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Using barcode scanner with inventory consumables or retail products

Learn how to setup barcodes in the system to quickly retrieve consumables for resolution or retail products in invoices

Updated over 2 months ago

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to set up your inventory, consumables, and retail products to work with a barcode scanner. This will enable you to swiftly and efficiently scan inventory consumables or retail products into an invoice.

Step 1: Begin by navigating to Settings.

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Step 2: Proceed to Inventory.

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Step 3: Choose a product for which you want to set up a barcode.

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Step 4: Enter the barcode in the designated field.

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For instance, in this tutorial, we're using the barcode 1, 2, 3, ABC.

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Step 5: Now, let's use this product in a sample appointment. Suppose you want to resolve the consumable.

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Step 6: Click on the designated area.

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Step 7: Hit the Resolve button. Remember, a barcode scanner works like a keyboard. Any Bluetooth barcode scanner connected to your computer will input the barcode just like a keyboard.

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Step 8: Click into the search, scan the code,

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and the code will appear in your input field. Select the consumable,

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resolve it, and you're done.

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Now, let's see how to use a similar process for retail products.

Step 9: Go to Settings.

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Step 10: Navigate to Catalog.

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Step 11: Let's look at a sample product. This is where you set the barcode for the product. In this case, it's also 123abc.

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Step 12: Now, let's see how to use this in an invoice.

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Step 13: Create a new invoice.

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Step 14: Click on Product.

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Step 15: Use your scanner to scan the barcode. This will quickly look up the product for you. Select it,

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and if there are more products, just hit Add Product, scan it again,

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And that's it! You've now configured your practice to use barcode scanners effectively.

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