# Permission Around Editing or Changing the Trasnaction number

**URL:** <https://community.striven.com/t/permission-around-editing-or-changing-the-trasnaction-number/2536>\
**Category:** AR Transactions (Invoices/Credits/Payments)\
**Created:** [February 3, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.striven.com/t/permission-around-editing-or-changing-the-trasnaction-number/2536 "2026-02-03T12:25:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.striven.com/t/permission-around-editing-or-changing-the-trasnaction-number/2536/1 "2026-02-03T12:25:27Z")

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Name of Feature/Request: Permission Around Editing or Changing the Trasnaction number

What financial, time savings, or quality of life improvements will occur from this: To control what users have the ability to Change the Transaction number from the system-generated transaction number | Frequency: Daily | Changing transaction numbers alone does not directly lead to fraud, but it can be a red flag for potential fraudulent activity, especially if done without a legitimate reason or if the change is accompanied by other suspicious actions, like altering account details or making large, unusual transactions.

Attempted Solutions So Far: No current Striven solution is available to prevent users from updating the Transaction Number when creating a new Transaction or Editing an existing transaction.

Digging deep - Any additional Why behind this request / How was this accomplished before Striven in what system or software: Previously accomplished: There is currently no way to prevent the Transaction number from being editted when creating a new Trasnaction or when you ahve the ability to edit a Transaction

StrivenID: 5053472