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description: Number definitions automatically generate unique identifiers for business objects, such as new order entries or promotions.
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# Create a System Number

Number definitions automatically generate unique identifiers for business objects, such as new order entries or promotions.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience in <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions that have Consumer Goods Cloud enabled</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small permission">
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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d78208e63">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e63 ">To create system numbers:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e63 ">
              <p>CGCloud Business Admin</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">OR</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">CGCloud Retail Business Admin </p>
            </td>

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1. From App Launcher, find and select **System Numbers**, and then click **New**.
2. Provide these details:
    
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                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d78208e119">Field</th>
                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d78208e122">Description</th>
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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e119 ">Name</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e122 ">System-generated unique identifier of the number definition.</td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e119 ">Usage</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e122 ">
                  <p>Process for which the number definition is used. The options are:</p>
                  <ul>
                    <li>Cash Invoice</li>
                    <li>Credit Invoice</li>
                    <li>Non-Valuated Delivery Note</li>
                    <li>Valuated Delivery Note</li>
                    <li>Order Confirmation</li>
                    <li>Delivery Note</li>
                    <li>Invoice</li>
                    <li>Credit Note</li>
                    <li>Order Entry</li>
                    <li>Tour</li>
                    <li>Service</li>
                    <li>Fallback Number</li>
                  </ul>
                </td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e119 ">Active</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e122 ">Indicates whether the number definition is active.</td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e119 ">Warning Limit</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e122 ">Minimum limit of the number range.</td>

              </tr>
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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e119 ">System Fallback Number</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e122 ">List of system numbers defined in the System Numbers Master.</td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e119 ">Sales Org</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e122 ">Sales org of a number definition.</td>

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                <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e119 ">Owner</td>

                <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d78208e122 ">Owner of a system number.</td>

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3. Save your changes.
    
    **Note**: A counter runs out of numbers when it reaches its Max Value or can't grow beyond its segment's configured length. If you set a System Fallback Number, the app switches to that definition automatically and keeps numbering. If you don't set a fallback, or the fallback also runs out of numbers, the app can't generate the number, and it writes the failure to the device log.