specific Inventory Areas

  1. Make sure that the “By Area” view is selected

    On the inventory details, the "By Area" button is highlighted.

  2. Click the “Filter by area” drop-down list and select the area(s) you want to generate

    An arrow points to the "Filter by area" drop-down list. It has been clicked and shows all the inventory areas in the venue that can be selected.
  3. Click “Actions” and then “Download Inventory Barcodes (PDF)”

    "Stockroom" has been selected, and the "Actions" button is highlighted. "Actions" has been clicked, and an arrow points to the "Download Inventory Barcodes (PDF)" button.

  4. The PDF displays a barcode and image for each unique item in the selected area(s). You can print these barcodes and place them in the inventory area(s) to be scanned during inventory

    The list of barcodes and images for the selected area (Stockroom).

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