Hi All,
Is there a way to change when the purchase order number is generated?
Regards,
Andy
Hi Andy,
You can delete the PO and create a new one.
Alternatively, you could consider change the PO number sequence if you need to follow a totally new and different numbering from what has been used in the past.
Best regards,
Ludwig
Hi Rasl,
Ludwig already gave the answer. I wonder what is the business requirement to change it. When you already sent the PO to the vendor, he might have used your current PO number as reference on his sales order already.
If PO has been already sent to Supplier then logically we should cancel it and inform to supplier.
If PO is generated and didn't went out of company then you can delete the PO and reset the numbering sequence. If it was the 1st PO that you generated then you are good to reset the sequence.
Hi Ludwig,
The scenario is this:
When the user clicks new purchase order, the purchase order number is automatically generated. We have multiple cases where the users will escape or click cancel, when this is done and the database log will not track that purchase order number.
With this in mind I was looking to see if the Purchase Order number could be generated when the User clicks OK on the New Purchase Order creation window for example.
Rasl
Well, you could make a modification and assign the number later on. This is similar to what is available in accounting journals where you can use a temporary voucher number that is replaced at the time of posting.
Irrespective of that, I would not recommend logging transactional data, such as PO related information. It will just blow up your database and make Dynamics slow.
Hello Rasl,
Please let us know if there is anything else the community can help you with.
If this is not the case and if your question has been answered then please be so kind and verify the answers.
Many thanks and best regards,
Helly Andy,
Did you make some progress here and/or possibly fixed the issue already?
Would be great if you could keep us informed if there is any other help/information from the community needed.
I am little curious to know how come that newly generated PO number cannot be traced if the user do not click 'OK' to move forward and simply click "Cancel" or press "Esc" from their keyboard!
After that, every time when you will try to create a new PO; system will always popup the same number (the last generated number) again as no action was made on that PO number last time.
Even if you do not create PO with that number, you can simply go to the PO number sequence and find that 'idle' number in the Status list.
Have you checked this? Is there any challenge you are facing?
Screen shots are taken from D365 for your understanding.
Regards,Sourav
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