Label Formats | Nexus Web App

Adding a new label format

To add a new label format, click the green add button pictured above. This will open a window for you to select a label file and enter associated information.

Editing an existing label format

To edit an existing label format, click the blue edit button on the table row (left side) for the label you wish to edit. This will open the edit window where you can make changes.

To change the label file, click the blue edit button next to the label file field. This will activate the label file selection field so you can choose a new file.

Label Usage Management

This is a tool designed to quickly see and manage which label formats are being used by which products, variants, raw materials, and WIPs. Including bulk reassignments so that everything can be quickly migrated to a new label format when your operation changes.

Access this window by clicking the icon shown above on the table row for the label format. This will open the label usage window for that particular label format.

Here, you can select all the products, variants, raw materials, or WIPs that are currently using the selected label format. Then pick a new label format from the dropdowns at the bottom. Select a new format for any objects you're changing and click the "Update Selected Items" button to swap the labels.

Generic Label Printing

In this window, you can see all the label variables that were created on the label format when it was designed in NiceLabel. Printing from this window does not include any Nexus added data. It simply shows you all the variables and allows you to fill the blanks with anything you type.

To open the generic label printing window, click the print button (shown above) on the table row for the label format you want to print. This will open the window where you can enter data for the label, select a printer, and how many duplicates you want to print.

As you enter data, you can click the "Generate Label Preview" button at the top to see what your label will look like with the new data. When you're ready to print, click the "Print Label" button.

Label Variable Mapping (beta)

This is a tool that allows you to associate the label variables in a label format with other data from Nexus (product, order, WIP data, etc).

To open the mapping window, click the purple mapping button show above.

On this screen, every variable on your label format is show with a "Data Source" dropdown. This dropdown allows the selection of various pieces of data from across the Nexus system. Cases, packs, orders, products, customers, etc. Filling in the data source selections here allows the system to build a label preview using default data to show you an example of the mapping resolution.

This feature is still in beta testing, and is not the only way to get data on a label. We keep a list of standard use label variable names that pre-associated with data from Nexus. Using the same variable names when designing your labels in NiceLabel will allow the system to auto fill data in that location.

Pre-Associated Label Variable Names + Data Sources

-NiceLabel Variable Name

-Nexus Data Source

Deleting Label Formats

To delete a label format, click the delete button shown above. This will open a confirmation window, asking if you're sure you want to delete the label format. Keep in mind that a label format's usage count must be zero or the delete will fail. We do not delete labels that are in use. Before deleting the file, consider downloading a copy for backup purposes.