Alfanumeric Internal number range

[Former Member]

Hi Experts

What enhancements are required to prefix an alphanumeric character to internal number range for following

1. Equipment

2. Notification

3. Maintenance Order

Regards

Saidasan

[sebastian_lenartowicz · Accepted solution]

Greetings Saidasan,

You will need to define an external number range and use custom logic.

See the user exists: QQMA0025 & IWO10017 for the Notification and Order.

For Equipments, maybe you can use IEQM0003.

[peter_atkin]

Saidasan,

If you adding your own prefix to an internal number range, then it becomes an external number range.

The complication is that the internal number range will not be incremented on each object creation, and therefore the next object number cannot be determined.

As described by Sebastian above, you can manipulate these object number ranges by various user-exits (and there are BADIs too).

But as KJogeswaraRao correctly states, these are external number ranges.

PeteA

[jogeswararao_kavala]

Hello Saidasan,

I believe you can not do it in all 3 cases. The user-exit for case3 IWO10017 is not relevant because here the precondition is the number range has to be external.  For Notification even if you use the idea of Early no. allocation provision (SPRO), I do not see the means of adding the prefix. Similarly for Equipment too there is no such exits/other means.

In my view you have to go for external number range for all. If your requirement is to add different prefixes under different conditions then this also does not work unless various types/categories (Notification/Order/Equipment) are created and different number ranges (with different prefixes) are assigned.

Try to take opinion of an expert ABAPer near to you.

Regards

KJogeswaraRao