What calculations does the Number Ranges utility use to determine what the next number should be?

Steve_George — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:43:33 GMT

The logic used to calculate the inflated numbers is as follows:

Subtract the Current Number (NRIV-NRLEVEL) value from the To Number (NRIV-TONUMBER) value to determine the remaining amount of numbers within the allowed range
Multiply the calculated value from the previous step by the percentage entered by the user on the input screen; this value is rounded up to the next integer as needed
Add the calculated value from the previous step to the Current Number (NRIV-NRLEVEL) value thereby resulting in the inflated number

Here is a hypothetical example:

The 'Current Number' (what has been consumed) for a range is 50,000
The 'To Number' (end range) is defined as 1,000,000
This means the difference - the remaining/unused number - is calculated as 950,000
The user executes the utility using a 10% buffer; 10% of 950,000 is 95,000
95,000 is added on to the current number of 50,000 so that the new (buffered) number is 145,000

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