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Reset number range in C4C

johannes_breyer
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Hi @ all,

does anybody know if it is possible to reset a number range in C4C?

Thanks for help,

BR Johannes

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Former Member
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Hello Johanes,

It is largely expected as a best practice not to change number ranges for any objects after you have gone live and started consuming the defined number ranges.

However, in rare occasions, you have to change the number range to meet all of your circumstances. At this point, the result might not be the same as you expect.  For example[business partners], in your initial setup, you define:

•External number range: 000001 to 009999

•Internal number range: 010000 to 099999

After this definition, you created several business partner ID's (BPID).  The last BPID is 010009.  Now you change your mind, and re-define the number range as following:

•External number range: 000001 to 000099

•Internal number range: 000100 to 099999

However, the latest BPID the system generates automatically is 010010, not 000101 as you expected.  The numbers from 000101 to 010000 will not be usd in this case.

When working with number ranges, you need to keep the following guidelines in mind:

•The system generates a new ID in the current internal number range.

•The new ID is always larger than the last ID used.  It won't go back to a smaller ID number because you lowered beginning number of the internal number range.

We still use the above example to demonstrate these guidelines:

Example 1: After changing the beginning number from 010000 to 000100, the system will take a note of it.  However, whenever a new ID is generated, it looks for the last ID number. In your case, it is 010009.  Since this number is in the range of 000100 to 099999, so the next ID should be 0100010, not 000101 as you expected.

Example 2: If the original number ranges of 000001 to 009999 for external number and 010000 to 099999 for internal number have never been used, and you make a change, then the first ID it generates will be 000101 instead of 010001.

Example 3: If your new internal number range is 000100 to 000999, it won't work. Because the last ID number of 010009 is already larger than your maximum number of 000999.  The next ID has to be larger than 010009.

Example 4: If your new internal number range is 100000 to 999999, and the last ID is 010009, the new generated ID should be 100001.

In conclusion: the number range should be defined before any ID has been generated. If a change is absolutely needed, you need to understand above guideline and accept its consequences.

For further help please elaborate the context/use-case.

Thanks,

Suraj

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clovismuller
Active Participant
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Hello,

You can change the external id range of the business partner as below:

Fine-tuning > Integration of business partner data from your SAP Cloud solution to SAP ERP

Select the client replication row > Change current number

It will display the last External ID created, enter a number greater than this

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former_member221362
Active Contributor
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Currently, we do not have option in business configuration to manually maintain external/internal number range for a Registered Product , Installation Point and Maintenance Plan.

preethi_bukke
Employee
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Hi Johannes,

Which number range do you want to change? I have checked for Materials and Services and for both of them, it is possible to edit and delete the number range. Below are the steps:

Business Configuration --> Implementation Projects --> Select the project and choose 'Open Activity List'. Search for the activity 'Number Range for XYZ'. Add it to project if not already, open it and make the necessary changes here.

Regards

Preethi

johannes_breyer
Explorer
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Hi Preethi,

we want to reset the number range for the integration of business partner data from C4C to ERP.

Is this possible?

Thanks and BR Johannes

DAcker
Contributor
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Hi preethi.bukke,

I want to change the number range for registered products and installation points. Where can I do it? I dont find an activity for it...

Thanks for help.
Best regards, Deborah