Change item to be managed by serial numbers

Hi All,
I know this is not an SDK/development question, but have no idea where else to search for answer. So any suggestions will be appreciated!
I have an item that is created as not to be managed by serial numbers. I then do a goods receipt for the item. Then afterwards I want to change the item to a serial item. Is there any way that I can allocate serial numbers to the items already in stock (those that were created before manage serial was switched on?)
Thanks a lot in advance,
Adele

Hi Ibai,
Thanks for your reply. I have tried this, but it adds the quantity I type in the Initial Quantity to the existing quantity, so I have double the required amount in stock after this operation. I have sent a query to SAP and their response was:
Hi, unfortunately it is not possible to assign serial numbers to items in stock that was entered BEFORE you turned on the serial number management. The system assigns the numbers only to the items that had 'manage item by serial number' ticked before they were purchased/sold. But it is possible to add serial numbers to items with transactions, but you can only add them trough new receipt documents (not update the "old" items that were in stock before you turned on the "serial management") This also means that you cannot add serial numbers to this item in a salesorder, delivery or invoice that was made before the management was turned on - unless you cancel the document and enter it again. The "drawback" with this is that you will not have equal numbers of serial numbers and actual items in stock. (The customer will always come to a point where they need to receive more quantity of this item to create new serial numbers again.) The solution can be at some stage to issue the stock with no serial numbers to a different warehouse or to get rid of this stock in other ways. The other option is to issue all stock from warehouse, and enter them again trough an opening balance, this time WITH serial numbers. You will then have equal number of stock and serial numbers.
So, it doesn't seem to be possible.
Adele

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