The BCA system uses the number range interval you create per bank area for automatic number issuing.

The number range determines the number area from which the system selects the external account numbers of a bank area (as opposed to the internal account number that the system issues purely for internal purposes, the external account number is the account number known also to the customer and can be issued as required by the user, too).

When an account is created, the account numbers are issued internally by the system or externally by the user. If you assign a number range with internal number issuing to the bank area, in the application you issue the numbers both internally and externally.

Activities

Create a number range interval for every bank area. Specify here also if number issuing is to take place internally or externally.

For internal number range intervals, number issuing is done by the SAP system. When an account is created, the system automatically issues a number. The last issued number is recorded in the number range status.

For external number issuing the user must enter the account number. The number entered must be between the lower and upper limits of the defined interval.

Further notes

If you have set a check digit procedure for your bank area, only numbers containing a check digit are issued in the course of internal number issuing. For external number issuing, the system checks the specified account number for accuracy.

Important:

If you use the BCA standard setting, enter 01 as interval. For your own programming or if you use the Business Transaction Event mentioned below, the system does not issue numbers.

Notes on the transport:

You transport number range objects as follows:

Choose Interval -> Transport in the accounting document Number Range screen.

All intervals for the selected number range object are deleted in the target system first. After the import, only the intervals you export are present. The number statuses are imported with their values at the time of export.

Dependent tables are not transported or converted.

A Business Transaction Event (number 00011010) is available for automatic number issuing. If you have defined a function module for this Business Transaction Event, the account number (without check digit) is supplied by this module and then the check digit is added to complete the account number. For an example function module, see: SAMPLE_INTERFACE_00011010.