Assignment of Batch Number

Use

You use this function to assign a unique key to a batch. This unique key is the batch number.

The batch number uniquely identifies a batch in the SAP System. The Batch Level [Page 12] you

choose determines the area in which the batch number is unique.

You can assign the batch number as different times, for example:

• During manual creation of a batch

• When carrying out goods movements, for example, goods receipt or transfer posting

• During creation of a process or production order

• When a usage decision is made in quality management

• During quality analysis (due to aging, for example)

• When creating a purchase order

Features

You assign the batch number either:

• Manually

or

• Automatically using the Internal Batch Number Assignment function

You configure internal batch number assignment in the step Internal batch Number

Assignment in Customizing for Batch Management.

Internal batch number assignment is activated for the complete client, unless you exempt

individual plants or materials using a customer exit.

You define this in Customizing for Batch Management in the step Set Up Customer Exits

for Internal Batch Number Assignment.

The SAP System informs you only once for each transaction that internal batch

number assignment is active; for example, when you enter the first item on the

multiple-entry screen.

Templates for Batch Numbers

If you want to configure how the batch numbers are set up by integrating the application data for

a business transaction in the batch numbers, you define templates. Data in a template can be, for

example:

• Plant of production
• Material type

• Order number

• Time interval