Enable Barcodes in SharePoint 2013

Bar codes are part of SharePoint Information Management Policies (IMP) feature. If you need bar codes for your document, here are the steps to enable bar codes on SharePoint document library. 

Steps to enable bar code in SharePoint:
In SharePoint 2013 enabling barcode is a simple two-step process.

Approach 1:  

Create New Document Library and Enable the bar code from IMP feature.

Browse the Document Library and Navigate to Library Settings.

Click on Information management policy and click on document content type.

Check the Enable Bar Code check box.

Click save and navigate to document library and start uploading the document in library. Now it will look as below.

Approach 2:

Create new content type and enable bar code through Information Management Policies.     

Create new content type:

1. Navigate to Site Settings > Click on "Site Content Types" ->Create

Click Ok and select Information management policy settings

Select Enable Bar Code Value

Allow Content Type in Library.

Add above created content type

Select created Content Type

Browse the document library and naving to library settings and select content type and then select Bar Code and Bar Code Value

Click Ok and start uploading document in document library