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rappen / AutoNumManager

XrmToolBox plugin to manage Auto Number attributes in Microsoft Dynamics 365
http://anm.xrmtoolbox.com
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Please document "Don't require SEQNUM" option #24

Closed james-reinhardt closed 4 years ago

james-reinhardt commented 5 years ago

Under the attributes there is a field marked "Advanced 'Don't require SEQNUM'". This appears to have been added in a later version than the one the screenshots were taken in.

rappen commented 5 years ago

Most likely! Which screenshot are you referring to?

james-reinhardt commented 5 years ago

The ones here http://anm.xrmtoolbox.com/ Thanks for the quick response. Can you give me a quick summary of what that option does?

rappen commented 5 years ago

I will have a look at the webpage 👍 If this checkbox is not checked, you are required to have a {SEQNUM:n} block in the format to ensure unique values. But sometimes you might want to only use a random value or date based value, to do so you have to check this box to acknowledge that you are aware the resulting "numbers" may not always be unique. A side effect is that to remove auto number format entirely from an attribute, this box must be checked since an empty number format does not contain {SEQNUM:n}...