# Using the Serial Number Assignment Service

# Introduction and Roadmap

The following sections describe the contents, audience for, and organization of this guide— Using the Serial Number Assignment Service.

- Document Scope and Audience
- Guide to This Document
- Related Documentation

## Document Scope and Audience

This document describes how to configure and use the Serial Number Assignment Service for coordinating the assignment of unique object identities (serial numbers) across enterprise-wide tagging operations. In prior releases, this RFID Enterprise Server component was called the Provisioning Service.

The audience for this document includes:

- RFID enterprise system administrators and other IT professionals responsible for configuring and deploying RFID Enterprise Server components.
- Support engineers and application developers using the APIs provided with the RFID Enterprise Server.
- IT professionals maintaining enterprise sites running the WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server.

## Guide to This Document

This document is organized as follows:

- This chapter, Introduction and Roadmap, describes the scope of this guide, summarizes new features, and lists related documentation.
- Using the Serial Number Assignment Service, describes how to configure the Serial Number Assignment Service and use the Serial Number Assignment Service Console.

## Related Documentation

This document is part of the WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server documentation set. The other documents are:

- WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server Product Overview provides an overview of the features and architecture of WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server.
- Installing WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server describes how to install and configure WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server.
- Understanding the Event, Master Data, and Data Exchange Services describes the services that implement the EPC Information Services (EPCIS).
- Generating WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server Reports describes how to use the RFID Enterprise Server Reporting Service to display predefined RFID reports in a Web browser.
- Query Subscription Administration Online Help describes how to create queries for retrieving event data and master data from the data repository. Also, how to create subscriptions to retrieve query results on a specified schedule.
- Master Data Administration Console Online Help describes how to create and work with master data types and master data entries.
- RFID Edge Server Administration Console Online Help describes how to use the RFID Edge Server Administration Console to view and manage RFID Edge Servers in the enterprise.
- Using the Telemetry Console Extension describes how to use the Telemetry Console Extension for graphically presenting real-time Edge Server and RFID device telemetry data. The Telemetry Console Extension is part of the RFID Edge Server Administration Console.
- WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server Release Notes lists known problems and workarounds in this release of the RFID Enterprise Server.