{"id":21631,"date":"2021-08-20T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=21631"},"modified":"2022-11-10T17:43:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T17:43:10","password":"","slug":"reference-setting","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/en\/documents\/reference-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy-loaded\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wa_1mYiWDBE?wmode=transparent&amp;autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-lazy-type=\"iframe\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wa_1mYiWDBE?wmode=transparent&amp;autoplay=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When entering transactions the Reference defaults to the next sequential number for that book. 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