Coding mask problem

Hi All,
I am facing the problem in coding mask.
I have existing project coding  mask let say abcd :000/0/0/00 like this. here i am using project id of 4 char and remaing 20 for coding.
i will like to use project id as abc and remain 21char for coding but
system is not allowing me to create new error says abc already present.
then i tried with different char like xyz but still it is restricting me to use 20 digit only in coding mask
what is  problem ? how can we solve it
regards
shiv

Hi Martina,
I have one doubt.Suppose we configure Length of coding key= 1, define a coding mask A-0000 and create a operative project A-0001. Then sytem doesnot allow us to change the length as operative project exists. Now if we have had length 2 earlier (instead of 1) then system will allow us to change the length to 1,3,4 or 5. If we change the length to 3,4,5 we can go back to length 2/1 later. But if we change length to 1 then our existing project will get assigned to existing coding mask and system will not allow to change the length later on.
Does this mean that, though we have 1 to 5 options for coding key length, once we have selected a particular length and have coding mask of that particular length, create a operative project with that mask, then we cant change the length of coding key? In short we need to decide the length only for once, at the start of implementation and cant change it once we have operative projects. Or you know any method to go back to earlier key length in case opeartive projects exist?
Request you to please comment.
Regards

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