0010920: automatic number custom field

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0010920	mantisbt	custom fields	public	2009-09-09 11:20	2016-02-15 06:37

Reporter	fxm	Assigned To	atrol
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	1.1.7

Summary	0010920: automatic number custom field
Description	Hi, Is there any way to have an automatic number as custom field ? The issue number is global to all projects defined in a Mantis instance, but I would like to have a field which is dependent of the project in order to log "the issue order in this project".
Additional Information	Example: Project 1 - issue 001 - order 001 Project 2 - issue 002 - order 001 Project 3 - issue 003 - order 001 Project 2 - issue 004 - order 002 Project 2 - issue 005 - order 003 Project 1 - issue 006 - order 002 ... etc ...
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vboctor 2009-09-11 22:16 manager ~0022907	That won't work if you move issues between projects.

fxm 2009-09-14 02:47 reporter ~0022911	You are right ... Thanks for your comment, this issue can be closed. François

dhx 2009-09-15 09:12 reporter ~0022931	The only way I see this working is if we assign a new incremental ID to the ticket upon moving it to a new project. Then the original ID number from the donor project becomes a redirect to the new ticket in the new project. That said, I don't think it'll happen anytime soon. The reason being that no benefits have been identified. Are you able to come up with some detailed "user stories" that explain why this feature is needed? From there, it'd be up to someone with an interest in this feature actually writing the code to make it work.

fxm 2009-09-16 02:57 reporter ~0022941	The only need from "the customer" is to have a continuous numbering in its issues by project. But I forget the "move" operation wich will always create a break in the sequence. So I think that this issue can actually been forgotten. Regards to all and thanks for your help and advices.