OMX4 - FBN1 - Number range for Material document and FI document

[ashok_backiaraj]

47 - is for FI document number range in Material ledger FBN1. OMX4 gives number range for Material document. My question is how big the number range must be? Since thousands of Materials involved, I couldn't imagin this?

Anybody knows, how to determine the size of no. ranges in Material Ledger configuration? SAP simply says, check no. ranges whether it meets the requirement....

I don't expect an answer again, just check your business, how many transactions would be in a period, which is not quantifiable now?

I would like to understand this from somebody's experience of using insufficient or excessive no. ranges, especially in this area.

Cheers,

Ashok

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

What is the number range you are using? Year Dependent or Independent?

When you don't know the document number consumption pattern you should use Year dependent number range in both OMX4 & FBN1. Observing this for a month will give a rough Idea and observing for a Quarter will give you a fair Idea and the result for a year gives almost near to accurate consumption of number ranges.

The generation of documents is dependent on the number of materials and Profit centers involved. As much as possibe use Summarization at profit center level when posting to FI. This will reduce the number of documents and line items that are getting generated.