1. Communication Service
  2. Content Configuration
  3. Creating Barcodes

Creating Barcodes

Communication Cloud Service supports barcode generation through the <comms-data/> element configuration with the Barcode Type attribute. This element accepts a field from the assembly template as data source for barcode generation. It supports static and dynamic data, and their combinations along with multiple dynamic data points. For barcodes, a comm-transform tag is required when multiple data elements are needed to populate the data for the barcode. Concatenation type of Comms-transform tag supports data concatenation and maps the result as the value for comms-data tag that contains them.

Following is the list of supported Barcode:

  • Code39
  • Code128
  • Codabar
  • DataMatrix
  • DPID
  • EAN
  • Inter25
  • Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB)
  • Intelligent Mail Package Barcode (IMpb)
  • MSI
  • Postnet
  • Planet
  • PDF417
  • QR

To create a barcode reference, use the comms-data syntax similar to mapping any other data. You can format the data before it is placed into the barcode.

Syntax:

<comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Data","BarcodeType":"Type"}</comms-data>

Add the BarcodeType value from the list of supported barcode types.

Example:

<comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Data","BarcodeType":"QR"}</comms-data>

For static data, the example syntax for the barcode data looks as follows:

Example:

<comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Data","BarcodeType":"Code39","Value":"20078"}</comms-data>

For human readable text, a configuration support is provided to control the display.

Example:

<comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Data","BarcodeType":"Code39","TextInd":false}</comms-data>

The color, font, background color of the generated barcode is determined similar to any text in the content editor. The Font affects only the text output of the barcode. It does not affect the barcode types which do not include any output text.

The HTML renders bitmaps for each barcode. Currently, text under barcode is not supported.

Table 4-3 Barcode Examples

Name Example Syntax Output
Code39 20078 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Premium","BarcodeType":"Code39"}</comms-data> Code39
Code39

20078

 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Premium","BarcodeType":"Code39", "TextInd”:false }</comms-data>
Code 39 second example
Code39   <comms-data>$Data{“Id”:”Premium”,”BarcodeType”:”Code39”, “Value”: “20078”}</comms-data> Code39
Code128 Oracle <comms-data>$Data{“Id”:”Address”,”BarcodeType”:”Code128”}</comms-data> Code128
Codabar A310622554A <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Codavalue","BarcodeType":"Codabar"}</comms-data> Codabar
DataMatrix Oracle <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Address","BarcodeType":"DataMatrix"}</comms-data> DataMatrix
EAN 1234567890123 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"EANValue","BarcodeType":"EAN"}</comms-data> EAN
Inter25 Oracle <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Address","BarcodeType":"Inter25"}</comms-data> Inter25
Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMb) 0123456709498765432101234567891 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"IMBValue","BarcodeType":"IMb"}</comms-data> IMb
Intelligent Mail Package Barcode (IMpb)

IMpbValue = [420]89765[92]765987654321178909876541

 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"IMPBValue","BarcodeType":"IMPB"}</comms-data> IMpb
Intelligent Mail Package Barcode (IMpb) List of data values:
  • RoutingApplicationNumber = 420
  • ZipCode = 89765
  • ChannelApplicationIdentifier = 92
  • ServiceTypeCode 76
  • MailerID = 5987654321178909
  • SerialDigit = 7654
  • Mod10checkDigitValue = 1
 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"IMPBValue","BarcodeType":"IMPB"}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"IMPBBarcodeFeed","BarcodeType":"IMPB"}<comms-transform Type="Concatenation"><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"OpeningBracket", "Value":"["}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"RoutingApplicationNumber", "Value":"021"}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"ClosingBracket", "Value":"]"}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"ZipCode"}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"OpeningBracket", "Value":"["}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"ChannelApplicationIdentifier"}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"ClosingBracket", "Value":"]"}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"ServiceTypeCode"}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"MailerID"}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"SerialDigit"}</comms-data><comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Mod10checkDigitValue"}</comms-data></comms-transform></comms-data> IMpb
MSI 20078 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Premium","BarcodeType":"MSI"}</comms-data> MSI
Postnet 20078 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Zipcode","BarcodeType":"Postnet"}</comms-data> Postnet
Planet 20078 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Zipcode","BarcodeType":"Planet"}</comms-data> Planet
PDF417 Oracle <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Address","BarcodeType":"PDF417"}</comms-data> PDF417
QR Oracle <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"Address","BarcodeType":"QR"}</comms-data> QR

The following table lists the supported DPID Australia Postal.

Table 4-4 DPID barcode

Name Example Syntax Output
Standard Customer Barcode ("Customer Barcode 1") 11399875 <comms-data>$Data{"Id": "CustomerBarcode1", "BarcodeType": "AUSPOST"}</comms-data> Customer Barcode1
Reply Paid Barcode 11676714 <comms-data>$Data{"Id": "ReplyBarcode", "BarcodeType": "AUSREPLY"}</comms-data> Reply Barcode
Routing Barcode 59676714 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"RoutingBarcode", "BarcodeType": "AUSROUTE"}</comms-data> Routing Barcode
Redirection Barcode 62676714 <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"RedirectionBarcode", "BarcodeType": "AUSREDIRECT"}</comms-data> Redirection Barcode
Customer Barcode 2 6242894210Num <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"CustomerBarcode2", "BarcodeType": "AUSPOST"}</comms-data> Customer Barcode 2
Customer Barcode 3 6243289421Num200wf <comms-data>$Data{"Id":"CustomerBarcode3", "BarcodeType": "AUSPOST"}</comms-data> Customer Barcode 3