SAp Project coding mask problem, Coding mask created project with descending number

[Former Member]

Hello SAP Folks,

I am facing a strange issue while projects creation. Two projects got created by descendingnumber. For example if coding mask is A-XX. The project should be created as A-01 the next project as A-02 and so on. But here the project got created as A-01 then A-03 and after sometime when another project was created after long time its proj def wa A-02. Is this inconsistency in the numbering possible. As I believe in standard SAP the coding mask calculate the next available number in ascending order. Don't know how this thing happened. Please give your suggestions on this.

[sunil_yadav2]

Neha,

this can be changed intentionally by any user also. but as Ken replied, coding mask do control over format of Project ID.

thanks

Sunil

[kenmelching]

This is normal system behavior. The coding mask only controls the format of the project id, it does not assign numbers (like internal numbering does).