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Manually enter no. series on Purchase Order

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Posted on by LF-16052033-0

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Hello,

How do you get the No. series to show in the General Section on the Purchase Order Header? I want to have the option to manually enter a po number and also have it automatically assign.

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Ben Baxter 6,503 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Manually enter no. series on Purchase Order

You have to make an Extension to make the PO No. field an option to add to the Page via Personalization. Once the field is on the Page, as long as your No. Series has "Manual" allowed you'll be able to type into the No. field. This would be the same approach if you wanted to have multiple No. Series to select from, which is the recommended approach over Manual entry.

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Ben Baxter

Accent Software, Inc

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Valentin Castravet 31,153 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Manually enter no. series on Purchase Order

If you check the Manual Numbers field to true for the number series assigned to Purchase Orders then you will be able to see the No. field on the Purchase Order.

However, like Ben said, this is not a good idea to do. Its just not good for an audit trail, its better if you have multiple automatic number series you can select from. It also makes the Purchase Order entry process slower, every time a user needs to come up with a number and ensure its unique and hasnt been used before. What's the use case that you need the number series to be manual?

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YUN ZHU 95,085 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Manually enter no. series on Purchase Order

Hi, Valentin is right, this requires no customization. The following are some standard background processing, I hope it can give you some reference as well.

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ZHU

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