Number Assignment for Architectural Objects

Use

You have to set up number assignment for architectural objects yourself. Number assignment is not internal. However, you can make preliminary settings for your number assignment in Customizing.

Prerequisites

Make the following settings in Customizing. Choose

SAP Customizing Implementation Guide → Flexible Real Estate Management (Enterprise Extension) → Master Data → Architectural View → Architectural Object Type → Create Architectural Object Types

Procedure

In the application, you specify how numbering takes place for architectural objects. You make this specification on the object type that is designated as the Top Level in the hierarchy.

→The specifications then apply to all object types below this one in the hierarchy.

Column	Display	To Do
Name of AO Type	- Object type, for which you are specifying the number assignment - Depends on the hierarchy of object types you defined in Customizing
Number Assignment	- Higher level on which numbering has to be unique - Default value from Customizing - If the Global NA indicator is set in Customizing, then numbering has to be unique in entire client.	- You can change this default value here, but you cannot delete it. - If you do not make any entry here, numbering has to be unique at the top level of the hierarchy. - Manual changes are not possible.
First Number	In this column and the next one, you define the range for numbering. - Lower limit of the number range interval	If you enter numeric values here, then the number of the object can only be numeric, and has to be within the defined range. If you make alphanumeric entries, then the system checks if the string is within the specified range. Note: the first of the 13 characters has precedence during the check. For example, the number A1234567 is between A1 and A2.
Last Number	- Upper limit of the number range interval	See above.

If you do not make any entries for the first and last number, then the system accepts any number, as long as it is unique in the given area.

Example

The following is specified in Locality 1:

Name of AO Type	Number Assignment	First Number	Last Number
Building	Locality	A	zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Floor	Building	1	99
Room	Floor	1	999

All building numbers in this locality begin with a letter. The floors are numbered consecutively per building from 1 to a maximum of 999. The room numbers are numerical per floor. To precisely identify a room in this locality, you need the number of the locality, the number of the building and the number of the floor.

If the room were specified as the level for number assignment, rather than the building, then the combination of locality-building-room would be enough to identify a room exactly.

On the other hand, in the Arch.ObjID field in the Direct object selection , you can search for the number of an object directly.