Number range Issue for Business partners

[Former Member]

In our Feeder system (SAP ECC), the number ranges are over lapped for customers and vendors.

For example Customer master record : 100245 is for ABC customer and Vendor Master record: 100245 is for XYZ vendor.

When these records were transferred from ECC to GTS, both were transferred. When searching for a business partner using external number 100245 in GTS it pulls out two records.

First question: Will this be an issue?

Second Question: Is there any way, we can transfer Vendors and Customers which can use different number ranges in GTS?

Please help.

[Former Member]

Hi,

1. As soon as we consider only one feeder system overlapping number ranges is not an issue. one external number can be assigned to two internal ones as business partners are having different roles. One as customer and one as vendor.

2. It is not possible to be done with standard functionality as business partners have only one common number range. It would be possible to do a bit of a coding mainly renaming/renumbering within transfer user exit.

Hope this answers your questions,

BR,

Gabriel.

[Former Member]

Thank you Gabriel.

I expected same, that it should not have an issue as both partner roles are different. However wanted a second opinion.