The customer wants to continue legacy document numbers in the new SAP Business One system with no breaks. What would you recommend? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.

Question

Options

• AUse the manual numbering series and enter the legacy numbers
• BDefine a new series starting with the next legacy number
• CUse the primary series with a prefix for the legacy numbers
• DUse the primary series and change the starting number

• A
  72% (39)
• C
  17% (9)
• D
  11% (6)

Explanation

Options A and B are correct because SAP Business One provides two practical ways to preserve legacy document numbers without gaps: manually entering each legacy number using the manual numbering series (A), or defining a new automatic series whose starting number picks up exactly where the legacy system left off (B). Both approaches ensure continuity - one by direct entry, the other by configuring the series start point.

Option C is wrong because adding a prefix to the primary series would alter the number format, creating effectively new document numbers rather than continuing the original legacy sequence. Option D is wrong because simply changing the starting number on the primary series doesn't account for the legacy numbers that already exist - it just shifts where new numbers begin, without a clean migration strategy.

Memory tip: Think "Manual or Match" - you either manually key in the old numbers (A) or match the new series start to the next legacy number (B). Both preserve the sequence; anything else breaks or distorts it.

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