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<Session ID="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0150m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">First Free Numbers (tcmcs0150m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to maintain the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Series.tc" role="glossary">series</Link> defined for the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#NumberGroup.tc" role="glossary">Number Group</Link> shown at the top of the session.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Group</GUIRef> menu or the Group buttons to list the series of another number group. Choose New on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Group</GUIRef> menu to enter the series of a new number group.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>You can add and remove series, specify the starting number, and block a series for use. You cannot change a series code.</Paragraph>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>If you have started this session by zooming, you can only find and select a record.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000001" role="manual">To use an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000035" role="manual">To maintain records in an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000004" role="manual">To use number groups and series</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="tcmcs050.nrgr"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Number Group</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#NumberGroup.tc" role="glossary">number group</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000004" role="manual">To use number groups and series</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tcmcs050.seri"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Series</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The series code.</FuncDesc>
			<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>The series code must have the same number of characters as defined for this number group's series length in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0151m000" role="session">Number Groups (tcmcs0151m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</AllowedValues>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>If the number group is dedicated to a specific use, the series code must be unique in the number groups dedicated to the same type of use.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>After saving the current session's data, you cannot change the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0150m000#tcmcs050.seri" role="formfield">Series</GUIRef> field.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000004" role="manual">To use number groups and series</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tcmcs050.ffno"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">First Free Number</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The first number to be used within this series. If you define a new series, you must enter the the series's starting number. SSA ERP increases the number by one each time a number is issued. Leading zeroes are used to form the complete number of nine positions.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>If the series is already in use, you cannot change the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0150m000#tcmcs050.ffno" role="formfield">First Free Number</GUIRef> field to a lower value.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000004" role="manual">To use number groups and series</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tcmcs050.ffst"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Cache Size</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>To improve the performance of sessions in which new order numbers are assigned, you can define a cache size for a series. The cache size is the number of new series numbers that SSA ERP generates and puts in the user's cache. The users do not have to wait while SSA ERP generates and checks the next series numbers.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>If you use the first free numbers cache, the order numbers can be nonsequential; the numbers that are still in the user's cache are lost when the user logs off.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>If you do not want to use the first free numbers cache, you must set the cache size to zero.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tcmcs050.blck"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Blocked for Input</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, you cannot use the series. If you block a series, you must select another series for the type of orders or other elements to which the series is assigned.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>You can clear the check box to resume using a series.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
