Creation and Maintenance of Number Ranges 

Use

You can use this function to define number ranges if you want to distribute serial numbers for a number range object, that is a specific ID such as a GTIN and an encoding type.

Prerequisites

 You have made the settings for number range object generation in Customizing for Auto-ID Infrastructure by choosing Basic Settings ® ID Settings ® Maintain ID Types.  

Features

The following features are available for managing number ranges in SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure (SAP AII):

●      Creation

You can define a range of numbers for a specific number range object. If you want to use a number range immediately, you set it to Active. It is only possible to have one active number range per number range object at any one time. You must maintain a sequence number if you create multiple number ranges for one number range object type, so that the system knows the sequence in which it is to use the number ranges.

●      Maintenance

You can edit a number range, for example if you want to increase the size of the interval or if you want to set the status of a number range to Active.

●      Deletion

You can only delete inactive number ranges with a current number of 0.

Activities

You can access all features for number range administration on the SAP Easy Access screen under Auto-ID Infrastructure ® Master Data ® Number Ranges ® Number Range Administration.