How To Fix VHU01066 - The system could not assign new internal item numbers

VHU01066 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VHU01 - Message ID for Master Data Maintenance Packing Objects

• Message number: 066

• Message text: The system could not assign new internal item numbers

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VHU01066 - Details

• SAP Error Message:
  VHU01066 – The system could not assign new internal item numbers
  
  
  Cause:
  This error typically occurs in the Vehicle Management System (VMS) or related SAP modules when the system tries to assign internal item numbers (e.g., for vehicle items, equipment, or components) but fails because the number range for these internal item numbers is either:
  
  Exhausted (no more numbers available in the assigned number range), or  
  Not properly configured or assigned to the relevant object or transaction.
  
  In other words, the system attempts to generate a new internal item number but cannot find a free number in the configured number range interval.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Number Range Intervals:
  
  Go to transaction SNRO or SNUM (depending on SAP version) to check the number range object related to internal item numbers (e.g., VHU_ITEMNR or similar).
  Verify if the current number range interval is exhausted (i.e., the current number has reached the upper limit).
  
  
  
  Extend Number Range:
  
  If the number range