Enforce Uniqueness

Enable this check box if every reference number for this Reference Number Qualifier in the system must be unique for a specified carrier or customer. Uniqueness is not enforced across the entire system. However, for some of the system-reserved Reference Number Qualifier such as BOLs, MBOLs, tracking numbers and manifest numbers, this check box must be selected even through no entity ID is specified.

If the Entity ID in the General screen is blank, then you cannot enable this check box.

For Reference Number Qualifiers where the System Provided flag is True for the corresponding Reference Number Type, the Enforce Uniqueness flag must be True:

Enforce Uniqueness (System Provided)

System Provided Reference Number Type

Generation Source

Enforce Uniqueness

MA

FREE_FMT

TRUE (view only)

MCN

FREE_FMT

TRUE (view only)

RCN

FREE_FMT

TRUE (view only)

VAT

FREE_FMT

TRUE (view only)

USR_COMP_NUM

FREE_FMT

TRUE (view only)

NOF

TRANSID

TRUE (view only)

PRO_ID

FREE_FMT

TRUE (view only)

For Reference Number Qualifiers where the System Provided flag is False for the corresponding Reference Number Type, the Enforce Uniqueness flag must be:

Enforce Uniqueness (Non System Provided)

Generation Source

BM

MB

08

Other Types (Carrier)

Other Types (Customer)

 

 

 

 

Generic Carrier

Specific Carrier

Generic Customer

Specific Customer

MANUAL (fixed length)

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE/ FALSE

TRUE/ FALSE

TRUE/ FALSE

TRUE/ FALSE

FREE_FMT

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE/ FALSE

FALSE

TRUE/ FALSE

TRANSID

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

INTERNAL

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

Type =‘PRO_ID’, TRUE

 

 

Other types: TRUE/FALSE

Other types: TRUE/FALSE

TRUE/ FALSE

TRUE/ FALSE