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WadeDavis1
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8 years ago

I'm attempting to generate a ""Unique"" identifier for a tracking number that is auto generating.

I'm attempting to have a number generated using "TORC" as the beginning identifier then the year. and then starting at 10000 and using the record ID#. I'm new to "formulas and I am stumped This i...
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QuickBaseCoachD
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8 years ago
I see everyone responded :)

I think my formula has the best chance for first round syntax errors being clean. 

The field for date d will need be used as [date d]
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WadeDavis1
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8 years ago
This returned the error:
Please check the syntax of your formula. Look for mismatched parentheses, missing quotes, or extra brackets.


"TORC" 
& Right(ToText(Year(date d)),2) 
& "-" 
& ToText([Record ID#]+10000)