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Automatically assign a bar codes to an item

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Posted on by Freddie P

Hello.

We are a whoesaler of products, apx. 60% of the items we buy are ready made from different brands.

Apx. 40% of the items are our own brand, produced at different producers around the world.

For this part of our range, I world like to be able to get a barcode automatically assigned to the items.

For the other part, that is not our own brand, we must be able not to sign a barcode when we create the item in business central.

As it is now, we need to go to a different web site and create a barcode, after that is created, often with Excel since we create several at the time, we need to import the barcode into business central.

This is a very time consuming way of working, so, does anyone know if business central can assign barcodes automatically?

Best regards Fredrik

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André Arnaud de Cal... 300,917 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Fredrik,

As you mentioned Business Central, I moved your question to the specific forum for this product.

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YUN ZHU 95,331 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi, You can first check the standard functions of BC below.

Business Central 2023 wave 2 (BC23): Print and scan barcodes (No customization)

https://yzhums.com/43220/

If it cannot meet your needs, you can only consider customization.

Dynamics 365 Business Central 2021 release wave 1 (BC18): Use one-dimensional barcodes in reports (Business Central online)

https://yzhums.com/11763/

Business Central 2021 wave 2 (BC19.1) new features: Using 2D barcodes Font in BC Online/SaaS (Aztec, Data Matrix, Maxi Code, PDF417, QR-Code)

https://yzhums.com/20231/

But you have already generated the barcode outside the system, can you just import it into the item's picture?

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

ZHU

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Khushbu Rajvi. 20,363 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hope this helps as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tMG-XZ7HAo

https://community.dynamics.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=977c2558-c13a-ef11-840a-6045bda8ca63

https://usedynamics.com/business-central/product-dev/item-references/

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Freddie P 24 on at

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Thank you for your answers. I see now that I did not explain clearly what I need :)

I don't need to see it in a report, or add it to a report, or see an image of the bar code. I just want an EAN13 code, the 13 digits, added in the Item reference table when I create a new item. Today I need to generate the code on the GS1 website, and then import the digits into the table 5777 (Item reference).

This code will then be used to identify this specifc item when we scan the code on an actuall product, like a cardboard box, or a roll of gift ribbon, in our warehouses or our store.

Best regards Fredrik

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Gerardo Rentería Ga... 25,213 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi, good day
I hope this can help you, and give you some hints.

Find the right app | Microsoft AppSource

Best Regards
Gerardo

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YUN ZHU 95,331 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Then you need to contact the website that created the EAN13 code to see if they provide an interface. If so, you can solve this problem through customization.

More details: Call external services with the HttpClient data type

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-httpclient?wt.mc_id=DX-MVP-5004336

Thanks.

ZHU

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Ben Baxter 6,577 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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You can also use the GTIN field to store UPC barcode information. Saves the hassle of going to the Item References table, however, you would want to be using Warehouse Insights or another scanning solution to ensure it can read through the GTIN field when the barcode is scanned.

Best Regards,

Ben Baxter

Accent Software Inc

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