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Serial Number Sequence

Serial Number Sequence

Application > Master Data Management > Product Setup > Serial Number Sequence

Overview

A product attribute can be a serial number.

Some products require serial numbering to assure compliance with the tracking requirements imposed by the majority of industries which implies that:

  • each unit of a product has always to be linked to a unique serial number.

Number Control

A Serial Number is a unique number given to each unit of a product/item which can be defined to have a prefix or a suffix among other characteristics.

A Serial Number Sequence can be setup:

  • by defining the first number or Starting Number that will be used as Serial Number
  • by specifying the value by which the Serial Number will be incremented by.
    In the case of Serial Numbers it will always be "1".
  • by defining which is the Next Assigned Number that will be used. Etendo updates the next assigned number value as the Serial Numbers are assigned.
  • by entering a Prefix such as Serial N?/ which easily helps to understand that the number in question is a serial number.
  • by entering a Suffix such as /2011 which helps to provide additional information if needed.