Identical identification number assigned by the system for budget entry documents generated simultaneously in a program run.

Budget entry documents that were generated in a mass run, not entered manually in the budgeting workbench, receive a common document family number in addition to an individual entry document number. The document family number refers to all budget entry documents generated simultaneously in a mass run and makes it easier to search for these documents and process them further, for example, in a mass reversal.

If a budget entry document also has a document family number this is displayed in the header data in the field Document Family. This field is automatically hidden for entry documents without document families.

Document families are created in the following program runs:

• During the generation of budget entry documents from planning or budget data.
• During the carryover of residual budget to another fiscal year
• During transfers between budget types within a fiscal year
• During the generation of entry documents using the method BAPI_50_CREATE
• During the generation of entry documents triggered by a GM document (Grants Management)

You define the settings necessary for the document family in Customizing of Funds Management under Budget Control System (BCS) ® BCS Budgeting ® Define Number Range Interval for Document Family.

You can implement the document family for your customer enhancements using the Business Add In FMKU_BUDGET_EVNT. You can find more information in the implementation guide under Budget Control System (BCS) ® BCS Budgeting ® Business Add Ins for Budgeting ® Enhance Checks and Document Postings.