Implementing Settings for Documents

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to set up Customizing for documents in inventory management

Number Assignment for Accounting Documents

To change the settings for the number assignment for accounting documents, go to Customizing for Materials Management under Inventory Management and Physical InventoryNumber AssignmentDefine Number Assignment for Accounting Documents(OMBA).

In the standard SAP system, the following document types are predefined for inventory management:

  • WA for goods issues, transfer postings, and other goods receipts
  • WE for goods receipts with reference to purchase orders
  • WI for inventory differences
  • WL for goods issues with reference to deliveries
  • WN for net postings of goods receipts
  • PR for revaluation documents 

How to Customize the Number Assignment for Accounting Documents

Number Assignment for Material and Inventory Documents

To change the settings for the number assignment for the material documents, go to Customizing for Materials Management under Inventory Management and Physical InventoryNumber AssignmentDefine Number Assignment for Material and Physical Inventory Documents (OMBT).

The following list shows how the transaction types and number intervals for inventory management are present in the standard SAP system:

  • Physical inventory documents (number range interval of 0100000000 to 0199999999), which include the following transaction types:
    • IB for physical inventory documents
    • ID for physical inventory documents for counts and differences without references
    • IN for physical inventory documents for recounts
    • IZ for physical inventory documents for counts without references
    • WV for physical inventory documents for difference posting (Warehouse Management)
  • Material documents for goods movements and physical inventory differences (number range interval of 4900000000 to 4999999999), which include the following transaction types:
    • WA for GIs, transfer postings, and Other GRs
    • WI for material documents for inventory adjustment postings
    • WL for GIs for delivery documents (Sales and Distribution (SD))
    • WR for goods movements for confirmations (Production Planning (PP))
    • WS for goods movements for run schedule headers (PP)
    • WH for goods movements for handling units (HU)
    • WQ for goods movements for usage decisions (QM)
  • Material documents for GRs (number range interval of 5000000000 to 5999999999), which include the following transaction types:
    • WE for GRs for POs
    • WF for GRs for production orders
    • WO for subsequent adjustment of subcontract orders
    • WW for subsequent adjustment of active ingredient materials
  • Inventory sampling numbers (number range interval of 0200000000 to 0299999999), which includes transaction type SI.

How to Customize Number Assignment for Material and Inventory Documents

Number Assignment for Reservations

To change the settings for the number assignment for reservations, go to Customizing for Materials Management under Inventory Management and Physical InventoryNumber AssignmentDefine Number Assignment for Reservations (OMC2).

The setting for the number assignment is valid for all reservations and plants in your client. You can only create an internal number assignment for reservations that are created directly in the SAP system.

Hint

If you create reservations with method CreateFromData1 (function module BAPI_RESERVATION_CREATE1), use number range RB for external number assignment.