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Chapter 3 ■ Document Control
Figure 3-7. Deleting the number range intervals
A list of the number range intervals you have created is displayed. Select the number range intervals
that you want to delete. For this activity, select all the displayed number range intervals—2011, 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Click the Delete button at the top of the screen to delete them.
After deleting all the displayed number range intervals, notice that the Maintain Number Range
Intervals screen becomes blank and the fields on the screen become inactive, which indicates you cannot
enter values into these fields. Click the Save button to complete the task.
How to Copy Document Number Ranges
Problem: You need to copy the standard number range intervals from the company code
1000 and modify them to meet your number range intervals requirement.
Now let’s take a look at how to copy standard number range intervals from a predefined company code and
then modify them to meet your requirements. In this case, we’ll use 1000, which is supplied by SAP in the
system. This step is optional, but we’ll go through it so you know how to copy predefined number ranges.
Copied number range intervals work exactly the same way as number range intervals that you create.
The advantage of copying number range intervals is that it is easier and quicker to copy multiple number
ranges simultaneously, instead of having to create each individual fiscal year number ranges. To go to
the screen where you define document number range intervals, follow this menu path: IMG: Financial
Accounting (New) ➤ Financial Accounting Global Settings (New) ➤ Document ➤ Document Number
Ranges ➤ Documents in Entry View ➤ Define Document Number Ranges for Entry View. Or, you can use
the transaction code FBN1.
The Number Ranges for Accounting Documents screen is displayed (see Figure 3-3 earlier in the
chapter). This is where you copy the predefined number range intervals from another company. Enter the
company code for which you want to copy number ranges in the company code field, and click the Copy
button at the top right of the screen. The Copy: Company Code dialog box pops up (Figure 3-8). As you can
see, in this activity we copied company code 1000 containing predefined number ranges. It is not necessary
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