Document Numbers
Document numbers allow creators of Skyve applications to define unique sequences for fields, for example customer IDs or invoice numbers. These can be numberical or alphanumeric.
Viewing a document number
To check the current sequence assigned to an attribute:
- Login with a user which has the
SecurityAdministrator
role - Under the ‘Admin’ module, select ‘Document Numbers’
- Locate or filter for the document and attribute
- The ‘Number’ column contains the current last assigned sequence for the attribute
Modifying a document number
If a gap needs to be introduced in a sequence, or go back to a previous sequence to close a gap:
- Login with a user which has the
SecurityAdministrator
role - Under the ‘Admin’ module, select ‘Document Numbers’
- Locate or filter for the document and attribute and click the row to zoom into the document number
- Update the
number
attribute to the new value - Click
OK
to save the changes - The next number assigned will be incremented from the saved value