WF Planning — Auto-Numbering Field Type for Record Types

Current Behavior
There is no auto-number or sequential ID field available when configuring a Planning record type. Unique identifiers must be entered manually or generated externally and written back via automation.

Desired Behavior
A native auto-number field type in Workfront Planning, with configuration options for:

• Number of digits (e.g. zero-padded to 5 digits: 00001)
• Format: numeric only, alphanumeric, sequential, or random
• Optional prefix and/or suffix (e.g. NRD-00001 or 00001-PRINT)
• Starting count (configurable, not locked to 1)

The field value would be system-generated on record creation and read-only after assignment.

Business Impact
Auto-generated sequential identifiers are a baseline requirement for any operational record-keeping use case — job ticketing, production requests, vendor orders. Without this, teams either maintain a manual counter (error-prone, breaks under concurrent edits) or build a Fusion scenario to replicate what should be a native field configuration. We’ve encountered three use cases with different teams that have requested this feature as a condition for Planning adoption, so there seems to have broad application.