Project ID autonumbering reset suddenly

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise
• Clarity PPM SaaS

Issue/Introduction

• 'Project ID' attribute is auto numbered
• Instances were being assigned higher numbers, say, abc100
• Instances are all of a sudden being assigned lower numbers, say, abc25

Cause

• Manual edits to the auto numbering scheme, that set the 'Next Number' to a lower number incorrectly
• XOG or other administrative operations that could have made a change to the scheme

Resolution

• Edit the scheme again and set the number higher manually
• Ensure to check the maximum number provided by the scheme. Set it to a number higher than that.