PLANET Barcode Readability Report
The PLANET Barcode Readability Report describes summary information about the PLANET barcodes in a mailing run, as well as specific mailpiece PLANET barcode discrepancies.  Overall readability for the mailing is shown in the top summary section of the report and specific problems are listed in the individual mailpiece section.  Any codes that might be used to identify problems with the barcode are identified at the bottom of the report.  Figure 5- 29 shows the report. 

Figure 5- 29: PLANET Barcode Readability Report
Table 5- 16 describes the information contained in the summary section of the PLANET Barcode Readability Report. MERLIN software has been modified to calculate PLANET code read rate by only counting mailpieces with readable / decodable PLANET code.  Mailpieces without PLANET code or with unreadable / un-decodable PLANET code would not be included in read rate calculation.
Table 5- 16: Barcode Readability Report (Summary Section)
Field	Description	
Permit Number	Mailing permit identification number	
Mailing Date	Date the mail was accepted at the BMEU/DMU	
Readability	Percent of mailpieces with a readable barcode	
Pieces Analyzed	Number of pieces analyzed by MERLIN	
Only mailpieces with barcode readability errors are shown in the individual mailpiece section of the PLANET Barcode Readability Report.  Table 5- 17 describes the information contained in the individual mailpiece section of the report.
Table 5- 17: Barcode Readability Report (Individual mailpiece section)
Field	Description	
MPID	Mailpiece ID number assigned by MERLIN	
PLANET Barcode Location	A printout of defective barcodes.  Problem codes are shown as subscript letters.  At the bottom of the page, a legend describes what each problem code means.