I want to remove the Field Serial no. from one of the items

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I want to remove the serial no. form one of the Items. Only the batch no. is sufficient.

It was earlier required but now no more. I am not able to make entries without the serial nos.
How can I remove this or make it an optional requirement.

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Hello,

Once stock ledger entry is created for an item, it’s properties related to Stock Item, Serialized Item, Batch Item etc. cannot be edited.

To have this same item as a non-serialized item, please create new Item Code, and update opening balance for that item.

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@umair do we have any other alternative for this?

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Nope! No alternative. You can go and change the Serial Number setting at the Database level, but there is no saying how that will affect performance.

Your best bet is to create a new item as a non-serialized item, transfer the stock balances to this new item and disable to the old item.

The other alternative is to write a bit of script (I don’t know how though) and auto-assign (when the item is receipted) and auto-use (everytime the item is used in a transaction) the serial numbers for the items in the transactions.

Hope this helps.

Thanks

Jay

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