Sometimes a contract needs a particular reference: the number a counterparty already quotes, a slot left by a record created outside Pactly, or a correction after a wrong entry. Those requests used to go to support. Administrators can now choose Assign Reference Number from the contract’s action menu, enter the number, and save. Pactly checks that the reference is not already in use within your company before applying it, and writes the change to the contract timeline and audit trail.
Reference generation now guards against collisions as well. If an assigned number sits ahead of the running counter, new contracts skip over it rather than ever producing a duplicate reference. Reference formats and year reassignment are covered in Configuring Contract Reference Numbers.