Auto increment number for use in custom ID

  • 30 November 2020
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When custom IDs were required I was doing this using SP Designer workflows using similar guidance we see here: https://dlairman.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/auto-increment-workflow-screenshots/

 

I am looking to generate an ID similar to: FR-2020-0001 and so on and so forth.

 

I would like to use newer technology with Nintex to accomplish this. Finally I am working for a client that has Nintex!!!! I

 

I found this posting and it seems to do what I want to accomplish:

https://community.nintex.com/t5/Nintex-for-Office-365/Build-String-for-a-custom-FormID/m-p/105375#M12232

 

However, it's not as thorough for a novice to Nintex such as myself. It looks close to what I was doing in SP Designer with some exceptions as far as I can tell. If anyone knows of anything similar with more in-depth explanation it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

 

Rich

 

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ghaiashish
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I created workflow with following steps:


1) Query current list to get all custom IDs into a collection


2) Get last item's ID in descending order


3) Strip text characters using Regex


4) Increment the number by - Do calculation


5) Rebuild the string


6) Update list item


 

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