A number range is a sequence of numbers with a start and an end. It also contains the current number that is being used. For example, when a sales document of type OR is being created, the number range lies between 1 and 199999. Also it is defined as an internal number range. So when a new sales order is being created, the user does not enter the sales order number when saving. Instead SAP automatically generates a sales order number in the system for our reference.
Number ranges have two purposes.
- One is for the System to internally identify the sales order with a number for easy retrieval and management.
- The other is for the users to visually identify a document type just by looking at the number. For example, if orders of type OR have the number range mentioned above, and Quotes have a different number range – This makes it very easy for the user who is creating them to identify if the number is an order or a quotation.
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