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IMSMA^NG provides a local identifier (local ID) data element widget for each item category or subcategory, which when used on data entry forms Data Entry Forms allows information managers to track items and Data Entry Forms entered into IMSMA^NG{{IMSMANG}}. These local ID data elements widgets enable data entry clerks to click on a button and insert an automatically generated an ID rather than enter one manually, helping to reduce duplicate local IDs in the system. The local ID generator enables you to define a numbering scheme for an object ID, for example, the Report ID, Accident ID, or Victim ID, on a Data Entry Form template. Once the numbering scheme is defined, users can automatically assign IDs to objects each time they add a Data Entry Form with an object ID field to IMSMA.

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IMSMA^NG comes with a default local [[File:Local ID generator per item, but there is no limit to how many different types can be createdGenerator Button. It is recommended to create at least one local png|600px|center|''Local ID generator per item subcategory. For example, create a local ID generator for completion reports, another for clearance reports and another for minefields. Also, establishing a convention for the local ID generators makes it easy to understand and find data.Generator Button'']]

Local ID generators are typically comprised of the following components: [Local ID Name]-[System Name]-[Incremented Number]For example, CR-HQ-1. {| class="wikitable"|-| '''Local {IMSMANG}} comes with a default local ID Name''' || A text string that represents the generator scheme/series per item category or subcategory. For example, a completion report could be represented by “CR.”|-| '''System Name''' || A value specified in the Client Configuration Tool of the IMSMA<sup>NG<but there is no limit to how many different scheme/sup> TrayLauncher where system administrators series can set a separate system name for each installation of IMSMA^NG. For example, the Headquarters installation could have “HQ” as a system name while a regional installation could have “R1be created.”|-| '''Incremented Number''' || A value that increases each time a new ID It is generated. Information managers can specify the next number recommended to be generated when the create at least one local ID generator button is clickedscheme/series per item subcategory. For example, create a new local ID starting with CR-HQ-1 generator scheme/series for Completion Reports and proceeding to CR-HQ-2 and so on will be generated each time another for Clearance reports. Also, establishing a convention for the Completion Report local ID generator is clickedgenerators makes it easy to understand and find data.|}

*Information managers can also create an individual local ID for each Data Entry Form template that indicates the kind of information in the form. For example, a completion report Completion Report can have a local ID beginning with “FR“DEF-CR-” to give users an immediate understanding of the content of the form.*For templates intended to update existing items, such as status change templates, information managers can remove exclude the local item ID generator or the ID field entirely to prevent users from accidentally creating new local IDs for existing items.

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