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Hi @ccm,

Great question!

Firstly, the Field Formatter/UIFormatters file should actually be added at the discipline level in App Resources. Since you are on v7.11.3, the field format should then be assigned to the catalogNumFormatName field on the Collection table in Specify.

To do that, create a query on the Collection table by /specify/query/new/collection to your URL.

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Then, click Browse In Forms and edit the Catalog Number Format Name field value to match the desired field format name and Save.

You can also assign the format to the field in Schema Config, but it will need entered in the collection record to work. Ideally, you would update to v7.12 and get to use the System Config tool as described in How to Change the Catalog Number Format.