[FR] Make serial number generation opt-in when receiving stock from a PO

[wlcx]

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Problem statement

When receiving trackable stock items from a purchase order, serial numbers are generated and populate the serial number field by default (when the "assign batch code and serial numbers" button is clicked"). This is frequently not what you want if you are recieving serialized stock from other manufacturers, as there's no guarantee serials will be consecutive, and can be a source of errors. *

This differs from the behavior when adding a stock item, where the generated serial is shown as a suggestion, with an "accept suggestion" button being present at the far right of the field.

* I think there's a broader topic here of "internally serialized" parts (i.e. the serial numbers are allocated by "us" at the point of stock item creation) vs "externally serialized" parts (i.e. the serial numbers are allocated by someone else already). The serial number generation logic is only really useful for the former. Perhaps this should be another issue?

Suggested solution

Update the UI to use the "accept suggestion" UX as used in the stock item create dialog, which make the UI more consistent overall and helps reduce unintentional errors.

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