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No. Series -- Automatic Population

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Hi:

How do you configure the No. Series to automatically place numbers in the respective fields, so that the end user does not have to hit the ellipsis button next to a field to simply pull in the next number?

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John

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Mohana Yadav 61,184 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Are you referring to any standard table/page in Business Central or custom?

How many No. Series do you have for that page?

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Hi john.ellis

I hope you are well mate.

Here is a video I recorded a while ago on No series setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71DlbLYjLKA&t=4s

Generally speaking you should consider searching Manual Setup

In here check all the No Series settings for example under Purchase & Payables, or Sales & Receivables and ensure a default No Series is set.

If the No Series is selected > and the No Series selected is setup properly, you shouldn't have any prompts requiring a user to manually make up numbers.

I hope this has answered you questions

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You should just be able to tab or enter in the No. field to get the next number assigned.

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Manan_Shah 1,461 on at

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Hi John.

In standard if you created multiple no. series for your single page then user have to click on ellipsis 3 dots. To choose specific no. series for that transaction or document. You can double check it from No. series and it's relationships.

Hope it will help.

Many Thanks,
Manan

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KasparsSemjonovs 4,817 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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For standard pages/cards - No Series has to have the checkmark "Default" - and it has to be provided in the related Setup for No.Series.

When it has this checkmark, system can populate a number automatically from this when You hit Enter in No Field, or just click in any other number in the new card.

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Ben Baxter 6,824 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Kaspars has the most direct answer to the question. In the list of No. Series, check the "Default" Boolean to enable the next number to auto-populate. Even if you have multiple No. Series available for a record type, the Default will control what series is used when you create a new record.

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john.ellis 3,518 on at

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@Kaspars and @Ben:

Is this true, even if both "Default" and "Manual" are selected?

John

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