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How do I create an automatically increasing sequential number or alpha-numeric string?

If you create a formula numeric type of field, you can reference the built in field Record ID # to increment your number automatically. If you're not familiar with creating new fields, the following link explains how.

https://www.quickbase.com/help/adding_a_field.html

Once you've created your formula numeric field, your formula would look something like this.

June 23rd, 2009 - 9:06 AM

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How can I set up a numbering system to track quotes that numbers each quote for a customer sequentially, and includes the customer ID and quote number?

You can easily do this in QuickBase. You'll need to create a few new fields in both your customer and quotes tables, relate these tables and then set up a special field to capture this combination number. To do so:

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