How to fix broken Vendor Account Sequence Number

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Hi, want to adjust the sequence number of vendor, what i did was i created new vendor & deleted and sequence number is broken

for example last vendor account is 0721

- i created new vendor & deleted (vendor account 0722)

- again created new vendor now vendor account is 0723

but in system i want to keep vendor account in sequence for this every time i am adjusting vendor account by> selecting vendor>options - Select record info- Rename

but how to adjust the sequence number permanently any settings available?

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Ramit Paul 22,809 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi Adil,

To cater this requirement, have you tried with "Continuous" option in the number sequence setup?

Please let us know if this helps.

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Alireza Eshaghzadeh 14,869 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Which setup do you use for generating of new vendors (Account payable > Parameters > Number sequences > Vendor account)?

Please check the following Microsoft docs article to get better view how to setup a number sequence:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/fin-ops/organization-administration/number-sequence-overview#continuous-and-non-continuous-number-sequences

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/fin-ops/organization-administration/tasks/set-up-number-sequences-individual-basis

If you try without checking "Manual" and "Continuous". It will work continuous while it will not reuse the number sequence, if it is being deleted. e.g last vendor is 0721, you click on "New" and it will assign the next number to vendor account which is 0722, if you click on "Delete" and then "New, it will jump to next number which is 0723.

If you try just checking "Continuous", in the same scenario, it will reuse vendor account 0722 since it has not been used as vendor account.

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Alireza

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André Arnaud de Cal... 305,150 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi AdilD365,

What's in a number? For vendor accounts, there is no legal requirement to have continuous numbering. Even with continuous enabled, you can get gaps in the numbering. The continuous setting is only working when you didn't save the created vendor. Once the vendor is created and after that deleted, it will NOT re-use the number.

I would suggest to forget about this requirement for the vendor numbering. Not only because the continuous setting is not working as per your expectations, but also because the more continuous number sequences you have, there might be a risk for performance issues due to automatic clean-up jobs.

The continuous setting on number sequences is working correctly for e.g. journal lines and invoice numbers as this is related to legal requirements.

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