Defining the Production Number Structure

Access the Production Number Structure Revisions form.

To define the production number structure:

1. Enter the production number type in the Production Number Type field.

2. Enter a company number in the Company field.

3. Select the Use Separator option to enable use of a separator character between segment values.

4. Set a character in the Separator Value field if you enabled the Use Separator option.

   The system displays the default separator value set up in the processing option.

5. Select a segment from the Segment Name list.

   You may select up to 17 segments to define the production number.

6. Click OK.

7. Click Find on the Production Number Structure Definition form and verify the production number structure that you entered.

Production Number Type

(Required) Enter a user-defined code (34/PT) that defines the structure of the production number.

Company

(Required) Enter a number that, with the document number, document type, and G/L date, uniquely identifies an original document, such as invoice, voucher, or journal entry.

If you use the Next Numbers by Company/Fiscal Year feature, the Automatic Next Numbers program (X0010) uses the document company to retrieve the correct next number for that company.

If two or more original documents have the same document number and document type, you can use the document company to locate the desired document.

Use Separator

Enter a code that specifies whether to use a separator between segments in the production number structure.

If you deselect this option, the system does not include a separator between segments in the production number.

If you select this option, the system includes the specified separator between segments in the production number.

Separator Value

Enter a character separator that you use in the structure of the production number for production controlled items. The default character is retrieved from the processing option.

Although you can specify a different character, you should not use an * and you should not change the value after you specify it.

For the separator value, use a character that could never appear within a segment of a production number.

Segment Name

(Required) Enter a user-defined code (34/SN) that defines a segment in a production number.

Segment Sequence

Displays a number that indicates the sequence of the segments in the production number structure. The segment sequence is a sequential number from 1 through 16.