topic How to create a self-populating field that works in collector? in Developers Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/how-to-create-a-self-populating-field-that-works/m-p/385401#M2471 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I am trying to create a field that auto-populates upon creation of a feature that is not objectid or globalID. &nbsp;We take data in and out of SDE on a regular basis, so neither of those fields work. &nbsp;I would also like to use this field for a relationship class. &nbsp;We tried adding a self-populating field through SQL Server, but that does not seem to be working, and it seems to be an invalid field type in ArcGIS. &nbsp;We are using this in the collector app. &nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Second question...globalID might work, if you take a layer out of SDE, and put it back in, does it recognize the already existing globalID field, and keep them the same?</P><P></P><P>Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:52:19 GMT TracyDeGrazia 2017-06-30T15:52:19Z How to create a self-populating field that works in collector? https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/how-to-create-a-self-populating-field-that-works/m-p/385401#M2471 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I am trying to create a field that auto-populates upon creation of a feature that is not objectid or globalID. &nbsp;We take data in and out of SDE on a regular basis, so neither of those fields work. &nbsp;I would also like to use this field for a relationship class. &nbsp;We tried adding a self-populating field through SQL Server, but that does not seem to be working, and it seems to be an invalid field type in ArcGIS. &nbsp;We are using this in the collector app. &nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Second question...globalID might work, if you take a layer out of SDE, and put it back in, does it recognize the already existing globalID field, and keep them the same?</P><P></P><P>Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:52:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/how-to-create-a-self-populating-field-that-works/m-p/385401#M2471 TracyDeGrazia 2017-06-30T15:52:19Z