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Serial Entry for Inspection

You use this program to accept into stock those serial numbers residing in the inspection file.

Serials in Inspection Capture

Field Description
Accept and Close Select this to accept into stock the serial numbers entered.
Cancel Select this to exit the program.

Manual Serials in Inspection Capture

Field Description
New Select this to add a new serial number.
Delete Select this to remove the serial number currently highlighted in the List of Manual Serials in Inspection listview from the list of serial numbers to allocate.
Add

Select this to add the serial number you entered to the list of serial numbers to allocate to the items.

Range Select this to add a range of manual serial numbers.
Select Available Select this to automatically select the serial numbers residing in the inspection file.
Remaining serials This indicates the number of items to which serial numbers have not yet been allocated.
Serial number You use this field to indicate the serial number you want to accept into stock from inspection (see Serial Numbers in Inspection).
Expiry date

This indicates the expiry date of the serial number.

If an expiry date was entered against the serial when it was receipted into inspection, then that date is displayed as the default expiry date.

Location You use this field to indicate the location of the item.

Serial Entry range

This screen is displayed when you select the Range function.

Field Description
Quantity to receive Indicate the quantity of serialized items for which you want to create serial numbers.
Prefix

Indicate a prefix for all the serial numbers that will be captured.

You can only enter a serial prefix if your serial number key type is configured as alphanumeric (Company Maintenance).

Although you can enter a maximum of 15 characters here, the total number of characters for the serial number cannot exceed 20.

Suffix

Indicate the characters that must be added to the end of you serial numbers.

You can only enter a serial suffix if your serial numbers key type is configured as alphanumeric (Company Maintenance).

Although you can enter a maximum of 15 characters here, the total number of characters for the serial number cannot exceed 20.

The number of numeric characters entered for the suffix must cater for the total quantity of serial numbers being received. For example: A suffix of 1 character will allow 9 serials to be added.

Starting serial number This indicates the first serial number that will be created, as derived from your entry at the prefix and suffix fields.
OK Select this to accept the information entered and to return to the previous screen.
Cancel Select this to ignore any entries made and to return to the previous screen.

List of manual Serials in Inspection

Details of the serial numbers you allocated to the items are displayed in this listview. The details change each time you select the Add or Delete function from the manual Serials in Inspection Capture pane.

Batch Serials in Inspection Capture

Field Description
New Select this to add a new serial number.
Add

Select this to add the serial number you entered to the list of serial numbers to allocate to the items.

Delete Select this to remove the serial number currently highlighted in the List of Batch Serials in Inspection listview from the list of serial numbers to allocate.
Remaining quantity This indicates the number of items to which serial numbers have not yet been allocated.
Serial number Indicate the batch serial number you want to accept into stock from inspection (see Serial Numbers in Inspection).
Quantity Indicate the batch quantity of the serial number you want to accept into stock.
Expiry date

This indicates the expiry date of the serial number.

If an expiry date was entered against the serial when it was receipted into inspection, then that date is displayed as the default expiry date.

Location Indicate the location of the item must be stored.

List of Batch Serials in Inspection

Details of the serial numbers you allocated to the items are displayed in this listview. The details change each time you select the Add or Delete function from the Batch Serials in Inspection Capture pane.

Notes ans warnings

Coding considerations

  • If you selected the setup option: Same serial to be used for multiple stock codes (Inventory Setup - Options tab), then duplicate serial numbers can be accepted into stock providing they are attached to different stock codes.