Daily Counter Reset dialog box

When you select Daily Counter Reset and Setup from the Batch naming field, the Daily Counter Reset Setup dialog box will be displayed where you can add or delete values to the batch name and select the reset value.

The Predefined values list provides values that you can select to add to the text formula currently in use. You can add any number of items to the batch name by selecting the item you want from the Predefined values list. To enable Daily Counter Reset you must select the predefined value Batch Counter. When Batch Counter is selected, the counter will increment for each new batch. When Reset batch number every day is selected, the Batch Counter will reset to the value specified by Reset value at the start of each day.

To avoid duplicate batch names, the Text Formula should include at least one value that changes daily. For example, if you want your batch to be labeled with the date and an incrementing number, enter the following:

Date(yyyy), Date(MM), Date(dd), Batch counter

For the first batch of the day the result would be: 20120528001

The second batch will be: 20120528002

The first batch of the following day will be: 20120529001

 

To add a value:

  1. Select the value you want to add from the Predefined values list.

  2. Click Add Item. The item will be added to the formula.

When specifying a path name, the limit is 248 characters.

  1. If you want to add more values, repeat Steps 1 and 2.

The Add leading zeros and Reset batch number every day become available when you select the Batch counter value.

  1. If applicable, click Add leading zeros to add zeros to the left side of your sequence number.

  2. If applicable, enter a value in the Number length field to limit the number of predefined values allowed in the text formula.

  3. If applicable, click Reset batch number every day to have the sequence number reset to a specific value at the start of each day.

  4. If applicable, enter a value in the Reset value field to specify the starting sequence number to be used at the start of each day.

 

  • Clicking Delete Item will remove the last predefined value from the text formula.

  • Clicking Delete Formula will remove the text formula.