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Setting up Construction Form Defaults and Numbering

You can set the default construction form template and status for the site. New construction forms will show the defaults automatically.

APM automatically assigns unique identifiers to construction forms when they are created. You can set the number of digits and add prefixes and suffixes to document numbers.

To Set up Construction Form Defaults and Numbering

1.	In the Site window, select the Construction Management view and the Settings tab. Select the Construction Management Settings node in the tree.

Tip: You can also select the Administration menu and then Construction Management Settings. The Construction Management Settings dialog appears.

2.	Select the Options tab.

3.	Click Edit to modify the site settings. The Edit button is replaced by the Save button.

4.	Provide the following information:

Setting Name

Description

Template

Template that is automatically selected in new construction forms.

Creation

Status that is automatically assigned to new construction forms.

Format to use

The format to use for the document numbers. The format determines the number of digits in the document number and whether or not the number should be padded with zeros. Document numbers must be unique for objects within each site. The maximum number of digits in a document number is eight. For example, a format that says “%.6u” would generate six-digit numbers padded with zeros: 001234. • % indicates the start of the number definition. • .6 indicates that the numbers should have six digits. Numbers with less than six digits will be padded with zeros. • u indicates that the number is an unsigned integer (that is, it cannot be a negative number). You can also add a site-specific prefix or suffix to ensure that document numbers are unique across the whole enterprise. Enter a prefix before the % sign. Enter a suffix at the end of the format. For example, you could add the letter “R” as a prefix to refer to the site that owns the object, such as R-001234. In this example, you would enter a format that says: R-%.6u, where R- is the prefix.

Next Number

The next consecutive number for the document. APM enters this number automatically and will check all used numbers to fill in any blanks in the series.

5.	Click Save.