# Creating a Source Batch

1. On the home view, go to the Sources tab and select Batch sequence on the left pane.

2. Select the plus icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.

3. Give the new Source Batch a name

4. Set the Abort on new identifier to Yes if scanning a new identifier string should abort the previous scan.

5. Select the Identifier method (string for text, or number for numerical strings).

6. Set Free order to On if the strings should be able to be scanned in any order.

   Identifier strings can be made up of up to 4 different strings. When Free order is set to Off, the strings need to be scanned in a specific order for the system to recognize the string.

7. If required, add an identifier string by selecting the plus icon in the Identifier string configuration section.

8. Select the Name label for the identifier string you want to change the properties of, a pop-up window will appear. The following properties can be indicated per string:

   - Name: the name of the string

   - Length: the length of the string. See Combining Identifier Strings for more information on concatenating strings.

   - Significant positions: these are used to specify which characters in the barcode string to read when putting together the string to match with your pre-defined string. The number of significant positions must match the number of characters in the pre-defined strings.

   - Saved positions: these indicate which parts of each string are used when the Source Batch is saved, and how they are represented in the log. Indicate in this field the positions in the string that need to be saved. Positions can constitute only parts of the entire string. If the field is left empty, the entire (concatenated) string will be saved. The table below shows some examples of saved position combinations.

     Saved position values are comma-separated (without spaces), and ranges are indicated using a hyphen.

   Identifier string | Positions
   --- | ---
   String 1: 1234567 | 1-7
   String 2: abcdef | 8-13
   String 3: GHIJKL | 14-19
   String 4: 890 | 20-22

   Saved position examples
   Saved positions | Saved results
   --- | ---
   (empty) | 1234567abcdefGHIJKL890
   1-3,9,11,15,20-22 | 123bdH890
   8-12,1-7,19,20-21 will be changed automatically to: 1-12,19-21 | 1234567abcdeL89

   The ID field in the string properties window cannot be altered, it can only be used to navigate between the different strings.

   An error may occur when Free order is set to On, and the lengths of the different strings are duplicated. The scanned sequence will then not activate a tightening program. To avoid this error, set Free order to Off, or adjust the string lengths.

9. Select Edit.

10. In the Edit window, indicate which strings (in the String contains column) should be linked to which Batch sequence (in the Activates column). Click the plus icon at the bottom to add more strings.

    Wildcards can be used when typing the "string contains". The wildcards can be used at any position in the string. No Batch sequence is activated in case of an ambiguous matching result.

    The wildcard is a . (period)