How can we change the ID of a Task when we have auto-numbering enabled?

Products

• CLARITY PPM FOR ITG
• CLARITY PPM FEDERAL
• Clarity PPM SaaS - Application
• Clarity PPM On Premise

Issue/Introduction

In PPM, you can set the ID of a Task to be auto-numbered when the task is created. We have this setting enabled, but we need to make a change to one or more of our task ID's.

How can we make a change to the ID of a Task when auto-numbering is enabled?

Environment

All supported PAS releases.

Resolution

When auto-numbering is enabled for the ID attribute of the Task object, all Task ID fields become non-modifiable. 

In order to make an edit to the ID of a task when auto-numbering is enabled, take these steps

1. Navigate to Administration > Objects > Task > Attributes tab
2. Click on the 'ID' attribute
3. Click on the 'Auto-numbering' tab
4. Uncheck the 'Auto-numbered' checkbox

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5. Save and Return

After that, you can make any necessary changes to your task ID's. Once that is done, be sure to re-enable the auto-numbering functionality so new created tasks are auto-numbered.