Information on Number Range Interval Maintenance Information Related to : Message : NR-600 Enter intervals without overlap when attempting

to create number range interval for NEW number range number s!stem throws the message Enter intervals without overlap even though there is no overlap"# How SAP determines if overlap is there in the intervals (sample data :
Number range number 0. 0. 0. 0. 3, 'rom !ear 0000 .001 .00/ .002 0000

$b%ect R')*E+E, R')*E+E, R')*E+E, R')*E+E, R')*E+E,

&ub-ob%ect E-00 E-00 E-00 E-00 E-00

(o !ear .00. .001 .00/ .000 .0-1

'rom ..0000000 1.0000000 /.0000000 ..0000000 ..0-00000

(o ../000000 1.1000000 /.1000000 ../000000 ..0-/0000

&ince no interval e4ists for 50.5 in the !ears .0026 .0066 .007 an8 .0096 s!stem consi8ers the range is from .002 to .000#

(his perio8 is ta:en as 0000 - .0-1 since the number range number 53,5 8oes not e4ist before .0-1

(his 5'rom ;ear5 column is inserte8 an8 fille8 b! &<= programmaticall!# Not store8 in an! 8atabase table

&<= chec:s the intervals to ensure that there are no overlaps in the intervals in the same period# >ence6 as per the above logic please see the comments in the table above" there is an overlap between the interval 0. maintaine8 for the !ear .00. an8 the !ear .000" an8 the interval 3, maintaine8 for the !ear .0-1"# !his is considered as overlap since there is a period overlap between them ( please note that &<= has name8 the fiel8 (o;ear an8 not %ust ;ear

How to overcome the problem: Maintain a 8umm! interval for the new number range number 3, in the previous !ear in the above e4ample6 maintain - to . as the interval for 3, in the !ear .0-."# (his will ma:e the 8ata that &<= uses for overlap chec: as follows#
$b%ect R')*E+E, R')*E+E, R')*E+E, R')*E+E, R')*E+E, R')*E+E, &ub-ob%ect E-00 E-00 E-00 E-00 E-00 E-00 Number range number 0. 0. 0. 0. 3, 3, 'rom !ear 0000 .001 .00/ .002 0000 .0-1 (o !ear .00. .001 .00/ .000 .0-. .0-1 'rom ..0000000 1.0000000 /.0000000 ..0000000 ..0-00000 (o ../000000 1.1000000 /.1000000 ../000000 . ..0-/0000

(his range shoul8 not overlap with an! of the number intervals in the past

We have to create these 8umm! number range intervals in the previous !ear for each new number range number that we want to create# ?f we have to create two more number range numbers 3R an8 3@6 for e4ample6 we have to create the following intervals as well#
Number range number 3R 3@ 'rom !ear 0000 0000

$b%ect R')*E+E, R')*E+E,

&ub-ob%ect E-00 E-00

(o !ear .0-. .0-.

'rom 1 2

(o / 6

=lease note that the 'rom !ear column given above is onl! for information since it is fille8 programmaticall! an8 8oes not appear in number range maintenance screens or 8atabase tables# (he other option to avoi8 this error when creating NEW number range numbers" is to create intervals that 8o not overlap with an! interval in the past# *ut this ma! not alwa!s be possible"#