Reserve Serial Numbers for DOP
Explanation
This activity is used to reserve a range of serial numbers for a specific DOP header or DOP order. This means
that, when receiving into inventory, the reserved serial numbers will be used.
To reserve serial numbers click Serial Reservations and then Serial Number Reservations.
In the Serial Number Reservations dialog:
- To reserve non-consecutive serial numbers, add a new row and then manually type the numbers in the Serial
No field for each serial number.
- To reserve a serial number range, click Sequence. Add a new row and then specify the range in the
From Serial No and To Serial No fields. To add a suffix and/or a prefix, enter the characters in
the Prefix and Suffix fields.
- If you want to generate a sequence with zeros added to the beginning of each serial number up to the total
defined length. Enter the desired length in the Length field.
Note: If the inventory part has the structure effectivity set to serial, only numeric
values can be reserved as serial numbers. You cannot reserve serial numbers that already exist in the
Part Serial page or are reserved on another order.
Prerequisites
- The DOP header part is defined as an inventory serial tracking part on the Part
page.
- To reserve serial numbers to a DOP header, the DOP header must be in Created status.
- To reserve serial numbers to a DOP order, the DOP order must be in Unreleased or Netted
status.
System Effects
As a result of this activity, the system reserves a range of serial numbers for a specific DOP header or DOP
order. The reserved serial numbers can be viewed on the Serial No Reservations tab.