Serial number reset

ERPNext Stock/Inventory
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Hi,

Due to a series of misunderstandings, I have had to delete work orders that existed and redo them.

The first time I did work order 1, I ended up with 2x Item A, with serial numbers SN001 and SN002.

After having deleted the work order and all associated steps, including the serial numbers that had been generated, I redid the work order and it generates me SN003 and SN004, even though my previous serial numbers were deleted from the system.

I need to have SN001 and SN002 since these products are already sent out to a client, I just had an ERP issue which I am now solving as best as I can.

As a workaround, I could edit the serial number names by hand, but that is not ideal since the next serial number that will automatically be generated will be SN005.

I tried looking up in the Naming Series if I could restart the numbering, but serial numbers are not accessible through there.

How can I reset my serial numbers?

Thanks for your help!

2

Hi

You can check this table tabSeries => use sql script to update current value by name

3

Not sure what I should be checking here… Where can I find the tabSeries table?

4

Hi

You can use mysql workbench or bench console to access your database and run script.

bench --site [sitename] mariadb

5

Hi,

Still have the issue here. We use the standard hosting from ERPnext, so I’m not sure if I can even access this in general… Is there any way to access this from the “standard app”, in the same way that we can access the naming series?

Thanks!

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There is no way of reliably setting the serial number pointer back to zero. The system assumes the Items exist already and does not have a function for what you want to do.

The best workaround (as you already mentioned) is to manually change the serial numbers in the and then SKIP the numbers 3 and 4 to allow the system to pick up the numbering series again at SN005.

BKM