In this step, you define a central
default equipment category for the serial number management.
This equipment category is proposed by the system if the system cannot find an equipment category in the serial number profile for a serialization operation.
If you create master records for serial numbers, the system always automatically proposes the default equipment categories defined here.
The internal number range of the equipment category you selected is copied automatically.
The numbers assigned via this setting are irrelevant for actual serial number management, since you work with serial numbers or material numbers in the application transactions. The numbers assigned here, however, are keys for the equipment file, as a basic equipment master record is created in the background for each serial number.
For this reason, the internal number range of the selected equipment category will be proposed.
You can always make only one valid entry in this setting.