Batch Number Assignment (SAP Library - Batch Management (LO-BM))

Batch Number Assignment

Use

You use this function to assign a unique key to a batch. This unique key is the batch number. The batch number uniquely identifies a batch in the SAP System. The Batch Level you choose determines the area in which the batch number is unique.

You can assign the batch number as different times, for example:

During manual creation of a batch

When carrying out goods movements, for example, goods receipt or transfer posting

During creation of a process or production order

When a usage decision is made in quality management

During quality analysis (due to aging, for example)

When creating a purchase order

Features

You assign the batch number either:

Manually

Automatically using the Internal Batch Number Assignment function

You configure internal batch number assignment in the step Internal batch Number Assignment in Customizing for Batch Management.

Internal batch number assignment is activated for the complete client, unless you exempt individual plants or materials using a customer exit.

You define this in Customizing for Batch Management in the step Set Up Customer Exits for Internal Batch Number Assignment.

Note

The SAP System informs you only once for each transaction that internal batch number assignment is active; for example, when you enter the first item on the multiple-entry screen.

Templates for Batch Numbers

If you want to configure how the batch numbers are set up by integrating the application data for a business transaction in the batch numbers, you define templates. Data in a template can be, for example:

Plant of production
Material type
Order number
Time intervals

You can find further information under Configure Customer Exits for Intern. Batch Number Assignment in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Batch Management.