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Jenna_C
Mar 22, 2022Copper Contributor
Generate auto-increment, unique ID dependent of other field in SharePoint/Microsoft Lists
Hi there,
I'm working to generate an auto-increment, unique ID dependent of a different field within the same SharePoint/Microsoft List.
Currently, our users are allowed to assign Status = Vetted, Planning, Testing, Complete, OR Cancelled when entering an item's information.
When users update the status from "Vetted" (default) to "Planning" or create a new item under the "Planning" status, we'd like for a unique ID (i.e. 22-00#) to be generated.
I plan to use this solution to achieve the generation of a unique ID (denominated Project Number in screenshot below), but I'm still missing the dependency portion.
Any guidance it's greatly appreciate it
- Hi Jenna,
I suggest to use a flow to achieve this. You can easily create one that triggers on an item created or changed event and use for instance a date property and the ID of the listitem to generate a unique ID. In the flow you can also build a check to verify the planning state.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info to achieve this.
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- Niels VerhoevenCopper ContributorHi Jenna,
I suggest to use a flow to achieve this. You can easily create one that triggers on an item created or changed event and use for instance a date property and the ID of the listitem to generate a unique ID. In the flow you can also build a check to verify the planning state.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info to achieve this.