Have you noticed reference number in SAP Business One? Such as A/P Invoice, A/R Invoice and Sales Order. Unlike system number, reference number is not mandatory filled but can be helpful, especially when the number of documents is huge.
A reference number can be the number assigned by the customers or vendors. It can record their invoice number or shipping number. This characteristic makes a reference number a safety feature to avoid duplicating a document.
Go to Administration > System Initialization > Document Settings and click Per Document tab, choose the document and from the choices when duplicated customer(Vendor) reference No. Occurs.
Users can choose “without warning”, “warning only” or “block release/receipt”. They can also choose whether allow copying customer reference No. to Target Doc.
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