Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › How do I set the startpoint for an autonumber after field creation? Tagged: Autopopulate, Custom Setting, Salesforce Trigger Salesforce® Discussions How do I set the startpoint for an autonumber after field creation? Posted by Ravi on April 30, 2016 at 5:49 PM How do I set the startpoint for an autonumber after field creation? Rachit replied 10 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply AutopopulateCustom SettingSalesforce Trigger 1 Reply Rachit Member April 30, 2016 at 5:54 PM Hi Ravi, If you are thinking of using trigger to auto populate the value then we can use a custom setting and increment its value by trigger . Use this value every time a record is created.There can be other ways to accomplish this but one was this. Thanks Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me