Exam MB-300 topic 1 question 17 discussion

Why not A+B?

change from non-continuous to continuous is not recommended from Microsoft Learn and the run automatic cleanup is for: "In case of a power failure, an application error, or other unexpected failure, finance and operations apps cannot recycle numbers automatically for continuous number sequences. You can run the cleanup process manually or automatically to recover the lost numbers." So I think D & E should be right

The correct actions that you should take are A. Change the number sequence to continuous and B. Run Automatic cleanup of number sequence.

A, B, D, and E should be considered to efficiently use unused purchase order numbers without interrupting ongoing procurement processes. Option C (changing the number sequence to non-continuous) is not recommended if you want to minimize unused numbers.

cont. numseq will reuse the numbers, if cleaned up

ITS D E!!!! Since there are a large number of unused purchase order numbers that are not being reused, the appropriate actions would be to create new purchase orders (option D) and manually assign the number sequences to these new purchase orders (option E). This way, the unused purchase order numbers will be utilized in the system. Changing the number sequence to continuous (option A) is not recommended, as it may cause duplicate key violations in the database and have a larger effect on system performance, as mentioned in the text. Running the automatic cleanup of number sequences (option B) is not necessary in this scenario, as the goal is to use the unused numbers rather than recycling or recovering lost numbers. Changing the number sequence to non-continuous (option C) is also not recommended, as it will not solve the issue of unused purchase order numbers. Therefore, options D and E are the appropriate actions to take in this situation.

A and B

The rule is. that you never change from continuous to non-continuous or vice versa. Thats the rule.

two options only

Based on MS Learn - In case of a power failure, an application error, or other unexpected failure, finance and operations apps cannot recycle numbers automatically for continuous number sequences. You can run the cleanup process manually or automatically to recover the lost numbers. - It means you have already used continous type so you don't need to change, therefore A is not an option.

If only focus on this requirement "You have to make sure that the unused purchase order numbers are used in the system." The answer is correct. The question just wanted us to be able to use the unused numbers, didn't mention that there is a need to have no jumping numbers in the future. But again, badly worded question.

I think that AB as in method NumberSeqCleanUp.cleanUpSequence the condition exists: if (_numberSequenceTable && _numberSequenceTable.Continuous) {} so it won't work for non-continuous

In this context, I think the answers are correct. See the reference in the microsoft learn : "We do not recommend changing a non-continuous number sequence to a continuous number sequence. The number sequence will then not be truly continuous. This change can also cause duplicate key violations in the database. In addition, continuous number sequences have a larger effect on performance. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/plan-implement-legal-entities-finance-operations/3-create-number-sequence

Tested the above response (B,D) and it does not yield the outcome. The correct response is A, B, D in sequential order.

While it may technically be possible, Microsoft are very clear that they do not recommend changing a non-continuous number sequence to continuous. I cant see them then setting an exam question where that is the correct answer.

The answers are not clear because you can't change continuously to non-continuous you have to create a new number sequence. But if I have to choose probably AB. As for clean-up, it says no interruption is allowed so during non-peak-hours still the batch job can run I beleive.

I think it is A and B as you can switch the number sequence to continuous and run the automatic cleanup.