How To Fix /SCWM/MD072 - Vendor no. range interval &1 and customer no. range interval &2 overlap

/SCWM/MD072 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SCWM/MD -

• Message number: 072

• Message text: Vendor no. range interval &1 and customer no. range interval &2 overlap

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/SCWM/MD072 - Details

• The SAP error message /SCWM/MD072 indicates that there is an overlap between the vendor number range interval and the customer number range interval in the system. This typically occurs in the context of managing master data in the SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) module, where both vendors and customers are assigned number ranges for identification.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when the defined number ranges for vendors and customers overlap. This can happen if:
  
  The same number range is assigned to both vendors and customers.
  The intervals defined for vendors and customers are not mutually exclusive, leading to potential conflicts in identification.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you need to ensure that the number ranges for vendors and customers do not overlap. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Check Number Ranges:
  
  Go to the transaction code SNRO (Number Range Objects).
  Look for the number range objects related to vendors (e.g., E1LIFNR for vendor numbers) and customers (e.g., E1KUNNR for