Symptom
Business Partners are not being created sequentially while using internal number ranges in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Reproducing the Issue
- Create multiple business partners over time using an internal number range.
- 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.
See Also
- 141497 - Consulting: Buffering of number ranges
- Number Range Buffer – Why We Sometimes See Skips in The Number Range for Business Partners
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