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3262681 - Interval error while creating a new number ranger for billing documents

Symptom

Customer receives an error when creates a new number range for billing documents: "Interval X, prefix overlaps with interval Y, prefix".

Environment

S/4HANA Cloud

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to SSCUI/Business Configuration "Define Number Ranges for Billing Documents".
  2. Then click on 'intervals' and add a custom one. 
  3. When you click in 'save' button an error message appears: "Interval X, prefix overlaps with interval Y, prefix".

Cause

Customer is trying to creating a new interval which will overlaps with another one.

Resolution

To avoid such error message, we recommend to customers either use a new range status. Or in case you want to use the same range status, please use a prefix in front of the new number range.

See Also

How to Implement Flexible Billing Document Numbering with Configurable Parameters and Formulas (CPF) – Video Tutorial

Flexible Billing Document Numbering

Keywords

prefix, number range, billing document, Define Number Ranges for Billing Documents, SSCUI, 103284, overlaps, interval , KBA , SD-BIL-IV-IF-2CL , External Billing (Public Cloud) , SD-BIL-IV , Processing Billing Documents , SD-BIL-IV-IF , External Billing , Problem

Product

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