🏷️ How to Manage Phases for Label Printing

Why do we need Phases?

Phases are used to provide the flexibility of printing different labels with different expiration settings or different label layouts for the same ingredient. This is achieved by selecting a different phase on the ingredient print screen. There can only be 5 phases maximum per account.

How to create and edit your Phases

From your dashboard, click on 'Phases' under the 'Labels' section.
To edit or delete a phase, hover your cursor over the three dots to the right of the selected phase and choose an option. To create a phase – click on "Create Phase" in the top right corner.
From the next screen, you can set/change the name of the phase, edit the label template for the labels in this phase. Click 'Add Attribute' if you need to include custom attributes on your labels. Enter the attribute name and at least 2 values. To delete an attribute, click on the trash can icon beside the 'Required' checkbox.

Understanding default templates

When setting up or editing phases, you can choose from several label templates:

Standard Template

The printed label will display every available field:

1. Ingredient Name
2. Expiration Date 
3. Expiration Time
4. Phase name
5. Printed User name
6. Print Date
7. Custom Attribute (if configured in 'Additional Attribute' section)

NameOnly Template

Only the Ingredient name will be printed on the label.

IngredientProminent Template

Same as Standard template but with no Custom Attribute field and the Ingredient name field is enlarged for better visibility.

DateProminent Template

Same as IngredientProminent template but instead of the Ingredient name field being enlarged, the Expiration Date field is emphasized.