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Activate auto generated project numbers

Added by Florian Vieser-Barker over 4 years ago

Hey,

so I am fairly new to OpenProject and I was trying to find some kind of project number within a project. I started digging and finally received some read-only root level access to investigate further. It turns out the option of auto generation of project numbers is not activated in my installation.

My question what happens if I activate this option now after having already created several dozend projects. Is the auto generated number applied in the past or only applied to new future projects? I read through the documentation and couldn't find a similar issue.

I use a OpenProject 10.5.1 with a PostgreSQL database on a CentOS7 server.

Kind regards,
Flo


Replies (3)

RE: Activate auto generated auto generated project numbers - Added by Max Mutzge over 4 years ago

Hey Flo,

are you refering to the sequential project identifier (https://docs.openproject.org/system-admin-guide/system-settings/project-system-settings/#project-system-settings, Number 3)?

Kind regards

Matthias

RE: Activate auto generated project numbers - Added by Florian Vieser-Barker over 4 years ago

Hi Matthias,

Yes, I was trying to add something like a Project nubmer through this option. Like P12345678 and then have that increment on every new project, but I think this is only available for new project and not backwards for existing ones. Manual editing of the database could also work, but I do not know if that is messing with the OP config and data consistency 

Kind regards,
Flo

RE: Activate auto generated project numbers - Added by WSE User over 1 year ago

Hi,

What do you know on "Generate sequential project identifiers" ?

Perhaps I've found some informations on OpenProject Glossary and I think to have understood that that option, that will have effect on the entire Open Project, let us able to have or create a personalized web link of every project (or subproject) and mayby also a personalized ID identificator, right?

Because recently I've created a project with sub projects but the problem (that is not a big problem) is that there was already other old projects existing, so when I create a new ticket it begins from ID 622 (for example) instead of starting from the number 1.

So, if I'll select that option of "Generate sequential project identifiers" I will can to start from the ID number 1?

For example, my project name is OCC and it would be beautiful have a type of progressive ID as OCC-1, OCC-2, OCC-3, OCC-42, OCC- 326, OCC-1431, etc.

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