bcquality/microsoft/knowledge/data-modeling/item-ledger-entry-document-no-follows-last-shipping-no.md
Michael Dieringer 1028aacd4f Add 3 more AL/BC patterns from CURABIS Academy testing course material
Third batch from CURABIS ApS: item-ledger-entry document-no lookup after Ship-and-Invoice posting, TestPage.Visible()/.Enabled() as the mechanism for verifying field UI state, and LibraryUtility.GenerateGUID() for collision-free test fixture values.
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bc-version: [all]
domain: data-modeling
keywords: [item-ledger-entry, document-no, last-shipping-no, ship-and-invoice, posting, sales-order]
technologies: [al]
countries: [w1]
application-area: [all]
---
# After Ship-and-Invoice posting, Item Ledger Entry carries the shipment document number
## Description
Posting a sales order with both Ship and Invoice in one call creates the Item Ledger Entry during the shipment leg of that combined post, so the entry's `Document No.` is stamped with the value assigned to the shipment — `Sales Header."Last Shipping No."` — not the posted sales invoice number the posting call returns. Code that filters Item Ledger Entry by the invoice number instead finds nothing: `SetRange`/`FindSet` simply return zero rows, with no error to signal the mistake.
## Best Practice
After posting a sales order with Ship and Invoice together, read `SalesHeader."Last Shipping No."` (populated during the post) and filter Item Ledger Entry by that value, not by the invoice number the posting routine returns.
See sample: `item-ledger-entry-document-no-follows-last-shipping-no.good.al`.
## Anti Pattern
Filtering Item Ledger Entry by the posted sales invoice number after a combined Ship-and-Invoice post. The filter compiles and runs without error but matches zero rows, because the entry belongs to the shipment leg of the posting, not the invoice leg.
See sample: `item-ledger-entry-document-no-follows-last-shipping-no.bad.al`.