One counter for all types of work items:
For instance:
- Change Request contains 2 activities = RA3 and MA4
and so on
All work items are sharing the same counter for ID. Only the prefix is added to this ID based on the work item class (IR, CR, PR, SR, MA, RA).
For this reason the ID is not increment uniformly for each type of work item.
This behavior can't be changed.
However, you can set the starting number by changing a value in the database.
Basically there is this table in the ServiceManager database called the AutoIncrementAvailableRange table. This value stores the next available number for a particular class property. If the last work item ID that was handed out was 1234 this table would show 1235 and then once 1235 was used it would say 1236. You get the idea. So, by changing this number we can change the base number that we start from. Let’s say for example that we always want our incident IDs to be in the 10,000+ range. We could change thus number to 10000 and start from there. Definitely don’t set it lower than the current number though! That will most likely be very bad.
Use the SQL command below to set the new number you want
update AutoIncrementAvailableRange
set FirstAvailableValue = 10000
where ManagedTypeId = 'F59821E2-0364-ED2C-19E3-752EFBB1ECE9' and ManagedTypePropertyId = '28B1C58F-AEFA-A449-7496-4805186BD94F'
Use the command below to check if the value changed to the one you set using command above
select
MT.TypeName,
MT.ManagedTypeId,
MTP.ManagedTypePropertyName,
MTP.ManagedTypePropertyID,
AIAR.FirstAvailableValue
from ManagedType as MT, ManagedTypeProperty as MTP, AutoIncrementAvailableRange as AIAR
where MT.ManagedTypeId = AIAR.ManagedTypeId and MTP.ManagedTypePropertyId = AIAR.ManagedTypePropertyId
Notice that at the end of the role "System.WorkItem", at the "FirstAvailableValue" column, the number is the number you have set.
