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john john
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Mar 18, 2019

Update a filed using sharepoint workflow 2013 without affecting its modified date & version

I am working on a sharepoint online classic team site. and i have a custom list which contain a field named "Formatted ID" , which is formatted as follow "ITEMID-IT", so the field will hold values such as "1-IT", "2-IT", ...."500-IT".

to achieve this i want to create a workflow 2013 which get triggered on item added, to set the formatted id value. but my question is; if i can force the workflow to update/set the "formatted ID" field without affecting the item version or the item modified date? something similar to how "SystemUpdate" works when writing power-shell scripts?

SharePoint Online
workflow manager

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  • Deleted's avatar
    Deleted
    Mar 22, 2019
    Have you tried using a calculated column? I haven't used it in some time so I can't give you too much details on how to do it but I think it definitely would help you.

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/examples-of-common-formulas-in-sharepoint-lists-d81f5f21-2b4e-45ce-b170-bf7ebf6988b3

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