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.
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.
| Decision | Setting | Typical value |
|---|---|---|
| Invoice series | Numbering, SI, per branch | DXB-INV-, 6 digits, reset each fiscal year |
| Delivery before invoice? | Document Workflow, Sales Order to Delivery Note | Required for a distributor |
| Large invoices | Approval Rules | Total above AED 50,000: manager |
| Lock after VAT filing | Posting Controls, Books locked up to | Last day of the filed period |
| Paper | Print Format | A4 for invoices, 80 mm for POS |
Practise in the demo
- Open Settings, then Numbering and click a series to read its Sample next number.
- Open Settings, then Company Profile and find the Print Format card.
- 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.
Public demo company, sign in as admin / demoAdmin123. Data refreshes nightly.
- 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.