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.

[ 1 Manage Labels ] [ 2 Create Labels ] [ 3 Print Label ] [ 4 Generate Object memos ]

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

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.

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

Labels for Cables:

Labels for Components:

Print Multiple Labels:

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 found in the table Placeholder at the end of this page.

Print Label

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.

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

Placeholder	Description	Hint
General
`[currentLoginUser]`	group name of current logged in user
`[currentLoginFirstName]`	first name of current logged in user
`[currentLoginLastName]`	last name of current logged in user
Labels for patch and installation cables
	QR-Code	please set encoding to qrAuto
	default cable definition name as given in local and online catalog
	assigned cable name
	assigned cable number
	cable length in meters
	source location name of cable
	short name of source location of cable
	source building name of cable
	short name of source building of cable
	source floor name of cable
	source room name of cable
	source room number of cable
	source rack name of cable
	source component name of cable
	source port name of cable
	source port number of cable
	short name of Destination location of cable
	Destination building name of cable
	short name of Destination building of cable
	Destination floor name of cable
	Destination room name of cable
	Destination room number of cable
	Destination rack name of cable
	Destination component name of cable
	Destination port name of cable
	Destination port number of cable
	Short name of source room
	Short name of source floor
	Short name of destination room
	Short name of destination floor
	Component name of first component in the network path
	Port name of first component in the network path
	Port number of first component in the network path
	Component name of last component in the network path
	Port name of last component in the network path
	Port number of last component in the network path
	custom string 1	also available for custom string 2 to 8
	custom integer 1	also available for custom integer 2
	custom float 1	also available for custom float 2
	custom date 1	also available for custom date 2

Labels for components
	QR-Code	please set encoding to qrAuto
	Custom component definition name from local catalog
	assigned component name
	custom full name of the component
	assigned component number
	assigned short description about component
	room name of component
	floor name of component
	building name of component
	location name of component
	slot position of component
	left offset in millimeters of component
	guarantee information about component
	information about burden centre
	inventory number of component
	serial number of component
	value of component
	depreciation date of component
	maintenance cycle of component
	purchase date of component
	installation date of component
	last maintenance date of component
	component left view
	component top view
	component width
	component height
	component color
	layer number of component
	rack alignment of component
	MAC address of component
	service number of component
	EAN of component
	additional name of component
	bay count of component
	rack unit of component
	IP address of component
	SNMP port of component
	SNMP version of component
	SNMP user of component
	SNMP community of component
	SNMP time out of component
	SNMP retries of component
	SNMP MIB info of component
	power consumption of component
	heat emission in BTU of component
	mass in KG of component
	max power output in Watt of component
	max heat emission in BTU of component
	max mass in KG of component
	cooling of component
	closure of component
	URL of component
	custom full name of component
	comments on component
	operating system of component
	configuration of component
	warranty contract of component
	warranty end date of of component
	known issues with component
	responsible contact person for component
	custom string	also 2 to 8
	custom integer	also 2
	custom float	also 2
	custom date	also 2

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