What is External number range in sap

What is External number range in sap.

What is Number Range Interval: Every business transaction posting in SAP will be posted with a document number. To populate the document number we need to define “Number range” for each document type (KR, KZ, KA, DZ, ZP etc.).

Example by comparing the document number range with Bank statements like:

• For Credit – 300000 to 399999.
• For Withdrawal – 400000 to 499999.

The purpose of maintaining different number ranges – to quickly differentiate the debit/credit business transactions.

Number Range types in SAP:

There are 2 types of number ranges

1. Internal Number Range – Click here
2. External Number Range – We will discuss in this page.

What is External number range in sap

Understanding: External number range means document number should be given manually by the user while posting.

In T code: FBN1 – Change Intervals, there is a field called External – “Give tick mark” which becomes External number range.

Note: The External number range in SAP is an alphanumeric number range (If business requirement is “We want to give document numbers manually” then they need to define External number range).

Other contents you may like in SAP:

• Know more about the Document type: Click here.
• Internal number range: Click here
• How to Define Document type SA with number range interval for GL Accounting: Click here
• How to Define Document types – KR, KZ, KA for Account Payable in SAP: Click here
• How to Define Document types – DR, DZ, DA for Accounts Receivable in SAP: Click here

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• SAP Finance Enterprise structure: Click here
• SAP Finance GL Accounting: Click here
• SAP Finance Accounts Payable: Click here
• SAP Finance Accounts Receivable: Click here
• SAP Finance Bank Accounting: Click here
• SAP Finance New Asset Accounting: Click here
• How to Create a Controlling area in SAP: Click here
• SAP Controlling – Cost Element Accounting: Click here
• SAP Controlling – Cost Center Accounting: Click here