3601189 - Non-sequential Production Order Number Generation in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Production order numbers are generated in a non-sequential manner.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Create production orders. 
2. Observe the order of the generated numbers in the COOIS report.
   The numbers are in a non-sequential manner.

This is standard system behavior. The gaps observed between the production order numbers are a result of buffering in the AUFTRAG number range. This buffering process enhances the system's performance by eliminating the need for the system to access the number range table for every posting.

The AUFTRAG number range object is buffered in the standard system. When you require a new order number, the system doesn't reserve just one number on the database server, but a number corresponding to the buffer size, which is 20 by default. The following numbers are then determined from the buffer of the application server without needing to access the database. Only when this buffer is completely used, does the system use a new set of order numbers from the database. 

If there is specific requirement to have the numbers in a sequential manner, submit a feature request in SAP Customer Influence Portal with detailed business requirement, refer to note 2963059 - How to Submit Feature Requests for SAP S/4 HANA Cloud Product 

• SAP Note 456777 - Order numbers for internal number assignment
• SAP Note 62077 - Info: Internal number assignment has gaps

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