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Tracer Plus Configuration

xAssets Barcoding Guide
Configuring Barcoding

Tracer Plus Configuration

This page covers the three configuration areas needed to integrate xAssets with intelligent barcode scanners running TracerPlus software. These settings control how data is exported to scanners before an audit and imported back into xAssets afterward.

How TracerPlus Works

TracerPlus Desktop creates the scanning application that is deployed to the scanner hardware. The application is organised into sessions -- each session performs a specific function:

  • User-facing sessions provide the scanning interface (scan a barcode, enter a value, select from a dropdown).
  • Hidden sessions act as lookup databases (e.g., a list of expected assets so the scanner can display an asset's description on screen).

Each session contains numbered fields of various types (text, number, checkbox, dropdown). Two field types require data from xAssets:

  • Dropdown fields -- present a finite list of options (e.g., available Locations).
  • Lookup fields -- retrieve data from a hidden session to populate other fields (e.g., look up an asset's description from its barcode).

TracerPlus Field Export Queries

These xAssets queries supply the data that populates dropdown and lookup fields on the scanner. They are standard xAssets queries with the Type set to TRACERPLUS EXPORT.

A query can optionally accept an AssetIDList parameter to restrict the export to assets expected in the audit.

Lookup and Dropdown Export Configuration

This configuration maps xAssets query data to specific TracerPlus sessions and fields. You must have your TracerPlus sessions designed and your export queries created before configuring this.

Each field mapping includes:

Field Description
Audit Type The audit type this field applies to. Choose [All] if common to all types.
Query The TracerPlus Field Export Query that provides the data.
Field The column from the query that supplies the export data.
Session No. The TracerPlus session number -- used to name the export file.
Field No. The field number within the session -- for dropdowns, determines the export file name.
Field Type Either Dropdown or Lookup, controlling how the data is exported.
FieldName The field name in TracerPlus -- for reference only, to help identify the field in the configuration.

TracerPlus Scanner Import Files

This setting maps the file name of data exported from TracerPlus back to the correct Audit Type in xAssets, so that imported scan results are associated with the right audit.