Business Rule: Assign Number Sequence with Format on Creation of Content Item

Prerequisites

A created Number Sequence

Trigger

The trigger point (check Triggers in Business Rule Settings):

• Should trigger on a content creation -> Action Create

• We want to modify the document -> Execution scope Main doc

Condition

Goal: All files uploaded or virtual Content Items created in the Content Platform should receive an individual, concurrent ID on creation.

• Content Schema Condition

  • Schema Id: leave empty

Actions

Goal: Assign a Layer “Basic Information” and get the next number from the number sequence and then add that number sequence to the metadata

• Assign Layer Action

  • Layer: Basic Information

  • Default values: leave empty unless there are required fields.

• Get Number from Number Sequence Action

  • Number sequence: Select the number sequence you would like to use from the dropdown (you need to create these in advance)

  • Store In: numberSequenceString (or any other variable you would like to use)

• Assign Value Action

  • Path: basicInformation

  • Field Id: “fieldId” (in this case must be a string field)

  • Value: “$numberSequenceString$”

  • Replace: Yes