Serial Numbers (API Functions, Preview)
The distributors report serial numbers with the dispatch notification. The connector stores every reported number and — with Auto Assign Serial Numbers — assigns it as item tracking to the purchase line, on a drop shipment to the linked sales line as well. The list ITscope Serial Numbers shows what was reported and which of those numbers are already in the item tracking.
Opening the Page
- Dashboard → Serial Numbers (only with the API functions switched on)
- Search: ITscope Serial Numbers
- Purchase order → action group ITscope → ITscope Serial Numbers
- ITscope Orders (list and card) or ITscope Invoices → Serial Numbers
Fields
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Purchase Order No. | The purchase order the number was reported for |
| Line No. | The line in the dispatch notification (OpenTrans LINE_ITEM_ID) the number was reported for |
| Serial No. | The serial number as the distributor reports it |
| Assigned / Assigned DateTime | Whether and when the number was written into the item tracking of the purchase line |
Actions: ITscope Order and Purchase Order.
When a Number Is Not Assigned
Assigned stays empty
- as long as Auto Assign Serial Numbers is switched off in the ITscope settings,
- as long as the item has no serial number tracking — the number stays pending, and the next run of the document feedback assigns it once the item tracking is set up,
- if the line has no open quantity left: a line never takes more numbers than it still expects,
- on a test order — it never touches the purchase order.
If a number is already on the order — entered by hand or from an earlier report —, it counts as assigned and is not written a second time. Either way, the reported number stays visible here.
Drop shipment
If the purchase order is linked to a sales order, the connector mirrors the assigned number onto the matching sales line. That way it is already fixed when the delivery to the end customer is posted.