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March 19, 2021
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Scanning a barcode using a non mobile device handheld scanner

  • March 19, 2021
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I have a requirement where the client would like to be able to scan barcodes using a handheld scanning machine and have them save in the Appian UI.

I have read the following documentation:

From the documentation, it seems that it is only possible to scan a barcode and show it on the Appian UI using a mobile device (smartphone).

Is there any way to achieve the same functionality using a handheld scanner, either Bluetooth or USB?  The brand the client has is Symbol.  For example: www.amazon.com/.../B00HYOPAJG

4 replies

stefanhelzle0001
March 20, 2021

AFAIK a typical scanner just acts as a keyboard and "types" the scanned value. This should just work with a text field in Appian.

March 23, 2021

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for the information.  I guess I will just have to try it!

August 11, 2022

[mention:a440853a8e7a467bbce9f60254d249aa:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]- Were you able to achieve this?