Item Manage by Serial Number

hello all,
related to my question Service Module, Can i use the Service Module?
what should i do if my item master data has an Onhand qty. and it is not manage by Serial Number, now i want to manage this item master data by Serial Number,but SBO Prompt me w/ the ff. message (You can modify the "Manage item by" setting only when the available quantiry is zero and there are no serial or batch numbers available).
please advice what is the best practice and workaround for this scenario
thanks ang best regards,
Fidel

Hi,
You can't change the item master data manage by batch to manage by serial no.
There are two solutions to solving it i.e.:
A. First solution
1. Good issue all the quantities of item manage by batch
2. Change to manage by serial number after item stock on hand is zero
if step A.2. is failed, use step B:
1. Create new item code manage by serial
2. Good issue all quantities of item manage by batch
3. set on hold for item manage by batch
JimM

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I'll appreciate your help.
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For E.g, we have to add an item with code A0001, quantity of 2, with internal serial numbers to be used 00080,00090
to the delivery document.
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I'm not sure how to get the system serial number for this item.
I believe OSRI has the Serial No/Internal serial no. for each item, w.r.t the marketing documents. (Is each item has its own set of system serial nos & internal serial no.s? From where we need to take it?)
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Regards,
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Code that I'm using:
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Next
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End Function
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Geetha,
let me explain you shortly how the serial data is stored in the database
OSRI - Serial Numer for Items
SRI1 - Serial No. Trans. for Item
OSRI and SRI1 are "connected" by SysSerial
SRI1 is connected to the Document Tables Lines (INV1, DLN1, ...)
with BaseType, BaseNum and BaseLinNum to the Document
a Serial Number is Unique - 1 SerialNr = 1 Quantity (thats the difference to Batches)
regards
David

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Hi Z{-N |\/|,
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hi,
nothing is impossible in SAP.
for your requriment you have to do atleast three very very big enhancements.
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How to fix when wrong serial number is sent to a customer

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HI Theresa,
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_sbo900/helpdata/en/45/2364f39e152b31e10000000a1553f7/content.htm
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Item was received without serial number by mistake.

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Manassha
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Where do we maintain the number ranges for the Serial No. Profile.
Thanks!

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IMG menu     Plant Maintenance & Customer Service  Master Data in Plant Maintenance & Customer Service  Technical Objects  Serial Number Management  Define Serial Number Profiles
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MMSL     Maintain goods receipt and issue doc.     03     02
PPAU     Serial numbers in PP order     04     02
PPRL     PP order release     04     02
PPSF     Serial nos in repetitive manufacturing     04     02
QMSL     Maintain inspection lot     03     02
SDAU     Serial numbers in SD order     02     02
SDCC     Completness check for delivery     03     02
SDCR     Completion check IR delivery     03     02
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SDRE     Maintain returns delivery     03     02
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Serial Number Management-doubt

Hi,
We are implementing SAP for trading products. We have a scenario that a material has 2 or 3 unique serial numbers.
We are planning to go for serial no. management.
How can the serial number management can be extended to the scenario.
Can we used batch management and serial number management.
Please suggest.
Regards,
Krishna

Krishna
Your requirement is not completely clear.
I am guessing you are saying that a specific object can have 3 serial numbers, example, you are a trading company dealing with Television sets, so you will a serial number to identify a particular piece, at the same time it will have another Serial number ID from the Manufacturer ( say Samsung) and one more assigned by the Main Distributor and so on. Is that the case?
Or are you talking about A TV having a Serial number and the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT- I know it is obsolete technology- but just an example) within the TV has another Serial Number and so on.
Please clarify.
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Changing Serial Number of Produced Item

Hello,
We are using SAP Business Once 2007A (8.00.180) SP:00 PL: 45
we have produced items, and have changed our method of issuing serial numbers.
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Thank you for taking time to respond.
However, this does not answer my question.
I apologize, I failed to mention that I have tried changing the serial number using Serial Number Mangement, the serial number does change. However, When I try to enter a work order, none of the components are listed with the item.
Is there a way to change the serial number of an item, and have the components remain with that item?
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Hi Experts,
I need your advise to create Goods Receipt by using DIAPI, where the item is managed by Serial Number - on Release Only.
The option that I'm exploring is to use ‘Automatic Serial Number Creation on Receipt’ turned on.
In standard SAP function with the above setting, we can create a Goods Receipt without entering any Serial Number, and SAP will automatically creates empty Serial Number. I'm trying to do the same thing by using DIAPI with the below code.
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