Moving multiple tags from the unallocated tag list into Stockbook
1. View Unallocated Tag List
- Click on Electronic ID > Unallocated Tag List menu option.
This screen shows a list of all unallocated tags that have been entered into Stockbook.
An unallocated tag is normally a tag linked to an electronic Id., that represents an animal not yet entered into Stockbook.
These have been saved from the EID link from Reader/Tag Bucket
i.e. by transferring a list of EID's that you have saved in your Reader, directly into Stockbook and then assigning a visual ID to each uploaded EID's
OR
Importing a Tag Bucket File given to you by your tag supplier or from the NLIS database.
- Click on Multi-Add at the bottom of the screen
- Click the Unallocated Tags option in Assign Ids. by box
You will be presented with a list of all pending new animals.
The Primary Ids. shown, represent tags that have been cross-referenced to an electronic ID, but have not yet been placed on file as animals.
- Enter any information about these animals that you would like to bring in with the new ID's.
- Click OK

Click Yes to Confirm message: ' Are you sure that you want to add 9 selected animals?'
Click OK to Information message: ' Multi-add complete.
Click Cancel to exit, or you can enter new data.'
These animals have now been added to your Animals list and removed from your Unallocated Tag List.
Article ID 1688
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