The ISN is a valuable piece of data that can be printed on your labels. This article explains the advantages of printing it.
What is the ISN? The ISN is an acronym for Internal Serial Number and is the serial number programmed into the tag.
Benefits of ISN when Printing
Printing the ISN provides visual identification of the tag's programmed serial number, and can help to verify the exact tag's data when printing and scanning.
Where to View the ISN from The Web Portal
Print Jobs (V1 & V2) Page
Printing V1
To view the ISN on Printing V1 click on a print job and a pop-up will appear. From this pop-up you can see the ISN which displays the range of serial numbers assigned to a print job.
Printing V2
From the Printing V2 page click the Print Job. This will open the Product & Tags view pop-out of the side menu.
The Product view appears on top and displays the range of serial numbers, the Tags view appears on the bottom and displays the ISN per tag.
The ISN allows you to quickly identify which labels are faulty so that they can be discarded and new labels printed.
Inventory Page & Downloads
Inventory > Products View
Once the labels have been scanned and uploaded, users can view the ISNs via the Inventory tab. The Inventory displays all scanned items since the most recent audit, thus providing a merged view of several scans. The default Inventory view is by Products.
To view the ISN for a Product click on the desired product to view the Tags. This opens a pop-up window displaying the Tags and the related ISNs.
Inventory > Tags View
By sliding the view selector from Products to Tags a user can view the inventory page by Tags. The displays one tag per row.
Inventory Downloads
From the inventory page a user can download the related spreadsheets. The ISN is available from the SKU + EPC & EPC downloads:
SKU + EPC Download
This report collapses the Tag level data inside the Product. To view the ISNs from this report click on the Inventory tab, then click on the "+" button of the Product you wish to view Tags for to view the ISN column.
EPC Download
The EPC download provides a Tags level view and includes the ISN.
Scan Sessions Downloads
The Scan Sessions tab provides a record of every scan performed. From the same spreadsheets SKU + EPC and EPC you can view the ISNs for uploaded items.
If you have any questions regarding the ISN please reach out to us.