Set ID Number Options

You can select how to display and assign ID numbers.

On the File menu in your PDS program, click Setup > ID Number Options.
Select whether to display Additional ID numbers for institutions and members/constituents. or Parish Envelope numbers for institutions, families, and members.
Select whether to display Parish Envelope numbers for families.
To automatically assign various ID numbers, select the corresponding Automatically assign... checkbox, and enter the number that you want to start with.

Note: Only numeric values can be assigned this way. Do not select to automatically assign values if your IDs contain letters or other characters.
To allow the same ID number to be used multiple times, select Reuse ID Numbers. This is useful if records can have the same ID number between different parishes; for example, the Smith family has ID 123 in Parish A and the Henderson family has ID 123 in Parish B.
Click Save/OK.

If you run DioOffice with PDS Development Connection, The Raiser's Edge is responsible for assigning permanent ID numbers. Make sure the following line is in the Data section fo the \Data\DioOfficeWS.ini file:

[Data]
GetDioIDFromWS=1

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