{{note| If an existing template does not have the [[File:AddLocalIDButtonGrayedOut.png|20px|<span title=""></span>]] button next to the object ID data field you want to apply a local ID generator to the:
# clear/delete the ID field including the label
# drag it back in again from the source tree.}}
To specify which [[Add a Local ID Generator | item ID number series]] to be used:
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<li>From the '''Customisation''' menu, select '''Data Entry Forms'''.</li><li>From the '''Data Entry Forms''' menu, select '''Design Templates'''.</li> ::The Data Entry Form Template Designer window displays.<li>Create or modify a data entry form template following the instructions in the ''[[Data Entry Form Templates]]'' section.</li>{| class="wikitable"|Double-| [[File:LightBulb.png|20px|<span title=""></span>]] If an existing template does not have click the [[File:Local ID Type ButtonAddLocalIDButtonGrayedOut.png|20px|<span title=""></span>]] button next to the object ID data element you want to apply a local ID type to, drag the data element to the Data Elements pane to remove it from the template and then add a new object ID data element to the template.|}<li>From the data entry form template, apply the local ID type to the object ID data element that you want to have IDs automatically generated for.</li>::a.Double-click the [[File:Local ID Type Button.png|20px|<span title=""></span>]] button next to the object ID data element you want to have IDs automatically generated for. :::The Component Property Editor window displays.
[[File:Accessing the Component Property Editor WindowApplyLocalIDGenerator.png|440px600px|center|''Figure 168.Accessing Applying a Local ID Generator to the Component Property Editor WindowTemplate'']]
<li>Click the [[File:Generate ID Number.png|20px|<span title=""></span>]] button on the Component Property Editor window.</li>
<li>Select a row in the Local ID Type Selection window, and click the '''OK''' button.</li>
<li>Click the '''OK''' button to close the Component Property Editor window.</li>
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::b.Click the [[File:Apply Local ID Type Button.png|20px|<span title=""></span>]] button.:::The Local ID Type Selection window displays.::c.Select the row associated with the local ID type you want to apply to the object ID data element.::d.Click the '''OK''' button.::e.On the Component Property Editor window, click the '''OK''' button.::f.From the Data Entry Form Template Designer window, save the template following the instructions in the ''[[HowTo:Save a Data Entry Form Template]]'' section.::g.Publish the template following the instructions in the ''[[{{NavBox HowTo:Publish a Data Entry Form Template]]'' section.</ol>Forms}}