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The Serial maintenance task maintains the Serial table which controls assignment of serialized values. The corresponding SerialValue field for a SerialKey determines the next value to be assigned. This generally means the SerialValue is the highest value already assigned.

 

Standard access to this table occurs for a task that requires numbers in a series such as for Accounts Payable checks. A request to allocate values for a non-existent SerialKey will automatically establish that SerialKey with an initial SerialValue of 0.

 

This means that the typical reason for using this task is to set some initial SerialValue to a higher value. For example a SerialKey is initialized to 0 by default. You might wish it to start at 10000 or some other specific value.

 

 

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Options | Validate Serial Control...

Select Options | Validate... to have the system set the Value for all Keys in Class 1 and 2 as follows. Set the Values for Keys in Class 1 (Keys reserved by AdaptAccounts where it can reliably determine the highest value already in use) to the highest value it determines is currently in use. Increase if applicable, but do not reduce, the Values for any Keys in Class 2 (Keys reserved by AdaptAccounts where it cannot reliably determine the highest value already in use) to the highest value it determines is currently in use.