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1423033 - Number Ranges for Strategic Purchasing Documents is close to depletion

Symptom

While creating a new Strategic Purchasing Documents, the system generates a unique number for the Strategic Purchasing Documents. It is necessary that the system should have enough unique numbers left in the existing number range to allow you to create new Strategic Purchasing Documents.

Your system is running out of unique numbers for new Strategic Purchasing Documents. It may happen that your system may get exhausted of the unique numbers of the existing number range. You may not be able to create any further new Strategic Purchasing Documents in your system.

Reproducing the Issue

1. Go to the work center 'Business configuration'.

2. Go to the view 'Fine Tuning Activity'.

3. Click on the link for the activity 'Number Ranges for Number Ranges for Strategic Purchasing Documents'.

Here you can see two columns 'Start Number' & 'End Number' and you will find that Number range for Strategic Purchasing Documents is close to depletion.

Resolution

1. Go to the work center 'Business configuration'.

2. Go to the view 'Fine Tuning Activity'.

3. Click on the link for the activity 'Number Ranges for Number Ranges for Strategic Purchasing Documents'.

4. Now click on the value of 'End Number' and increase the number as per as your requirment.

5. Click the button 'Save and Close'.

6. Now you would get a confirmation message 'Your settings are saved and deployed successfully'.

7. Click the button 'OK'.

Now, your number range has sufficient free numbers to create new Strategic Purchasing Documents.

In case, you need any further assistance, please forward the case to SAP by action 'Send to Service provider'.

Keywords

KBA , AP-SLO , Sales Order Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions