In SharePoint 2007, I am implementing a support ticket tracking system. I know how to modify the default view so that the autonumber/identity field (Issue ID) appears in that view, but it still does not appear when viewing or editing an individual record. Management could live with the number appearing only on the view screen, having it appear on the edit screen when editing an existing record would be even better, and having it appear on the edit screen while entering a new record would be best. I have tons of experience with general programming (VB and C#) and databases (SQL and Access), and some with ASP.Net, but the programming examples I've seen for SharePoint are complete Greek to me, so an "out of the box" solution would be best; if that's not possible, I'd hope for the simplest approach that will get the job done. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I think ID column will help you out. This gets incremented whenever you add an item in a list. You can add this in your view by selecting the checkbox against column in view settings. I hope this will help. Thanks, Rahul Rashu

In future please avoid using exactly the same text in two completely different posts made at nearly the same time. About half this text was identical to the text of another post from you and I was very close to deleting the post as a duplicate. Also if you are primarily asking about OOB solutions post to the Admin forum (this question isn't a general one) and if primarily asking for programming solutions post to the programming forum. (Try as well not to confuse us by first saying you know how to program and then saying you want an OOB solution ..) Moving to admin based in the fact that you say an OOB solution is your first choice. Moderator SP 2010 "FAQ" (mainly useful links): http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/default.aspx WSS3/MOSS FAQ (FAQ and Links) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/default.aspx Both also have links to extensive book lists and to (free) on-line chapters

You will have to create an Item Added event receiver for your custom ID. Check links http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms434156.aspx