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jarhead_84 Posts: 623
5/11/2019
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When adding creators, there is that awesome little button for "Pushing data to variants"
What are the chances of adding that feature to the Add UPC function?
The first 12 Digits of the barcode are the same regardless of how many variants, the only ones that would need to be changed/or added for variants would be the last 5
Any thoughts?
Ben
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solarno Posts: 166
5/20/2019
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"Pushing data to variants" button?
I haven't seen that button. Where is it?
If it exists that would make my life so much easier when adding creator data.
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jarhead_84 Posts: 623
5/20/2019
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Solarno, under the details tab on any issue, right above the issue credits (creators) to the right is a button to "push to all variants"
Meaning all the creators with the exception of the cover artist gets pushed to each and every variant, with only the cover artist having to be manually entered on the variants themselves
Likewise, when a new variant is entered, on the details tab you can hit the button "same as standard" which will pull all the creators from the original issue, if they had been entered on that one.
I am thinking the same can be done with the UPC numbering as well
Ben
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solarno Posts: 166
5/21/2019
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Weird, I'm not seeing it, but I wish I could. I've never been able to add UPC information either, which I'd love to. And if I could, having a "push" function for that would also be great.
Ben, are you Level 10 with special rank and privilege? I'm a lowly Level 9 grunt.
To be even more ambitious with UPC management in an effort to require even less issue by issue data entry:
- The first 6 digits are the publisher code, so that could conceivably be entered to auto-populated on every issue once a title is created under a publisher. Technically the very first number is a product type designator, but should be the same for every issue of a title.
- The second six digits are the title code which is generated by the publisher. This too could also be auto-populated when a new title is created. Technically the final number is merely a check-sum number, but for all intents it should always be the same for every issue of a title.
- If the first 12 digits are entered when an administrator creates a title, which then is automagically pushed to any issue created for that title, the only info needed after that would be the 5 digits specific to that issue/cover/printing.
Warning: Now I become Debbie-Downer from a coding/development standpoint...
Of course, this only works for modern books printed after Diamond standardized barcodes in 2008 to use the UPC-A +5 supplemental format (the modern comic book barcode we all know and love!). Before that it was a wild-west of barcodes going back to when Marvel and DC started using UPCs for newsstand editions in the late 70's. From the late 70's until 2008 there was a mix of UPC w/10 digits, UPC w/11 digits (10 digits + the check sum), UPC-A (10 digits + the check sum and the product type), and variations of the UPC with either +2 or +3 supplementals which could indicate either issue number or commonly the publication month.
Add to that... Even once DC and Marvel started using UPCs for direct editions, many times they would be a different UPC in number and/of format than the newsstand edition.
Oh, and graphic novels and trades will sometimes use the EAN-13 +5 standard. The EAN standard is a 13 digit code more popular in Europe and Asia, though it is becoming much more common in North America as products become much more global in nature.
Cheers!
Jim
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BasementComics Posts: 784
5/25/2019
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Hi
I looked also and do not see this feature (I am level 5). Attached is a screen shot snip to show what I see.\
Thanks
Donald
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jarhead_84 Posts: 623
5/26/2019
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Attached is what I see on any given issue, perhaps it is an admin function/upper level member, I am not sure, but it is a great tool, and one that would work great in the UPC function
Ben
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solarno Posts: 166
5/26/2019
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That's definitely not there for me. Since you are an admin that tells me it's an admin only function. I still agree that would also be a nice tool for UPCs.
I have yet to receive the call up to the big dance so I will continue to dream of such power.
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
5/28/2019
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Check your messages, Jim
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kds_comics Posts: 686
6/5/2019
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I would encourage CPG admins to do a "cost/benefit analysis" of adding UPC to comic.
This would be useful if tied to a program on my computer or phone to read the UPC from a comic and enter it into a database. Especially a sold database.
I think this service would be worth hundreds a month for inventory purposes to a brick and mortar store and could be worth more than a hundred a year to a hobbyist who buys and sells like me. I do hope you are thinking of going in this direction. Plus a printed UPC for comics that have no UPC.
This would save me an incredible amount of time.
KDS
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edited by kds_comics on 6/5/2019
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