Tag Commissioning 
Use
This function enables you to write and verify tags. The tags may be embedded in either the case corrugate or in a label. For each case, SAP AII generates an ID and commands a mobile or fixed RFID device to write the ID on the tag. The ID may be for example an SGTIN based on the product in the case. A printer creates a label with a human and barcode readable version of the ID (see Printing Labels). The fields of the label or tag are obtained from user print profiles (see Settings for Tag Commissioning and Label Printing).
You may tag and print labels for cases as they leave production or when they are picked for shipment. After the cases are packed on the pallet and shrink wrapped, a label with an embedded RFID tag is applied to the wrapper. This label also provides human readable and barcode versions of the ID.
Tag commissioning can be performed in two ways:
● Manual tag commissioning:
You can trigger the function from the mobile device or web browser user interfaces.
● Automated tag commissioning:
An RFID device controller sends an XML message to SAP AII to trigger tag commissioning.
Integration
The command sent to the RFID device depends on your configuration. Options include:
● Printing a label that includes a human readable form of the ID
● Writing additional fields to the RFID tag
During the introduction of RFID-enabled processes, it is critical to verify that IDs are written correctly. This verification read may take place immediately after writing or during a subsequent process step.
Prerequisites
You have defined the necessary master data such as RFID devices, including printer devices, and number ranges.
In an SAP AII Integrated environment, you can define serial number ranges for GTINs in the SAP ERP system and distribute them to SAP AII . Alternatively, you can define the number range in OER using central number range assignment.
● You have already completed the following in Customizing:
○ Activated HTTP services for SAP AII, by choosing Auto-ID Infrastructure ® Basic Settings ® Communication Settings ® Activate HTTP Service for Auto-ID
○ Set up the necessary RFC destinations, by choosing Auto-ID Infrastructure ® Basic Settings ® Integration ® Create RFC Connections.
○ Defined the necessary ID settings, by choosing Auto-ID Infrastructure ® Basic Settings ® ID Settings ® Maintain ID Types .
○ If you are printing anything more than the ID, you have defined print profiles, by choosing Auto-ID Infrastructure ® Basic Settings ® Data Profile Settings. For more information, see Printing Labels.
○ Configured the relevant rules and conditions, by choosing Auto-ID Infrastructure ® Activities, Conditions, Rules, and Message Types
● You have maintained the necessary print settings on the SAP Easy Access screen, under Auto-ID Infrastructure ® Master Data ® Settings for Tag Commissioning and Label Printing.
For detailed configuration information, see the RFID-Enabled Slap and Ship Configuration Guide on SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/scm ® RFID ®Detailed Information.
Features
ID Generation
You can either generate IDs externally (for example in the backend system), or SAP AII can generate the ID for you.
You can subsequently write the IDs to tags or print them on labels.
SAP AII generates IDs based on the selection of tag encoding type and ID components such as filter value or GTIN. For more information, see the IMG documentation for ID Settings.
Supported Tag Encoding Types
For ID generation, SAP AII supports the following ID types and associated encoding types:
ID Type |
Description |
Encoding Types |
AII |
Auto-ID Objects Other Than Physical Objects |
0LOC |
EPC_1.20 |
EPC Tag Data Standards Version 1.1 Rev.1.20 |
SGTIN-64, SGTIN-96, SSCC-64, SSCC-96 |
EPC_1.24 |
EPC Tag Data Standards Version 1.1 Rev.1.24 |
SGTIN-64, SGTIN-96, SSCC-64, SSCC-96 |
EPC_1.27 |
EPC Tag Data Standards Version 1.1 Rev.1.27 |
DOD1-64, DOD1-96, GIAI-64, GIAI-96, GRAI-64, GRAI-96, SGTIN-64, SGTIN-96, SSCC-64, SSCC-96 |
EPC_1.30 |
EPC Tag Data Standards Version 1.30 |
DOD1-96, GIAI-64, GIAI-96, GRAI-64, GRAI-96, SGTIN-64, SGTIN-96, SSCC-96 |
ERP |
ERP IDs |
0BTI, 0HU, 0LOC, 0SN |
EWM |
Extended Warehouse Management |
0LOC |
FMCG |
EPCglobal – Fast Moving Consumer Goods |
0BIZ., 0BTI, 0BTT, 0DISP, 0LOC |
SAP |
SAP |
0BIZ, 0BTI, 0BTT |
SKBN_1.0 |
SAP RFID-enabled Kanban |
KANBAN167, KANBAN96 |
UII |
Department of Defense Guide to Uniquely Identify Items V1.6 |
CNSTR1EID, CNSTR2PART |
HLS |
EPCglobal – Healthcare and Life Science |
OBIZ, 0BTT, 0DISP |
The tag encoding types SGTIN-198, GRAI-170, and GIAI-202 are partially supported.
User Interfaces
Tag commissioning can be performed using the Web browser transaction or the mobile device transaction.
With the Web browser Commission Tag transaction you can do the following:
● Assign a document to the selected RFID device group and maintain the document content
This feature allows you to print additional information on the tag or label. You must have defined data profiles in Customizing to specify which fields can go in the document.
● Create a series of unique tags with a single transaction
● Monitor written tags to see if they have been read
● Log unexpected events
Activities
Web Browser Transaction
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1. In the Auto-ID Cockpit, choose Execution ® Tag Commissioning
2. Enter your RFID device group.
Optionally, you can select a document or create one by filling in the document type, and document identifier (user-defined), and adding document content.
3. Enter the ID type
4. Enter the number of tags.
5. Select your tag encoding type and enter the required data.
The system adapts the ID components automatically to the selected tag encoding type.
Optionally, you can use a barcode reader to commission tags for GTINs. To enable barcode reading, select Use Barcode Reader.
If you select this indicator, you can use a barcode reader to scan GTIN barcodes. The scanned GTIN replaces the GTIN entered in the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) field and a tag is automatically printed, if the barcode reader is programmed accordingly. You can thereby scan GTIN barcodes on cases and tags are printed automatically without having to perform further actions on the UI.
6. Choose Write Tag.
Initially, the system displays the written tags with status Not Verified.
7. The system sends the data to the assigned printer.
8. Choose Verify Tag to check whether the tags have been successfully written.
9. The system updates the tag status.
The system only updates the tag if it receives an XML verification message from the printer or from another device that reads the tag after it was printed.
Mobile Device Transaction
To access the simulation screens for the mobile device transaction, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Auto-ID Infrastructure ® Tools ® Mobile Data Entry ® Manage Tag. Select F1 Logon to access the functions.
Automatic Tag Commissioning
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1. An RFID device controller sends an XML message to the SAP AII system.
2. SAP AII determines the following:
a. Tag encoding type
b. ID components for the tag encoding type
c. Values of the ID components from the XML message and the SAP AII master data
3. The system sends the ID and other field values to the printer.
The parameters of the activity POBJ_ID_CREATE_PRE must be properly set for the ID generation.