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[[HowTo:Add a Local ID Type{|Add a Local ID Type]]<br />class="wikitable"[[HowTo:Apply a Local ID Type|Apply a Local ID Type]]<br />-[[HowTo:View | '''Prefix''' || A text string that represents the item category or Change subcategory. For example, a Local ID Typecompletion report could be represented by “CR.”| View or Change a Local ID Type]]<br />-| '''System Name''' || A value specified in the Client Configuration Tool of the {{IMSMANG}} [[HowTo:Save a Field Report TemplateStarting and Stopping IMSMANG | Save a Field Report TemplateTrayLauncher]]<br />where system administrators can set a separate system name for each computer where {{IMSMANG}} is installed. For example, the MAG Head quarter's computer could have “MAG HQ” as a system name while a regional installation could have “ MAG R1.”[[HowTo:Preview |-| '''Next Number''' || A value that increases with 1 each time a Field Report|Preview new ID is generated. Information managers can specify the next number to be generated when the local ID generator button is clicked. For example, a Field new local ID starting with CR-MAG HQ-1 and proceeding to CR-MAG HQ-2 and so on will be generated each time the Completion Report]]<br />local ID generator is clicked.</tr>|}

</table> To add a local ID typegenerator:

<li>From In the '''Customisation''' menu, select &rarr; ''Field Reports''.</li><li>From the Data Entry Form Templates'''Field Reports''' menu, select &rarr; '''Local ID TypeGenerator'''.</li>::The Local ID Type window displays.<li>Click the [[File:Add.png|20px|<span title=""></span>]] button.</li>::The Local ID Type window displays (Figure 166).

<li>Click the [[File:ADD Local ID Type WindowFieldTemplateIcon.png|440px20px |''Figure 166. ADD Local ID Type Window Filter''Add]] <li>Enter the name for the new local ID type in the '''Name''' fieldbutton.</li>::The figure below provides an example naming convention for local IDs. [[File:Example Local ID Naming ConventionGenerator window displays.png|440px|''Figure 167. Example Local ID Naming Convention '']]

IMSMA will automatically assign the next sequential number to each subsequent object of the same type that is added to IMSMA. See Table 49 for an example of how local IDs are assigned.</li>  [[File:Example Assignment of a Local ID.png|440px|''Table 49.Example Assignment of a Local ID'']]

::If you do not want to save the local ID type, click the '''Cancel''' button.</li><li> Click the '''Done''' button to close the Local ID Type window and return to the IMSMA Navigation Generator window.</li>

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