SAP ABAP Data Element FTNONKO (Foreign trade: Document number assignment)
Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       VEI (Package) Application development R/3 foreign trade
Basic Data
Data Element FTNONKO
Short Description Foreign trade: Document number assignment  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type CHAR01    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Assignment 
Medium 15 Number assignm. 
Long 25 Document no. assignment 
Heading 40 Document number assignment 
Documentation

Definition

You can assign a sequential number to a foreign trade document. You can enter this number yourself in the SAP System or you can have the system propose a number.

When you enter a number yourself, this is called external number assignment. You can perform external number assignment either with or without an external number range (number range object with external number range interval). External number assignment is only possible if you use the transaction for printing foreign trade output. Note that the system deletes already maintained number range information for this entry in the print control settings for foreign trade output if you select the indicator for external number assignment without number range.

If you have the system propose a number, this is called internal number assignment. Note that internal number assignment requires you to specify an internal number range (number range object with internal number range interval). You can issue output with internal number assignment by using the transaction for printing foreign trade output or directly from the relevant document (SD billing document) (for example, using output send time 4 - issue when posting document).

Use

You can specify the following values:

  • No number assignment
  • External number assignment via number range
  • External number assignment without number range
  • Internal number assignment via number range

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130529 
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