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Define Document Types

The SAP System manages purchase requisitions as documents. You can group requisitions into any number of document types.

In this step, you can do the following:

• Create new document types

• Define the item interval

• Define allowed follow-on document types

• Assign document types to a number range group

• Define number range interval

• Choose type of

• number assignment (internal or external)
  You maintain the associated number ranges in the step Define Number Ranges under "Purchasing".

Standard Settings

The standard SAP R/3 System contains the following defaults which you should use:

• Document type: NB for standard purchase orders

• Document type: TB for transport orders

Recommendation

SAP recommends that you accept the settings defined in the standard system. In this case, no action is required on your part.

Activities

Notes on transport

You transport number range objects as follows:

In the initial screen, choose Interval -> Transport.

Note that 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.