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ID value lost in Calculated Field upon Editing of record

Asked by sdeswart in MOSS-Sharepoint

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Hello,

I am using Sharepoint to track projects in a custom list. We would like to have custom project ID's based on the Team the project belongs to, so I've created a formula that adds a short abbreviation for that team before the actual ID. Here is my formula in the ProjectID column:

=IF(Team="Other","OTH-"&ID,IF(Team="Custom Development","CD-"&ID,IF(Team="Oracle","OR-"&ID,IF(Team="IT Ops","OPS-"&ID,"NONE"))))

It works fine immediately after adding this formula, however, once I click on a project and click the OK button, the ID value that WAS after the team's abbreviation vanishes, but the rest of it is still there. For example, if I look at it immediately after I add this new calculated column, one of the ProjectID's is as follows: OTH-25. If I click on the project on that same row, and click OK, I am returned to my Project List view...however, the ProjectID field now displays as follows: OTH-

The only workarounds I could come up with were to either:
1) delete that entire calculated ProjectID column and re-add it.
2) edit that particular calculated column in Settings/List Settings and click OK and it actually re-populates the 'lost' ID value(s)


Does anyone know of another solution for this? I just hate to waste time deleting/re-adding that calculated column several times per day...

I am looking forward to hearing back on this!

Regards,
Kristin DouglasStart Free Trial 
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=IF(Team="Other","OTH-"&ID,IF(Team="Custom Development","CD-"&ID,IF(Team="Oracle","OR-"&ID,IF(Team="IT Ops","OPS-"&ID,"NONE"))))
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Zone: MOSS-Sharepoint
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[+][-]12.13.2007 at 10:10AM PST, ID: 20466185

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