Error: 'The cheque number you entered is out of sequence.'

How to clear the Sage 50 Canada error message 'The cheque number you entered is out of sequence.'

Written by Magdalena

Updated over a week ago

Symptom

You are seeing the below error message on an invoice after attempting to publish it.

The cheque number you entered is out of sequence. Would you like to use the next available cheque number instead?

Applies To

This error is caused by a cheque number already existing within Sage 50 for a particular invoice.

To fix this error, please allocate a different cheque number to the invoice, and republish it.