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aebenaeben 

Error when changing Name from Text to AutoNumber

Getting this error when changing I try to change the Name field from Text to AutoNumber.

 

Error: Cannot change Record Name type to autonumber; field update exists.

 

Any Ideas? Thanks in advance. 

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SuperfellSuperfell
I would guess you have a workflow field update action that's updating the name, which it can't do if its changed to an autonumber field.

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SuperfellSuperfell
I would guess you have a workflow field update action that's updating the name, which it can't do if its changed to an autonumber field.
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aebenaeben

Thats it!! Thanks.

 

Guess deactivating the Workflow is not enough. You have to delete the field update. 
raman vermaraman verma
I get the same error despite deactivating and deleting the workflow rule. Any Idea please?
Joel Cordes 2Joel Cordes 2
me too!
 
Vacation PlanterVacation Planter
Me too :(
Daniel Douglass 10Daniel Douglass 10
I had this issue as well. I deleted the field update from the WFR but that just deletes the link between the WFR and the field update so I was still getting the error. Go to Setup>Field Updates and find the Field Update and delete it from there.
Rajesh Yandrathi 1Rajesh Yandrathi 1
DeActivate the Workflow rule and also delete the field update used in the work flow for the particular field. Now we can change the data type to Auto Number