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John
How do I cause advologix/force.com to generate a matter number automatically?
Paul Deschenes
This is something that can be done via Workflows:
Create a WorkflowRule for object of Matter.
Add an "AutoNumber" Field on Matter, say: Matter_Auto_Number_Numeric__c.
Add a Field Update on the WorkflowRule created above.
In that Field Update use Formula to evaluate the returned value.
(The field update should occur on Matter Number field of Matter):
The formula can be:
LPAD(TEXT(DAY(TODAY())), 2, '0') & "-" & LPAD(TEXT(MONTH(TODAY())), 2, '0') & "-" & LPAD(TEXT(YEAR(TODAY())), 4, '0') & "-" & Matter_Auto_Number_Numeric__c
It will return auto number matter number such as DD-MM-YYYY-{NNNN} ... where {NNNN} is an auto generated number.