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2374329 - Gaps in number range of Production Orders.

Symptom

Some Production Order IDs for the selected number range are missing.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Production Control Work Center
  2. Go to Production Orders  View, navigate to By Order Header
  3. In Show: Select All Production Orders
  4. Select Go
  5. Sort by Production Order ID
  6. See some gaps from one Production order to another

Cause

The reason the system is performing gaps within the numbering of the documents is because the numbers are stored within the internal buffering system. 
Within the internal buffering system, the engine selects the numbers randomly from the define range to create the documents, however it does consider a chronological order when executing such action.

Resolution

The system generate IDs as per the defined range however it does consider a chronological order when doing so. This is expected behavior.

See Also

 2374315 - Production Tasks numbering gaps.

Keywords

Gaps in number range of Production Orders, Number ranges missing for Production Orders, Production Order ids missing, consider a chronological order when doing so system generate IDs , KBA , gaps in number range of production order , number ranges missing production orders , AP-PE-ORD , Production Order , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions