Question

I am trying to port our requirements tracking application from Lotus Notes to TWiki. In considering the approach there is one item I am not sure how to accomplish and would appreciate any suggestions. Each requirement that is stored has a number assigned on creation that is a sequential count (1st requirement is 1, and so on). I want this value stored in a field but I would like to have it automatically filled with the next number in a sequence when a requirement is created. This would be easy to fill with a TWiki variable but I can't seem to find a way to modify the variable to increment it by one after using the current value. Thanks!

Environment

-- RickMach - 09 Mar 2005

Answer

Did you have had a look at the MrdIdPlugin or the older GuidPlugin? Maybe one of those can be used to do the trick.

-- FranzJosefSilli - 09 Mar 2005

Yes it does look like those will work. I have looked through the plugin list several times and I'm not sure why I missed those.

-- RickMach - 09 Mar 2005

Look also at the ChangeRequest application in the Sandbox web which does the autonumbering with SpreadSheetPlugin formulae.

-- PeterThoeny - 10 Mar 2005