Invoice/Order Number

[kinget]

I was wondering if there was a way to set the "order number" or invoice number? In other words....At the end of the purchase...you'll see "Your order number is 12" -- But we would like that changed to match our current invoice system running on our previous system. For example. to say instead, "Your order number is 101207" -- Is there a way to make that kind of change or adjustment? I was looking to see if there was an option to make that change...any suggestions? If not that option to set the invoice/order number should be in the next version too.

Kinget.

[charmedbytina2]

I was wondering if there was a way to set the "order number" or invoice number?

Resetting Orders ID is done in admin.
Go to Tools, select Store Manager,

Then locate "Reset Current Order ID".

Follow the instructions provided and you'll be good to go!

[kinget]

DOH! Thank you. What a huge sigh of relief to know this. This administration is so huge, that it's hard to find everything. Glad to know this. I'm glad they did include that feature, because it didn't make sense not to have it. Thanks so much again. :-)

Kinget. :-)

Resetting Orders ID is done in admin.
Go to Tools, select Store Manager,

Then locate "Reset Current Order ID".

Follow the instructions provided and you'll be good to go!

[thomasw98]

Resetting Orders ID is done in admin.
Go to Tools, select Store Manager,

Then locate "Reset Current Order ID".

Follow the instructions provided and you'll be good to go!

For some reason, I can not get it to work. I am following the instructions:

Create a test order first. Then, using this Test Order ID complete the information below.
The New Order ID for the next Real Order should be entered as 1 less than the Order ID you wish to use.
Example: If you want your next Real Order ID to be 1225, enter the number 1224

I then enter the "old ID number" (which I assume means the "order number") of the test order which I just completed, enter the "new order ID" number, e.g. 1789599, click reset, everything seems ok, no error code appears...but when i try another test order, the order number is just one more than the previous test order number.

Strange...

[DrByte]

You can't decrease the number. You must use a higher number than what's already been used.

[thomasw98]

You can't decrease the number. You must use a higher number than what's already been used.

I know. The old number on my system is 82. I am trying to increase it to 1789599.

[thomasw98]

Nevermind, I figured it out.

I was not reading the instructions correctly. What I needed to do was to create a test order, get the order ID number from that order (it shows up on the last confirmation page after the order is entered), then enter that exact same number in the "old order ID" box. Example: If test order is order number 82, then enter "82" in the old order ID box, and whatever higher number you want to start with in the new order ID box.

What I had been mistakenly doing was assuming that I needed to add 1 to the old number, i.e. if the test order was ID#82, I was mistakenly entering 83 in the old order ID box.

Live and learn!

[Bahnstoermer]

Good post - this was better than another method I saw posted. Worked like a charm! Can't have a customer thinking he's order #1 LOL.

[DrByte]

Good post - this was better than another method I saw posted. Worked like a charm! Can't have a customer thinking he's order #1 LOL.

And if he does, that suggests you haven't done any real testing of transactions in your shop ... which is another bad thing.

[Bahnstoermer]

And if he does, that suggests you haven't done any real testing of transactions in your shop ... which is another bad thing.

Oh for sure... we've already entered lots of test orders... but you understand what I mean.. even order number 15 is not good heh.