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    Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › How can I use auto-number field to generate date automatically in Salesforce account object?

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      How can I use auto-number field to generate date automatically in Salesforce account object?

      Posted by PRANAV on September 19, 2016 at 12:57 PM

      Hi All,

      How can I use auto-number field to generate date automatically in account object?

      Thanks

      Mohit replied 10 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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    • Mohit

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      September 20, 2016 at 2:36 PM

      Hi Pranav,

      This can be done if you temporarily change the field from autonumber format to Date format field.  Once it's date format, update your records in Data Loader with the appropriate numbering, then re-enable the autonumber field, making sure to set the starting number to pickup where you need it to.

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