I have a field named FacilityID and it contains alphanumeric values that need to be populated in ascending order. Our current work flow involves "X-ing out" the last four digits, then sorting the field in ascending order, and then finally going one by one and manually filling them in. For example:
FacilityID FacilityID
S-LL-L18-1002 S-LL-L18-1002
S-LL-L18-1003 S-LL-L18-1003
S-LL-L18-1004 S-LL-L18-1004
S-LL-L18-1005 -----------------------------> S-LL-L18-1005
S-LL-L18-xxxx S-LL-L18-1006
S-LL-L18-xxxx S-LL-L18-1007
S-LL-L18-xxxx S-LL-L18-1008
Is there a code that can auto populate the last four digits in ascending order? We would also need to specify which number the auto populate will begin at; in this case it would be starting at 1006 and then +1 after that.
The attribute assistant as a method called Autonumber as well as GenerateID; not sure if deploying the AA would fit into your workflow or not....
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