field size change

I have been asked the question below by our lead financial application analyst. Was hoping someone could tell if paragrapgh number 2 is "doable" and is a developer required or are the steps well documented in any of the manuals and could be implemented by a technical resource?

Thank-You.

Is it possible to set the length of a field (ie. order number) to a
larger size? Field is currently 10 bytes, need it to be 15 as we would likely want to bring the order down using the long order number to present on the invoice.

I have identified a User reserved code in the SOH & SOD tables F4201 & F4211 respectively that is a 15character string field. I believe this to be the best solution as it doesn't involve combining fields. Do you know how to activate this field for use in the SO processing function. We will obviously need to get data to the field (Manually at first) The field is
SHURRF and SDURRF.

First, you cannot simply enlarge a field such as SDDOC
as this field is pervasive in the DB. The DOC field
is used in every module and would require much
retrofitting. Second, you will need a developer to
utilize the field SDURRF. First to allow data capure
to the sales order header and detail lines (enter once
and populate the detail lines) and then to modify the
other programs so that field is searchable (pack slip,
invoice print, sales confirmation). You would
ultimately need to create a program similar to next
numbers that allows the field to self generate.
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Hi,
you do need a developper to :
- add a column in W4210A (for SDURRF)
- add a control in W4210A or W4210G (for SHURRF)
- enable BSFN F4211Pre Process Value for Edit Line
- pass your GC value to this BSFN,
... but it shouldn't take too long.