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Manage Labels

This page describes how to manage labels in Pathfinder.

Select the Manage Labels option from the Analysis and Reports section.

You can create and print personalized labels here.

Manage Labels

  • In manage labels, you can create labels, you can edit and delete existing labels (1).

  • You can view your existing labels here (2). You can double click on an existing label here to edit a label as well. You can also write a short description about the label and select the label type.

Creating label templates allow quick printing of labels for network cables and components. You can create barcodes and QR-codes for your labels to allow easy access to those components in Pathfinder.

Create Labels

Introduction

Creating a new label and editing an existing label are done in a similar way.

  • In the label editing tool, you have your main label as display here (1).

  • The objects placed in the label are shown here (2). Each object has a name and number assigned to it.

  • You can edit the properties of objects and nested objects here (3). A short description of the action performed by each field is displayed at the bottom (4).

You can customize the label size, choose barcode or QR code encoding expression, decide on the information to be printed, add company logo and more.

Additional hints

To enable multiple columns, right click on the page in the report editor and choose “edit” from the context menu. In the tab, “other options” you can decide the number of columns and other properties for your label page.

If you do not see your image on the label when adding an image file (1), try changing the stretch option (2) in properties and resizing the image.

When using barcodes or QR codes (3) for your labels please make sure to use qrAuto for the Encoding (4).

This label will print the barcode for the instance in Pathfinder, the component name and the port name.

A list of placeholders used to retrieve specific information from a component or cable to print on your labels can be found in the table Placeholder at the end of this page.

To get you started with creating labels, we have created two templates for cables and components:

  • Labels for Cables:

cable.fr3

Cable Source_Destination.fr3

  • Labels for Components:

component.fr3

  • Print Multiple Labels:

Multiple columns.fr3

Print Label

Generating labels

  • To generate a printable label, go to a manage cable instance or manage component instance.

  • Right click on an instance to open the context menu and select Print Labels.

  • Select your Printer, paper type and the template format you want for the instance.

Click OK to print the label.

Print multiple labels on a single page

  • You can also select multiple components and cables from your instance reports to print labels for multiple components and cables.

  • You can create multiple labels on one page to print them all together using the multiple columns template file provided.

Go to file in FastReport and select open. Open the multiple columns file. The template will be saved in Pathfinder.

To edit the template, go to the page settings and select other options. Here you can specify the number of columns you want.

Place your labels between the margins for an evenly spaced layout.

Generate Object memos

You can create object memos to call for information to be generated based on the cables and components. The following table describes the placeholders used to generate unique labels for your network in Pathfinder. You can print these labels and place them on your live network cable and components as well.

Placeholder

Description

Hint

General

CODE 
[currentLoginUser]

group name of current logged in user


CODE 
[currentLoginFirstName]

first name of current logged in user


CODE 
[currentLoginLastName]

last name of current logged in user


Labels for patch and installation cables

CODE 
[cable.link]

QR-Code

please set encoding to qrAuto

CODE 
[cable.CatalogCableDef.Name]

name of the cable definition

CODE 
[cable.Name]

assigned cable name


CODE 
[cable.Number]

assigned cable number


CODE 
[cable.LengthM]

cable length in meters


CODE 
[cable.SourceLocationName]

source location name of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourceLocationShortName]

short name of source location of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourceBuildingName]

source building name of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourceBuildingShortName]

short name of source building of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourceFloorName]

source floor name of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourceFloorShortName]

Short name of source floor

CODE 
[cable.SourceRoomName]

source room name of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourceRoomNumber]

source room number of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourceRoomShortName]

Short name of source room

CODE 
[cable.SourceRackName]

source rack name of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourceComponentName]

source component name of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourcePortName]

source port name of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourcePortNumber]

source port number of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationLocationShortName]

short name of destination location of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationBuildingName]

destination building name of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationBuildingShortName]

short name of destination building of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationFloorName]

destination floor name of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationFloorShortName]

Short name of destination floor

CODE 
[cable.DestinationRoomName]

destination room name of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationRoomNumber]

destination room number of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationRoomShortName]

Short name of destination room

CODE 
[cable.DestinationRackName]

destination rack name of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationComponentName]

destination component name of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationPortName]

destination port name of cable


CODE 
[cable.DestinationPortNumber]

destination port number of cable


CODE 
[cable.SourceNWPComponentName]

Component name of first component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.SourceNWPPortName]

Port name of first component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.SourceNWPPortNumber]

Port number of first component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.SourceRootComponentRackUnit]

RU position of the source root component

CODE 
[cable.SourceNWPRootComponentName]

Name of the first root component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.SourceNWPRootComponentRackUnit]

RU position of the first root component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.SourceNWPRackName]

Name of the first rack in the network path

CODE 
[cable.DestinationNWPComponentName]

Component name of last component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.DestinationNWPPortName]

Port name of last component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.DestinationNWPPortNumber]

Port number of last component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.DestinationRootComponentRackUnit]

RU position of the destination root component

CODE 
[cable.DestinationNWPRootComponentName]

Name of the last root component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.DestinationNWPRootComponentRackUnit]

RU position of the last root component in the network path

CODE 
[cable.DestinationNWPRackName]

Name of the last rack in the network path

CODE 
[cable.CustomString1]

custom string

also 2 to 8

CODE 
[cable.CustomInteger1]

custom integer

also 2

CODE 
[cable.CustomFloat1]

custom float

also 2

CODE 
[cable.CustomDate1]

custom date

also 2



Labels for components


CODE 
[component.link]

QR-Code

please set encoding to qrAuto

CODE 
[component.CatalogCustomComponentDef.Name]

Custom component definition name from local catalog

CODE 
[component.Name]

assigned component name


CODE 
[component.CustomFullName]

custom full name of the component

CODE 
[component.Number]

assigned component number


CODE 
[component.Description]

assigned short description about component


CODE 
[component.room.name]

room name of component


CODE 
[component.room.floor.name]

floor name of component


CODE 
[component.room.floor.building.name]

building name of component


CODE 
[component.room.floor.building.campus.name]

location name of component


CODE 
[component.SlotPosition]

slot position of component


CODE 
[component.LeftOffsetMM]

left offset in millimeters of component


CODE 
[component.Guarantee]

guarantee information about component


CODE 
[component.BurdenCentre]

information about burden centre


CODE 
[component.InventoryNumber]

inventory number of component


CODE 
[component.SerialNumber]

serial number of component


CODE 
[component.ComponentValue]

value of component


CODE 
[component.DepreciationDate]

depreciation date of component


CODE 
[component.MaintenanceCycle]

maintenance cycle of component


CODE 
[component.PurchaseDate]

purchase date of component


CODE 
[component.InstallationDate]

installation date of component


CODE 
[component.LastMaintenance]

last maintenance date of component


CODE 
[component.TVLeft]

component left view


CODE 
[component.TVTop]

component top view


CODE 
[component.TVWidth]

component width


CODE 
[component.TVHeight]

component height


CODE 
[component.TVColor]

component color


CODE 
[component.LayerNumber]

layer number of component


CODE 
[component.RackAlign]

rack alignment of component


CODE 
[component.MACAddress]

MAC address of component


CODE 
[component.ServiceNumber]

service number of component


CODE 
[component.EAN]

EAN of component


CODE 
[component.NameAdditional]

additional name of component


CODE 
[component.BayCount]

bay count of component


CODE 
[component.RackUnits]

rack unit of component


CODE 
[ipaddress]

IP address of component


CODE 
[component.SnmpPort]

SNMP port of component


CODE 
[component.SnmpVersion]

SNMP version of component


CODE 
[component.SnmpUser]

SNMP user of component


CODE 
[component.SnmpCommunity]

SNMP community of component


CODE 
[component.SnmpTimeout]

SNMP time out of component


CODE 
[component.SnmpRetries]

SNMP retries of component


CODE 
[component.SnmpMibInfo]

SNMP MIB info of component


CODE 
[component.PowerConsumptionInWatt]

power consumption of component


CODE 
[component.HeatEmissionInBTU]

heat emission in BTU of component


CODE 
[component.MassInKG]

mass in KG of component


CODE 
[component.MaxPowerConsumptionInWatt]

max power output in Watt of component


CODE 
[component.MaxHeatEmissionInBTU]

max heat emission in BTU of component


CODE 
[component.MaxMassInKG]

max mass in KG of component


CODE 
[component.Cooling]

cooling of component


CODE 
[component.Closure]

closure of component


CODE 
[component.URL]

URL of component


CODE 
[component.CustomFullName]

custom full name of component


CODE 
[component.Comment]

comments on component


CODE 
[component.OS]

operating system of component


CODE 
[component.Configuration]

configuration of component


CODE 
[component.WarrantyContract]

warranty contract of component


CODE 
[component.WarrantyEnds]

warranty end date of of component


CODE 
[component.KnownIssues]

known issues with component


CODE 
[component.ResponsibleContact]

responsible contact person for component


CODE 
[component.CustomString1]

custom string

also 2 to 8

CODE 
[component.CustomInteger1]

custom integer

also 2

CODE 
[component.CustomFloat1]

custom float

also 2

CODE 
[component.CustomDate1]

custom date

also 2

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