Apex Code Development You need to sign in to do that
Don't have an account?
Auto Number for Contact Object
I want to generate an auto number for the existing contacts. Example as below
1. I do have 5 contacts (A, B, C, D and E) in prod, I want to have an auto number (generate the auto number). I have my format as R001. I want the auto number for A as R001, B as R003, C as 002, D as R005 and E as R004. How can I achieve this?
2. I want to have a record type AUTO NUMBER, once I complete the above scenario if I want to create a new contact (where I have a record type) based on the record type my new contact should have the auto number as R006 (as 5 has been completed for the existing contacts).
Your help would be really appreciated.
Thanks & Regards
Ravi
In order to achieve the above functionality, you can make a custom field in which :
Data Type : Auto Number
Display Format : R{000}
Starting Number : 1
By following the above, for every contact you would get an auto generated format as R{001}.
Hope this helps.
Thank you.
Hi Arun,
Thanks for the quick response. I have implemented that and that is workign fine. My concern is for the existing 5 contact records in production i want the auto number to be completed. As said above
I do have 5 contacts (A, B, C, D and E) in prod, I want to have an auto number (generate the auto number). I have my format as R001. I want the auto number for A as R001, B as R003, C as 002, D as R005 and E as R004. How can I achieve this?
Thanks
In order to generate auto number for existing records, you just need to check the field :
Generate Auto Number for existing records.
Hope this helps.
Thank you.
Hi Arun,
Thank you. This option would generate accordingly, but I need it according to my requirement.
Requirement: I want the auto number for A as R001, B as R003, C as 002, D as R005 and E as R004.
The Generate Auto Number for existing records would generate as A (R001), B (R002), C(003), D (R004) and E (R005), which I don't want.
Thank you.