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[carlzoll]

I am trying to make my spreadsheet autonumber my orders by date. My autonumber format needs to be for example:
todays date is: 1/20/05

I want to have my number read: 050120

How do I do this?

 

[Joe4]

Try formatting the cell as Custom: yymmdd

 

[carlzoll]

I tried that but this number will be used as an autonumbered cell.

My full number looks like this: 050120-CZ1 and if I make another purchase order the number would be 050120-CZ2 and so on. But I would like to have this done in a formula rather than formating a cell.

Can anyone help?

 

[Joe4]

Can you be a bit more descriptive on the rules for your autonumber? Is it going to restart at zero for every single day?

Providing some real example of exactly how you want it to work might be helpful.

 

[carlzoll]

Yes, everyday the number will start back at "CZ1"

 

[Joe4]

How is a new row added? Is there some event that triggers it automatically, or do you just want the value to pop-up when someone enters something on that row?

 

[carlzoll]

The number will be triggered by a button "Process PO". I have a calculation page (worksheet) that I can use to store a counter. I'm just not sure how to do this with code.

 

[Joe4]

Here is an Excel formula that does what I think you want:

=IF(LEFT(A1,6)=TEXT(NOW(),"yymmdd"),TEXT(NOW(),"yymmdd")&"CZ"&MID(A1,9,LEN(A1)-8)+1,TEXT(NOW(),"yymmdd")&"CZ1")

This assumes that you have a value in A1, and this formula is being entered into cell A2. Adjust accordingly.

Basically, what this does is look at the value in the cell above it. If today is the same date as the cell above, it will add one to the counter at the end of the counter. Otherwise, it will start over at 1 again. So the result would look something like this:

A1: 050119CZ1
A2: 050120CZ1
A3: 050120CZ2
...

 

[carlzoll]

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

I appreciate it.