Hierarchy
EA-APPL (Software Component) SAP Enterprise Extension PLM, SCM, Financials⤷
PM-WOC-MO (Application Component) Maintenance Orders⤷
/CUM/MAIN (Package) Compatible Units: Main Package
IMG Activity
| ID | /CUM/CU3 | Define Number Ranges for Each Material Type |
| Transaction Code | /CUM/53000660 | (empty) |
| Created on | 20070222 | |
| Customizing Attributes | /CUM/CU3 | Define Number Ranges for Each Material Type |
| Customizing Activity | /CUM/CU3 | Define Number Ranges for Each Material Type |
Document
| Document Class | SIMG | Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs. |
| Document Name | /CUM/CU3 |
Use
In this step, you define the type of number assignment and the number range intervals for material master records. When creating a material master record, you must assign it a unique number. There are two ways of doing this:
- internal number assignment
In this case, a number within the number range interval allowed is assigned by the SAP system.
- external number assignment
Here, the user assigns a number within the number range interval allowed. You can define the intervals for external number assignment numerically and alphanumerically.
You define the number range intervals for so-called groups. You assign one or more material types to each group.
- If you assign just one material type to a group, you can define both an internal and an external number range interval for the material type.
- If you group together more than one material type, you can define an internal and an external number range interval here too. This allows several material types to have the same number range intervals.
In the step Define Attributes of Material Types, you have defined as an attribute of the material type whether, with external number assignment, a check is to be made against the number range.
Recommendation
SAP recommends using internal number assignment. Since you can use matchcodes to select materials according to any desired criteria, it is not normally necessary to use a mnemonic external number.
However, external number assignment can be advantageous if you want to use your materials in other systems outside the SAP system. However, the field Old Material Number and a matchcode are also available as standard for this purpose.
Activities
- Assign each material type to a group. Remember that you can also group together more than one material type.
- Define the number range intervals for each group.
Note
If you have not assigned a particular material type to a group, you can only use it if, in the material type, you allow external number assignment without a check against the number range.
Notes on Transport
Number range objects can be transported as follows:
On the initial screen, choose Interval -> Transport.
Make sure that all intervals of the number range object chosen are first deleted in the target system so that, after the import, only the intervals exported exist. The current number levels are imported with the value that they have at the time of export.
Dependent tables are not transported or converted.
Business Attributes
| ASAP Roadmap ID | 203 | Establish Master Data |
| Mandatory / Optional | 1 | Mandatory activity |
| Critical / Non-Critical | 1 | Critical |
| Country-Dependency | A | Valid for all countries |
Assigned Application Components
| Documentation Object Class | Documentation Object Name | Current line number | Application Component | Application Component Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMG | /CUM/CU3 | 0 | HLA0006031 O | |
| SIMG | /CUM/CU3 | 1 | KA50000043 | Construction Equipment Management |
Maintenance Objects
| Maintenance object type | C | Customizing Object |
| Assigned objects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customizing Object | Object Type | Transaction Code | Sub-object | Do not Summarize | Skip Subset Dialog Box | Description for multiple selections |
| SNUM | T - Individual transaction object | MMNR |
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20070222 |
| SAP Release Created in | 700 |
