Autofill drag with alphanumeric?

[Benjamin_Wan]

Hi, can Airtable auto fill with alphanumeric sequence? For example, my sequence goes UF-3101, UF-3102, UF-3103, etc. When I highlight the first two cells and drag it down, it just repeated the UF-3101, UF-3102 over and over instead of adding +1.

Anyway airtable can do this?

Thanks

[Justin_Barrett]

Welcome to the community, Benjamin! :grinning_face_with_big_eyes: It works for numeric fields, but not for single line text fields. If this sequence is going to continue indefinitely, I would suggest using a formula.

First make an autonumber field, which will give you an automatic numeric sequence beginning at 1. Then add a formula field with this formula (replace “Autonumber” with the name you gave your autonumber field):

"UF-" & (3100 + Autonumber)

No need to drag anything, as Airtable will continue incrementing the number each time you make a new record.

[Cody_Winchester]

@Justin_Barrett , I don't see that number fields autonumber - they just copy the value when drag-copying the cells just the same as any other field type. Unless there is some other method you were describing?

[Justin_Barrett]

@Cody_Winchester The Autonumber field type is what you're looking for. When setting the field type for a field, it's toward the bottom of the list. Or just start typing "autonumber" and the options will filter down to make it easier to find.

[Cody_Winchester]

Thanks for clarifying @Justin_Barrett ! I appreciate it.

[Shivangi]

Hello @Justin_Barrett 
We are a self-publishing company seeking an Airtable expert to optimize our database management and workflow automation. Our goal is to streamline our processes for managing over 6000 authors/projects annually. We would love to discuss how you can help us achieve our objectives. Could we schedule a call to discuss this further? Best regards,

[Justin_Barrett]

Sorry, but I'm not currently taking on contract projects.