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Auto-generate new resource Item ID

Set preferences to auto-generate Item ID

If your company has specific conventions for assigning Item IDs in Resource Manager, you can use an option to have the Item ID auto-generated for the Create new Tool Assembly and Create new Tool Component commands. Set your preferences to determine whether and how the Item ID is auto-generated.

Procedure

  1. Set the preference for MRMToolAssemblyAndComponentIDAutoGenerated.Note If this preference is set to True, the Item ID is automatically provided in the New Tool Component or the New Tool Assembly dialog box. If this preference is set to False, you can enter the Item ID manually or select Assign.

  2. Set the preference for MRMToolAssemblyAndComponentIDCounterFormat to control the number of digits in the Item ID when auto-generated.Note The auto-generated numbers and format in the Item ID are associated with the specific class. See the examples below.

Resource Class

New Tool Component Class

New Tool Assembly Class

Initial Item ID auto-generated

TUR0001 TUR = site-specific prefix 0001 = 4-digit auto-generated number

TRNA001 TRNA= site-specific prefix 001 = 3-digit auto-generated number

Next Item ID auto-generated

TUR0002 0002 = next number in this class

TRNA002 002 = next number in this class

  1. Set the preference for ICS_available_languages.Note When this preference is defined with the value Resource_ID_Prefix, you can define a specific prefix in Classification Admin.

Add a site-specific prefix

Procedure

  1. While in Classification Admin, select the class to which you want to add a specific prefix.

Note You can add a specific prefix for a class at any level of the hierarchy. When Resource Manager checks for a specific prefix, it searches the current class level first. If it can't find the prefix, it will search in the next level up in the class hierarchy.

  1. Click Edit current Instance . The Abstract Class dialog appears.

  2. Be sure Resource_ID_Prefix is selected and enter the site-specific prefix.

  3. Click Add .

  4. Click Save .

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.resource_mgr/xid1551329 · retrieved 2026-07-11