Material number numeric only

Hi team,
I have customized the material type ,(ROH) to 1001;my requirement is material should be only numericals like 11000250,,,,,its asking for alpha numeric,so plz help to come out of this issues,,,,
In T-code- mmnr (i have given external numbering)
In attrributes of material types:I have removed the check box for external no assignment w/o check

Hi,
As you mentioned maintain External Number range as "Alphanumeric" .
For Internal Number range Standard SAP does not support for maintaining "Alphanumeric" number range.
path: img>log general>material master>basic setting>material types>define number range for material types
Define Internal Number range only may your problem get solve.
Thanks & Regards,
R.Brahmankar

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