Serial Number Renumbering

The Serial Number Renumbering screen enables you to change the serial number assigned to important or expensive stocked parts or components.

Renumbering is useful in situations where the previously assigned serial number is starting to wear off or is no longer readable, so a new number must be assigned and etched or engraved into the unit. As long as you are officially tracking these items as serialized parts or serialized components, in most cases you should be able to determine the old serial number, or use the process of elimination based on the other determinable items already installed on the equipment unit.

• Tip: For a part to be serialized, its part classification must have a check in the Serialized checkbox on the Data -> Parts Items -> Setup -> Part Classifications screen.

• Tip: To limit the display of information in the grid and maximize performance, use the filter. You can sort on date and time renumbered, part ID/suffix, equipment ID, old serial number, and new serial number.

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Renumber serial numbers for parts

The fields in the top section of this tab provide information about the part.

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Part ID

Identifier of the part currently selected in the grid or that you are defining. This field is required. This item can be a valid ID or any other part number. This field has a list box. The part description displays to the right of the ID.

• Part IDs are defined on the Basic Info tab of the Data -> Parts Items -> Primary Information screen.

Part suffix

Number associated with the part in the Part ID field, which distinguishes it from other parts with the same part ID. This field is required.

Equipment ID

Identifier of the equipment unit to which the part is assigned. This field populates automatically if the part ID and suffix are tracked as a component and the serial number can be located. The equipment description displays to the right of the ID. This field is display only.

Old serial number

Existing serial number assigned to the part. This field is required. This field has a list box. If Parts Status Tracking is ON, the choicelist is restricted by part ID. If Parts Status Tracking is OFF, the choicelist is restricted by part ID and suffix.

• The status tracking option is specified on the Part Status Tracking tab of the Data -> Parts Items -> Setup -> Options screen.

New serial number

New serial number to be assigned to the part. This field is required. The maximum field length is 50 characters. The serial number must be unique; you cannot assign an existing one.