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Flex: Number range rules explained

Serkan Yilmaz
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A number range rule is a setting for either project numbers, contact numbers, invoice numbers or payment numbers. A rule defines how the new projects, contacts, invoices and payments, will be numbered in Flex.

It is useful to set these rules at the beginning of using Flex so your order numbers and invoice numbers can run after your existing orders and invoices. You may decide to have different shops with a different number rule.

NOTE! These settings are only available for system administrator users.

IMPORTANT!  Even if the same rule is created for different shops, the shops cannot have projects using the same number within one company.

To access this open the Flex Platform.

Click the settings icon Settings32.png at the bottom of the left hand menu bar and under Admin area select Number range rules.

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Create a New Rule

  1. On the top toolbar click the button Create New Number Range Rule.

  2. Type in a name you will recognise.

  3. From the Classification box select whether this rule is for projects, contacts, invoices or payments.

  4. A row of boxes will appear, showing all the elements that can make up a rule. Click a box and it will be added to a new row. To remove a box click the x.

  5. Repeat to add several boxes to your rule. Auto ID is replaced by the ID number you set at point 6. Make the rule by adding these fields and separators, such as – or _ characters so your number will be easy to read.
    Note: For invoice number range rules there can only be a numerical value. 

  6. In Auto ID Start you can amend the number. For example if your old order paperwork was on number 2985 you may wish Flex to begin counting from 3000 onwards.

If you create a rule that shows Year – Shop Nr – Auto ID then your first number will read 2022-1-3000.

Note: If you enter a number in Auto ID End, when this number has been exceeded an error message will pop up in the desktop app.  If there is more than one rule relating to the same number range (in our example we have used the invoice rule) it is very important to enter a number in Auto ID End or the rules will contradict each other.

Example:

Default Invoice Rule
Auto ID Start: 1
Auto ID End: 500
 
Invoice Rule 2
Auto ID Start: 501
Auto ID End: 1000

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Edit a Rule

As with all lists in Flex, click a rule name to see a preview of it in the sidebar on the right side of the screen.

To see more detail and modify the rule, click Edit Number Range Rule on the top toolbar.

You can also duplicate a rule to save time, via the top toolbar icon. Then edit the duplicated rule.

 

Delete a Rule

A rule can be deleted by selecting it and clicking the Delete number range rule icon.

Note: Default rules cannot be deleted.

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