3545190 - Inbound Delivery Notification IDs with Leading Spaces Cause Errors

• Inbound Delivery Notification IDs can be created with leading spaces.
• These leading spaces are not visible in the User Interface (UI) and reports, leading to errors when a unique ID is expected.
• This issue arises during the creation of a new Return Delivery Notification. The "Check Consistency" button, which is expected to remove leading spaces, does not perform this function.

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1. Navigate to the Inbound Logistics workcenter and access the Inbound Delivery Notifications view.
2. Search for the ID RETURN123 (where RETURN123 is the Return ID)
3. Two records with the same ID will be displayed. One record has a leading space, while the other does not.

The issue arises because there is no number range defined for Inbound Delivery Notification (IDN) IDs. As IDN IDs are part of an external number system, they are editable and can be provided as per business standards. This flexibility allows for the inclusion of characters, special characters, numerics, spaces and dots in the IDN ID.

The system provides flexibility to keep the IDN ID as per different business lines, allowing for a variety of characters, special characters, numerics, spaces, and dots.

Creation of a supplier delivery notification is an optional step in the processing of supplier deliveries when working without tasks.

Note:

1. Understand that the system cannot restrict the IDN ID to any specific rule.
2. Exercise caution when manually entering the IDN ID. Ensure it can be easily identified.
3. To get the relevant IDN IDs, put a "*" before the IDN ID in the search field.

4. Further in the backend if an IDN id is stored with a leading space and another IDN ID doesn't have any space, we will have different UUIDs.
   Since UUIDs are unique, the reporting data and UI reports will display the output according to these UUIDs.

   Therefore, it's crucial to be careful when inputting the IDN ID. 
   It's recommended not to start with a leading space as it can cause confusion later on.

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