Module 23 · Core · 9 min read

Numbering, workflow, approvals and prints

You will be able to: Configure number series per document type and branch; Choose document workflow strictness, approvals and posting controls; Set print formats, templates and paper per document.

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These settings turn Zeyto from a tool into the client's way of working. Each comes from a blueprint decision.

Numbering

Settings, Numbering holds one series per document type, optionally one per branch. A series has a prefix, optional suffix, separator, padding, start and next numbers, and a reset period: fiscal year, calendar year or calendar month. The number is given when the document is submitted, not when a draft is saved. A cancelled document keeps its number, and an amendment adds /A1, /A2. The form shows a Sample next number. Never lower Next No on a series in use.

Document workflow and controls

  • Document Workflow sets, for each link such as Sales Order to Delivery Note, whether it is Required, Optional or Off, and offers merging, partial quantities and tolerance. A Profiles tab provides ready-made sets such as Trading company; Apply shows what will change and you still press Save.
  • Approval Rules hold documents until named approvers agree: choose the document type, a condition such as total above 50,000, the approver role and how many approvals. Self-approval should stay Blocked.
  • Posting Controls can block future-dated documents, lock the books up to a date, make customer LPO or TRN compulsory and catch duplicate LPOs.
  • Credit Control can warn or block when a customer would exceed the limit, or send it to a manager.

Print

In Company Profile, Print Format sets the paper for every document: A4, A5 or a receipt roll (80 mm or 58 mm), and one of three looks: Standard, Modern or Classic, each with an Arabic mirror. A single document type can have its own format. Settings, Templates chooses the default template per document type, and Designers lets you change a layout. Logo, stamp and signature are uploaded in Company Profile.

DecisionSettingTypical value
Invoice seriesNumbering, SI, per branchDXB-INV-, 6 digits, reset each fiscal year
Delivery before invoice?Document Workflow, Sales Order to Delivery NoteRequired for a distributor
Large invoicesApproval RulesTotal above AED 50,000: manager
Lock after VAT filingPosting Controls, Books locked up toLast day of the filed period
PaperPrint FormatA4 for invoices, 80 mm for POS
Reading the sampleThe Dubai series has prefix DXB-INV-, padding 6 and start 1. Before saving, the Sample next number field shows the first number: DXB-INV- followed by six digits ending in 1 (check the exact look, including any separator, on the form). The second invoice ends in 2. An amendment of the first adds /A1 to its number.
Watch outDocument Workflow starts exactly as Zeyto has always worked. Tightening a link such as Required can stop staff mid-day, so announce it and test it in UAT first.

Practise in the demo

  1. Open Settings, then Numbering and click a series to read its Sample next number.
  2. Open Settings, then Company Profile and find the Print Format card.
  3. Open https://demo.zeyto.app/demo-app/ and sign in with the demo login. This is a public demo with sample data, so nothing you do there affects a real business.
Open the live demo

Public demo company, sign in as admin / demoAdmin123. Data refreshes nightly.

Key takeaways
  • The number is assigned at Submit; cancelled documents keep theirs.
  • Workflow, approvals and posting controls start permissive; tighten them deliberately.
  • Set print paper and look per company, and override only where needed.

Check yourself

4 questions on this lesson. Not timed, not the exam, and you can try again. Score 60% or more, and read the lesson, to complete it.

1. When does a document receive its number from the numbering series?

2. How do you give one branch its own invoice numbers?

3. What does Apply do on the Document Workflow Profiles tab?

4. What happens to a number series after a document is cancelled and the same type is submitted again?

Practice questions for this module · Printable study sheet