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2514835 - S/4HC: Number Range Gaps Occurring for Business Partner Created With Internal Number Groupings.

Symptom

  • Business Partners are not being created sequentially while using internal number ranges in SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Environment

  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud 

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Create multiple business partners over time using an internal number range.
  2. The Business Partner number is not always sequential.

Cause

Standard system behaviour as main memory buffering is active for the business partner number range object BU_PARTNER (No. of Numbers in Buffer 10). There is no configuration available to change or disable the buffer.

Resolution

With this setting, 10 numbers are loaded into the buffer. When a new business partner is created one of these numbers is selected. If there is a system refresh, these 10 numbers are cleared from the buffer and 10 new numbers are added. When another business partner is created, another entry is selected at random, from the new buffered number entries. Buffering can sometimes lead to gaps in the number range.

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Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions