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 Definition of Global Number Ranges

Use

You define which number ranges you want to check, using which rules, for overlaps across all systems and, if necessary, correct.

Integration

The number range objects, subobjects, and interval numbers originate from the standard SAP number range management facility.

Features

You edit global number range definitions in the Maintain Global Number Range Definitions application (transaction /ISDFPS/GNR_MAINTAIN). This data is stored in table /ISDFPS/GNR.

You can use the following fields when creating or editing number range definitions:

  • NR Object Name

    The name of the number range object.

  • NR Subobject

    The name of the number range subobject.

  • Number Range Number

    The number range number.

  • Globality Reference

    You define how the check is to be carried out:

    • Object-Related

      The system runs a cross-system check for all the number range intervals for the object in question (regardless of subobject or number range number).

    • Subobject-Related

      The system runs a cross-system check for all the number range intervals for the combination of object and subobject.

    • Number Range-Related

      The system checks only those number ranges that have exactly the same number range number within the combination of object and subobject. This is useful only in exceptional cases (if exactly one number exists).

    • Local

      A combination of number range object and number is defined as a local exception relatively to a global definition with multiple number range intervals and the Object-Related or Subobject-Related indicator. During the check, the system only compares relatively to the other number range intervals in the same system.

      Local exceptions in conjunction with object-related or subobject-related global definitions enable you to map number range objects with intervals that are used in cross-system scenarios as well as other intervals that are used only for a particular system. If you do not define an exception, the results of the check on the consistency of the number ranges cannot be free of conflicts unless all intervals in all systems are free of overlaps. Intervals defined as local exceptions do not have to be disjunctive across all systems.

      Note Note

      Only select this indicator for interval numbers whose numbers are exclusively for local use, that is, for those interval numbers that are not used in cross-system distribution scenarios.

      End of the note.

  • Test Type

    The system automatically sets the test type to Disjunct when a number range definition is created.

  • NR Active

    Indicates whether a global definition for a number range object is active and therefore to be considered in the check.

  • Interval Width

    Standard width of the interval for reservations

  • Last Changed by

    The name of the last user to make a change

  • Date/Time

    The date and time of the last change.

Activities

In this application, you can create new number range definitions and change or delete existing ones.