Auto Numbering in Dynamics 365 9.0

With the launch of 9.0 Release along with multiple new features one of the most awaited feature is Auto-Numbering.

What is already available currently ?

By navigating to Settings->Administration -> Auto Numbering , We can configure the auto numbering for few entities as below.

What is available from 9.0 ?



There is no new UI but using code we can create an auto-number attribute on a given entity. A console app can be written and can be executed against the CRM Org for creating this field on the Entity. Auto number can be a combination of 3 formats , 'datetime' , 'string' and 'number'.

Sample Code

public void AddAutoNumberAttrib( string targetEntity , string attribName , CrmServiceClient svcClient)

       {

            CreateAttributeRequest newAttribReq = new CreateAttributeRequest

            {

                EntityName = targetEntity.ToLower(),

                Attribute = new StringAttributeMetadata

                {

                    //AutoNumberFormat = "{DATE:[MMDDYY]}-{SEQNUM:6}-{RANDSTRING:6}",

                    AutoNumberFormat = "5-{SEQNUM:14}",

                    LogicalName = attribName.ToLower(),

                    SchemaName = attribName.ToLower(),

                    MaxLength = 150,

                    RequiredLevel = new AttributeRequiredLevelManagedProperty(AttributeRequiredLevel.None),

                    FormatName = StringFormatName.Text,

                    DisplayName = new Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Label("Autonumberfield", 1033),

                    Description = new Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Label("Autonumberfield", 1033)

                }

            };

            svcClient.Execute(newAttribReq);

        }

    }