Maintaining Numeric Values in Alphanumeric field of Material Master

Question

Hello Everyone!
Currently we are in midst of an SAP Project implementation. The problem arising is that we are using External Number for material codes which has already been used by the business in the legacy system. So the material code field has been set to Alphanumeric data type.
During the data upload of material master a problem has been identified that some of the material codes that needs to be uploaded are number in nature or start with a numeral e.g 1234-5674-9, 1234-9876-D. While creating them the system generates the following error.
Number 1234-5674-9 not defined for material type ICI PNT - Trading Goods
Message no. M3318
Diagnosis
Every material type has a speific number range for external number assignment. The material number you have entered does not lie within the number range for this material type.
Procedure
Choose a material number that lies within the number range of your material type.
Is there a way through which we can maintain such external numbers with Alphanumeric field.
- Best Regards

Answer 1

Hi Khalid,
You assign as follows for external number range to your group
From Number                                      to Number                                                                                EXT
A                                                         ZZZZZZZZ( enter the number
                                                                characters( Z) as required for your client)                                    Tick the Ext box
By this setting you can assign ALPHA NUMERICAL external numbers
Cheers
Chris
Edited by: CHRIS MM on Dec 27, 2010 9:27 AM