Material Number Ranges and Formatting
May 30th, 2010 | By Ole | Category: Customizing, SAP ABAP, SAP Tables & Views, SAP Transaction CodesMaterial Numbers in R/3
The material number in R/3 is technically defined as an eighteen byte, character field.
The logic that formats material numbers is contained in a conversion exit and is controlled by configuration tables, number range objects and standard R/3 customer
functions. This document first explains how material number ranges are defined and then details a [...]