Daily operations

Scanning

The global scanner, camera and hardware scanners, what a scan resolves to, and the supported barcode formats.

The global scanner

Press S anywhere, or use the scan buttons in floor mode and the mobile flows. The scanner reads through the device camera or any keyboard-wedge hardware scanner — no pairing or configuration, a hardware scan is just fast keystrokes.

What a scan resolves to

A scan is looked up against everything scannable and lands on a typed result: an item, a location, a container, a serial number, or a purchase order. The result page shows the resolved identity and offers the right next actions for that kind of thing — view stock, start a move here or from here, receive into, count this location, print the label, open the PO. Always read the resolved name before acting: a resolved identity that doesn't match the physical label is a mislabel being caught, not an inconvenience.

Recently used codes keep resolving from the local cache while offline.

For mobile counting, open Floor mode → Count stock → Scan location to start while online. Scan within that screen to start a spot count, then tap an item and use Save on the number keypad. The scan buttons inside counting, moving, receiving, and put-away keep the scanned item or location in that workflow. Signed printed labels require an online check; invalid labels cannot be used.

Scanning a printed item or location label inside Floor mode shows the resolved object and its actions without leaving Floor. Choose Open when you want its detail page. Scanning the same label in the phone's camera app opens the linked page directly.

Supported formats

Vendor-specific and GS1/ISO parsing are plan capabilities (included with electronics-oriented plans); plain Itemra labels and text search work everywhere. A code that matches nothing falls through to global search, so a scan is never a dead end.

Practical setup

• On a phone, open Itemra over HTTPS and allow camera access. The camera reads QR, Code 128 and Data Matrix labels, along with common retail barcodes. If camera access is unavailable, enter the code manually or use a hardware scanner. Close the scanner to release the camera; reopen it to scan again.
• Print location labels at decision points and item labels on bins — the labels guide covers templates and printers.
• Test your darkest, smallest, most curved labels with the actual devices before committing to a label size.
• Teach the habit: scan destination, read the name, then move. The reading step is what turns scanners into an error-prevention system.