VG01 Group number for delivery

[Former Member]

Dear Expert,

I'm not understand how the Group number for delivery be allocated and generated.

As checked in VG03, the group numbers are in requence but the date and time generated were not be in accending.

E.g. group number 707172 created on 24.07.2013 14:59:29 --> this no 707172 is smaller but created later than 707178 which is bigger

but group number 707178 created on 24.07.2013 14:25:55

User understanding is the number should in accending order according as per date and time (first come first serve).

Please advice any doc that I can refer and show user about the logic. Thanks.

Thanks.

Aw

[JL23]

with standard settings each number range is buffered with a buffer value of 10.

this means SAP is accessing the number range 1 time to grap 10 numbers.

SAP then takes the individual number from the memory when needed.

At which time this is done I cant tell you, for this you may need to debug the program

But if this is when the user opens the transaction VG01, then it can be that user A is calling VG01 ealier than user B, but user B saves his work quicker than user A. and this would explain the "wrong" sequence.

[Former Member]

Dear Jürgen L,

Thanks so much for the reply.

Below are the case that happened last 2 days and the numbers were created under same user.

As you can see the number highlighed in bold is created later than its' next number.

Case #1

Grp #    User             Date           Time        Desc.

707030 WHUSR502 23.07.2013 23:52:18 LB004

707035 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 02:01:00 LB015

707036 WHUSR502 23.07.2013 23:53:41 LB008

707065 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 01:22:07 LB010

707066 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 01:24:52 LB012

707067 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 01:26:15 LB014

707071 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 02:08:55 LB017

707072 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 02:09:53 LB013

Case #2

Grp #    User             Date           Time        Desc.

707170 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 13:56:40 LB015

707172 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 14:59:29 LB004

707173 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 15:04:31 LB005

707174 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 15:33:43 LB012

707175 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 15:57:28 LB010

707176 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 14:15:39 LB001

707177 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 14:17:51 LB002

707178 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 14:25:55 LB003

707179 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 14:26:25 LB103

707201 WHUSR502 24.07.2013 15:58:09 LB110

Just wonder any SAP note on this issue?

Thanks & regards,

Aw

[JL23]

OSS Note 62077 - Info: Internal number assignment is not continuous

explains it, or  one of the other 1877 hits when your search marketplace with  these keywords: sequence number buffer