Changed Catalog Number formatting not working

[Grant]

Hi @fedoras,

You’ll need to set the CatalogFormatNumName value in the collection record for your current collection to the name of the field format you’ve defined (e.g. CatalogNumberAU). It looks like you’ve already seen the guide that describes the process, so let me know if you are still having trouble!

Coming in a future update of Specify 7, we’ve added this field to the Collection data form in a read-only capacity. This change will allow you to easily make the field editable and replace the value with the appropriate format.

specify/specify7/blob/issue-5311/config/common/common.views.xml#L6876-L6877

You can even create a custom Collection form and add this field to it now, then change the value from there rather than making SQL database edits.

@Grant

The title of the format you created is the one that was created in Specify, either in Specify 6 using the field format editor or via manual edits to the UIFormatters app resource in Specify 7.

For example, you would enter CatalogNumberNumeric in the CatalogFormatNumName column if that is the format you want to assign to that field in the collection. Only the name of a field format that can be selected from the schema configuration should be entered in this field.