"Intelligent" Serial Number Prefixes: Examples

These examples show serial numbers for job and miscellaneous receipt transactions that were created using prefix definitions.

NOTE: Separate sections of data with a hyphen (-), especially when reference number, line-suffix, and release are used. This makes the serial number more readable and ensures that you get the expected results. Hyphens are defined via constants on the Prefix Definition form.

Example 1

Transaction description:
Job 1
Suffix 0000
qty = 5
Site OH
Expand Serial on

Prefix definition placeholders:
SN-&S-&T-&N-&L-
where SN and the hyphens are defined via constants.

Generated serial numbers:
SN-OH-J-1-0000-0000000000000000001
SN-OH-J-1-0000-0000000000000000002
SN-OH-J-1-0000-0000000000000000003
SN-OH-J-1-0000-0000000000000000004
SN-OH-J-1-0000-0000000000000000005

Example 2

Transaction description:
Job 1
Suffix 0000
qty = 4
Site OH
Expand Serial on

Prefix definition placeholders:
SN-&S-&T-&N-

Generated serial numbers:
SN-OH-J-1-00000000000000000001
SN-OH-J-1-00000000000000000002
SN-OH-J-1-00000000000000000003
SN-OH-J-1-00000000000000000004

Example 3

Transaction description:
Job 100
Suffix 0000
qty = 5
Site OH
Expand Serial off

Prefix definition placeholders:
SN-&S-&T-&N-&L-

Generated serial numbers:
SN-OH-J-100-0000-1
SN-OH-J-100-0000-2
SN-OH-J-100-0000-3
SN-OH-J-100-0000-4
SN-OH-J-100-0000-5

Example 4

Transaction description:
Misc Receipt
qty = 5
Site OH
Expand Serial on

Prefix definition placeholders:
SN-&S-&T-&N-&L-

Generated serial numbers:
SN-OH-I--000000000000000000001
SN-OH-I--000000000000000000002
SN-OH-I--000000000000000000003
SN-OH-I--000000000000000000004
SN-OH-I—000000000000000000005

In this example there are two hyphens (--) next to each other because inventory transactions do not have a line-suffix value.


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