Auto Increment Column with Document Sets - is this even possible?

Question

Is there any viable out of the box way to create an auto increment column with document sets?

I thought I could use the ID, but I wasn aware that the documents within document sets take up from the "global" ID set of the root folder.

Now that I've created a few test sets with documents my first three document sets have these IDs 4, 25, 776 :P

I would have been OK with a few gaps due to deletion, but these jumps are not viable.

jcgonzalezmartin · Answer

I can only think on doing by means of a Workflow / something that updates your Increment column based on previous data (document sets) in the library

heiko watz · Answer

For this I allways use a small SharePoint Designer Workflow with a separate 'Number List'

http://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/2010/06/03/sharepoint-how-to-create-an-auto-incrementing-number-field-for-use-in-a-custom-id-part-1-aspx/

http://geekswithblogs.net/ThorvaldBoe/archive/2015/01/14/161131.aspx

deleted · Answer

Hi,Did you find any solution for Document Set IDs? I have the same problem and I couldn't find any 'no code' solution...

ivan54 · Answer

Had a consultant build a SharePoint workflow. Therefore wasn’t a no-code solution.

deleted · Answer

Thank you. I'll try to figure out a solution

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