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CharlieLang set autonumber on name field
Hi, I have the name field set to autonumber but need to set the starting number to 14000. Without loading in 14k records amnd deleting them, is there a way in the dev console to set the number for the autonumber field?
Jeff May: Here's a great little trick (so you don't have to make another field, then do a ton of data jobs.
Change the AutoNumber to a Text (it will tell you all the current values will be kept -- which is what you want.
Then, change the Text to an AutoNumber and it will ask you for a format and Starting Number,.
https://success.salesforce.com/answers?id=9063A0000019PmlQAE
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Jeff May: Here's a great little trick (so you don't have to make another field, then do a ton of data jobs.
Change the AutoNumber to a Text (it will tell you all the current values will be kept -- which is what you want.
Then, change the Text to an AutoNumber and it will ask you for a format and Starting Number,.
https://success.salesforce.com/answers?id=9063A0000019PmlQAE