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Does anyone currently know if smartsheet is capable of capturing data from a bar code?
Basically we have a ID cards at work that have barcodes that contain our work ID's. Currently we use the barcodes to track when employees arrive and leave from work. What we are looking to do is have employees scan the barcode on their IDs when they are picking up products that are being distributed. Having that barcode scan into smartsheet showing exactly who picked up what product.
Hi Chris,
This is a great tip! If you could let me know some more details on how you were able to do this, I'll be glad to share this with our Support team!
Kind regards,
AlisonSmartsheet Support
Hi bhope51,
A barcode reader performs almost exactly the same function as a keyboard when it comes to reading barcodes. If you open notepad and start scanning barcodes, you'll see what I mean. Barcodes quite often include a carriage return character (again you'll see this in the notepad example).
With this in mind, as far as I can tell there should be nothing stopping Smartsheet from capturing barcode information.
Hello,
Thank you for this question!
At this time, Smartsheet does not support this functionality; however, I've let our Product team know about your request. Due to the large number of variables they have to consider when choosing what to develop next, we can't confirm when or if this will be built, but we have let them know.
You can also add a vote for this under "Submit Product Enhancement Request" under "Quick Links" on the right-hand side of this page.
Kind Regards,
