Auto assigning

[jackel]

I have 7 columns, they are

Date - Req. Number - Requestor - Dept. - Notes - IOU,Yes/No - Status

The departments have a req. number assigned to that dept for trackin
and I have sorted the sheet to keep the depts. together. The dat
arrangement doesn't matter because it's for the month.

Shaw - 001
Shaw - 002
Maint - 001
Maint - 002 and so on.

When I type the "Maint" in the department, I want to auto generate th
next number like Maint - 003 for whatever department, I can sort th
data myself onless someone can tell me how to do both automatically. I
this can't be done maybe if I had something to work with I might be abl
to figure it out

 

[jackel]

I have 7 columns, they are

Date - Req. Number - Requestor - Dept. - Notes - IOU,Yes/No - Status

The departments have a req. number assigned to that dept for tracking
and I have sorted the sheet to keep the depts. together. The date
arrangement doesn't matter because it's for the month.

Shaw - 001
Shaw - 002
Maint - 001
Maint - 002 and so on.

When I type the "Maint" in the department, I want to auto generate the
next number like Maint - 003 for whatever department, I can sort the
data myself onless someone can tell me how to do both automatically. If
this can't be done maybe if I had something to work with I might be able
to figure it out.

Thanks for the help, I'll give it a try and see how it works. If for
some reason I can't get it right, look for my comments later to see
what can be done. Have a great day!

 

[jackel]

Jackel; I am not sure what you are trying to do. I'm guessing others ar
as
cofused as I. Post an example of what you have with a bette
description of
what you want please.
Lou

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jackel Wrote: -
I have 7 columns, they are

Date - Req. Number - Requestor - Dept. - Notes - IOU,Yes/No - Status

The departments have a req. number assigned to that dept fo
tracking
and I have sorted the sheet to keep the depts. together. The date
arrangement doesn't matter because it's for the month.

Shaw - 001
Shaw - 002
Maint - 001
Maint - 002 and so on.

When I type the "Maint" in the department, I want to auto generat
the
next number like Maint - 003 for whatever department, I can sort the
data myself onless someone can tell me how to do both automatically
If
this can't be done maybe if I had something to work with I might b
able
to figure it out.-

The departments have a req. number assigned to that dept for tracking
and I have sorted the sheet to keep the depts. together. The date
arrangement doesn't matter because it's for the month.


Date Req. Number Requestor
"Dept." Notes IOU,Yes/No
Status
1 Jan 07 Maint - 001 John
Maint. Whatever No
Open
3 Jan 07 CTS - 001 Rick
CTS Went to lunch Yes
Closed
3 Jan 07 Shaw - 001 Steve Sha
nap time No
Closed
4 Jan 07 CTS - 002 Rick
CTS Same No
Open


You can see that the Req numbers are not together and I can put them i
order with the data sort function. What I want to do is enter the "Dep
name" and it auto generate the current date and generate the next Req
Number in sequence.
Seeing what we currently have; if I enter the name "Maint" under th
"Dept." the date will be the date of new entry and the next Req. Numbe
will be Maint - 002. I can enter the requestor name, notes, IOU, an
status as the job is completed.
I hope this a little better explanation of what I am trying to do, if
am asking for miracles let me know and I'll keep going. For some reaso
this post crams everything together so I hope you can make out m
columns.

Thank