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Sequential vs Normal No. Series Implementation

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Posted on by gvol10110 107

Did anyone have any real negative or positive performance changes in Business Central with this new way to setup No. Series? How do you really know which option to choose? Seems like Sequential should be the default choice. Any thoughts on this topic?

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    Kevin Feige 15 on at

    Yes, we have dealt with this issue for a few clients. The difference in Normal vs. Sequence is in how Business Central reads the No. Series Line table when create a new document. When using Normal it locks the table until the creation process is completed. When using Sequence it assigns the No. Series without locking the table. Sequence should be used in high volume environments to prevent table locks, but can lead to gaps in the number sequence. If you cannot have gaps in your number sequence then you are forced to use Normal. Here is a link describing in further detail

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-number-sequences

     

    Kevin Feige

    Business Central Partner | Dynamics 365 ERP | Navisiontech

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