Number Groups (tcmcs0151m000)

Use this session to maintain number groups. You must use the First Free Numbers (tcmcs0150m000) session to add series to a number group.

You can dedicate the number group to a specific purpose. All the numbers that LN generates in the number groups that are dedicated to the same purpose are unique.

If the In Use check box is selected, you cannot change or remove the number group. However, you can still add series to such a number group.

Note

If you use unit effectivity, you must:

  • Define a number group for for effectivity units.
  • Set the series length of the number group to zero.
  • Define one series for the number group in the First Free Numbers (tcmcs0150m000) session.
  • Select the number group in the Unit Effectivity Parameters (tcuef0100s000) session.

If you start this session by zooming, you can only select the number groups that are available for the purpose for which you select a number group.

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Number Group
A group of first free number series that you can assign to a specific use.

For example, you can assign a number group to:

  • Business partner codes
  • Purchase contracts
  • Sales orders
  • Production orders
  • Service orders
  • Warehousing orders
  • Freight orders

Within a number group you can define multiple series. Each series is identified by the series code. The series numbers that LN generates consist of the series code followed by the first free number in the series. Series codes of the same number group have the same length.

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Series Length
The number of positions of the series code. When you define this number group's series in the First Free Numbers (tcmcs0150m000) session you must enter a series code of this length.

Allowed values

The maximum length is eight characters. However, the series code plus the number within the series cannot exceed nine characters.

Note

The series length of the number group used for effectivity units must be zero.

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In Use
If this check box is selected, the number group is already selected as a parameter in a package or module, or has already been assigned to a department. If this is the case, you cannot change or remove the number group. However, you can still add series to it.
Note

The check box is selected by LN. You cannot select or clear it.

Dedicated for
The purpose to which the number group is dedicated, or Not Applicable if the number group is not dedicated to a specific use.

You can dedicate more than one number group to the same type of use. LN ensures that the series numbers generated in number groups dedicated to the same use are unique.

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