Reset the Work Order Serial Number

Main Menu > Work Orders section > Options tab > More Options button > General tab

By default, Work Orders in FrameReady are prefaced by the character: A

  • Useful if you wish to advance the Work Order character per fiscal year or if you have FrameReady Multi Site and wish to include locations directly in each Work Order number.

  • If you switch Work Order characters per fiscal year, then you can search by the letter (and find the entire year) as well as, at a glance, know the year the Work Order originated.

It is helpful to understand that Work Order numbers are intended to be different than Invoice numbers; therefore they begin with an alpha character. We recommend you continue this practice so that you can easily distinguish the two numbers at a glance.

How to change the "Alpha" character in the Work Order number

You must be logged in as level4 in order to perform the following.

  1. Login with level4.

  2. On the Main Menu, open the Options tab in the Work Order section.

  3. Click the More Options button.

  4. The Work Order Options window appears.

  5. Under the General tab, click the Reset Work Order Serial Number... button.

    A dialog box appears requesting a new Work Order starting number, e.g. E00001. Please make sure it does not conflict with previously used alpha-numeric Work Order number.

Tip: The standard Work Order number format is a letter followed by four numbers, e.g. A0245. If you pad your New Starting Number with zeros, e.g. B0001, then FrameReady auto-increments to B0002, B0003 etc.

If you must drop the beginning letter and change to numerals-only, then start with 10001 and not 00001.

  1. Enter a New Starting Number, e.g.  B0001  and click OK.

  2. Switch to the Work Orders file and create a New Work Order to confirm the rollover.

 

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