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Posted on by Lisa Andrews61 101

Hi,

We create/assign Vendor IDs based on a formula using the vendor's name and a number. We have the No. Series set to allow Manual Numbers. We would like to be able to lock the Vendor ID field to changes once the initial manual Vendor ID is assigned. 

I don't know if it is possible to restrict changes once we assign the initial vendor ID (i.e. HCABAY01) We recently has someone update the Vendor ID to a vendor and it caused a process to error because it was looking for the old Vendor ID. Here is our No. Series set up.

 

Thanks,

Lisa

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    Teagen Boll 3,847 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi Lisa, you could setup a basic workflow that would prevent and revert changes if entered against the Vendor No. field. Should be pretty simple to setup.

     

    First open the Workflows page

    Second create a new workflow with nothing in it:

    Give it a Code and Description and then in the Event set it as “Vendor Record is Changed” and then revert the values like in my screenshot below:

    Once thats setup enable the workflow and give it a test. That should work but report back if it isn't.

     

    Best,

    Teagen Boll, CPA

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