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Administering Document ID with Siebel Consumer Goods Handheld Applications

Document IDs support the legal requirement to print unique numbers on legal documents, such as invoices and receipts. Governments provide specifications for the document ID format, and this format can be used to generate a document ID mask within the Handheld application.

Use the Document ID Mask view to create a document ID mask for each document, as required. A mask is a set of components that, when compiled together in a particular sequence, generate a completed document ID. For example, the first component of a mask can be a company code, the second component can be an employee ID, and the third component can be a code specific to the type of document. Together, these components make up a document ID.

Once the mask is created, it must be assigned to an individual user who has the authority to use it. When the user prints from the Handheld application then, a unique sequence of numbers is printed onto each legal document defined with a document ID mask.

In the Document ID Assignments view, associate each document with an individual who is authorized to print it. For example, if you have 200 van sales representatives who are all authorized to print both invoices and receipts, you will assign two document IDs to each representative, for a total of 400 records added to the Document ID Assignments view.

To create a document ID mask

1. Navigate to the Administration - Document ID screen, then the Document ID Mask view.
2. In the Document list, create a record and complete the necessary fields.

   Some of the fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Comment
   Name	Unique name for the document (for example, California invoice).
   Document Type	Type of document being printed (for example, invoice).
   Mask Separator	A character used to separate the components of the document ID.

3. In the Mask list, add a record for each component of the document ID mask, and complete the necessary fields.

   Some of the fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Comment
   Sequence	A number that indicates the position of the component in the mask.
   Mask Type	Indicates whether the component is a literal value, a lookup value, or a concatenation of a literal value and a lookup value.
   Literal Value	The static value used if the mask type is literal or literal lookup.
   Look Up Type	Select either the Look Up Name, or the Position ID as required.

   NOTE:  Populate only one of the two fields, Value or Employee Field, not both.

4. Click the Document ID Assignments hyperlink.
5. In the Sequence list, add a record and complete the necessary fields.

   Some of the fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Comment
   Document	The name of the document you assigned in Step 2 of this procedure.
   Document Type	This field is automatically populated when you choose the document.
   Employee	The ID number of the employee authorized to print this document.
   Login Name	This field is automatically populated when you choose the Employee.
   Initial Sequence	The first sequence number to be used in the document ID mask. This number is incremented each time the document is printed by the employee from the Handheld application to make sure that each document ID is unique.
   Last Sequence Number	This number is synchronized from the Handheld application and indicates the last number in the sequence used by this document and employee combination.
   Mask Value	The generated value of the mask (minus the sequence number), based on the mask and employee selected.
   Last Document ID	This value is synchronized from the Handheld application and indicates the last document ID used on the Handheld application by the employee.