SAP ABAP IMG Activity /EACA/GL_DOCNO (Define Document Number Assignment)
Hierarchy
☛ SEM-BW (Software Component) SEM-BW: Strategic Enterprise Management
   ⤷ FIN-BAC-GL (Application Component) General Ledger
     ⤷ /EACA/GL_CUSTOMIZING (Package) Customizing xGL
IMG Activity
ID /EACA/GL_DOCNO Define Document Number Assignment  
Transaction Code /EACA/50000050   (empty) 
Created on 20020618    
Customizing Attributes /EACA/GL_DOCNO   Define Document Number Assignment 
Customizing Activity /EACA/GL_DOCNO_GL   Set Up Document Number Assignment 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name /EACA/GL_DOCNO_DC    

Use

In this IMG activity, you define the number ranges for the documents. You have to create a number rage for each accounting system/legal entity combination. In this way, each combination receives its own subobject for number range object document.

For each number range, specify the following:

  • the number range interval from which the document numbers are to be selected
  • the type of number range assignment
    • External number assignment
      • External number range assignment is carried out by the user or an external system. It makes sense to use this, for example, if the documents are transferred from a feeder system. The prerequisite for this is that the numbers have to be unique. With external number assignment, tbe current number level is not displayed. If a document number is entered manually, it is therefore necessary to ensure seamless number assignment.
    • Internal number assignment
      • Internal number assignment is carried out automatically by the SAP system. It makes sense to use this, for example, if the original documents do not have a unique document number.

Year-Dependent Number Ranges

You can define year-dependent number ranges. This allows you to use the same range more than once under the same number for various fiscal years. You always specify the to fiscal year, that is, the fiscal year up to which the number range is valid.

If you want to define a number range independent of the fiscal year, enter 9999 in the Year field.

Requirements

Standard settings

Activities

To create a number range for documents, proceed as follows:

  1. Enter the Accounting System and the Legal Entity and choose Change.

    The system automatically creates a subobject for your accounting system/legal entity combination for the number range object Document .

  2. Choose Insert Interval.
  3. Enter a number for the number range interval.
  4. In the Year field, enter either a to-year (for a year-dependent number range) or 9999 (for a year-independent number range).
  5. In the From-Number and To-Number fields, enter the required interval.
  6. In the External field, choose the required number range assignment type.
  7. Choose Insert and save your number range interval.

Notes on Transport

To transport a number range interval, choose Interval -> Transport.

When carrying out the transport, note the following points:

  • In the target system, all intervals belonging to the chosen number range interval will be deleted. This ensures that, following the import, the target system contains only the exported ranges. The current number levels are imported with the value that you have at the time of the export.
  • Independent tables are not transported or converted.

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 203   Establish Master Data 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
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
IMGDUMMY D - Dummy object /EACA/GL_DOCNR  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20021001 
SAP Release Created in 10B