Sharepoint online list serial number

Question

Hi,

I want automatically generate serial number in sharepoint online list.

example:
2022/02/10: A001-20220210-0001, A001-20220210-0002
2022/02/11:A001-20220211-0001

And I found the tutorial unique-ticket-id-generator-in-sharepoint.html , however I can't set the Counter (Number).

Please help me to solve this problem or maybe you have better solution you can tell me,thanks.

Best Regards,
Dora .

Answer 1

Hi @Anonymous ,

Please follow the steps:

1.Create a Calculated column named [DateCreated]

#Format the value of [Created] to "YYYYMMDD" format  
=TEXT([Created],"yyyymmdd")  

2.Create a Number column named [Counter]: This is to store the counter which is the sequence that the ticket is created of the day.

3.Set [Counter] as hidden as it is not to be availalble for input

• a.List settings >> Advanced settings >> Allow Managment of Content Type >> Yes

• b.Go to the Item Content type and set the [Counter] field as "Hidden"

4.Create a Calculated column named [CalculatedCounter]

#Repeats text a given number of times. Use REPT() to add a number of instances of a text string.  
=CONCATENATE(REPT("0",4-LEN([Counter])),[Counter])  

5.Create a Calculated column named [Ticket Id]

#CONCATENATE( ): Joins several text strings into one text string.  
=CONCATENATE("A001 - ",[DateCreated]," - ",[CalculatedCounter],)  

6.Go to the List, click Integrate >> Power Automate >> See your flows

7.On the Power Automate page, click New flow >> Automated cloud flow

8.Create the below Microsoft Flow:

9.Save and Test

10.This flow is automatically triggered when you create a new item. It takes a few seconds for the flow to run.

Thanks,
Echo Du

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