v21 Make Labels

Owned by Corina Habito
Last updated: 06 May, 2022 by Clarissa Pimentel
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Inventory

Label Reserved Inventory

Labels are available for inventory lots with pending reservations. Label details are provided in a variety of formats to support most label printers. Depending on your label printer, formatting changes may need to be applied to the output file. See more on Inventory Management.

  • In Manage Inventory > View Lots tab, select lots of interest by applying one or more filter(s). To print labels for all reserved inventory, choose filter Reserved and click the plus icon.

  • Enter min and max values or enter 1 as the minimum value to filter all lots with reserved transactions. Click Apply.

  • Below is another example where Study of use filter has been applied to display the lots associated to the study. See Reserved column for lots with pending reservations.

Harvest Labels

Stock lists can be generated from any cross and  advance lists within a study (See more about Inventory Management) and labels made for harvest https://ibplatform.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/2562492722/v21+Manage+Inventory#Create-Lots-for-Harvest-(Beta)

  • Go to Manage Inventory and apply the filter Study of origin to select the lots that have been created in Manage Studies.

  • From the Actions menu, click Export data and labels to print the lot information. Drag the fields from Lot and Germplasm boxes into the Selected Fields box.

  • Save the settings for future export via Save Preset button. Click Export.

Label Format

  • Select details to include on the label, including barcodes for machine reading. From Manage Inventory > Actions > select Export data and labels.

Details for Seed Packets

  • GID: Unique database germplasm identifier

  • Designation: Preferred name

  • Cross: Parental cross string

  • Stock ID: Individual contribution to Lot

  • Seed Source: Concatenated study name and plot number, corresponding to origin of the seed.

  • Lot UID: Unique inventory identifier

 

  • Select Barcode options. Click Export.

  • Review label export file in pdf.

Example of .pdf labels with barcodes using Lot UID.

Studies

Study planting labels are accessible from the Actions menu from studies and field plans.

Planting labels

  • Design the study and save. Select create planting labels from Action menu.

Planting labels with map details

  • To include map details, create labels after field plan design.

Label Format

  • Choose the appropriate output file format for your label printer.

  • Drag and drop desired trial and list details to appear as text with right and left fields. You can choose to have barcodes. We recommend that you use the automatically generated barcode, which is based on the unique plot ID. Give the label settings a preset name to facilitate reuse. Export Label.

  • Review the labels. The barcode is translated into fine print below the code.