In the Specifications module, you have the following ways of defining a spec document number:
When generating a new spec
On the New Specification dialog, in the Document number box, you can modify the default document number as you require. The software always generates automatically a document number for a specification, regardless of whether the document number naming convention exists. If the domain Administrator has not defined a naming convention for spec document numbers, the software creates the document number using the item tag name as a source, and append the -SP suffix.
In the spec title block
You can open a spec and define the document number in the Doc No. field of the title block.
In the Revisions dialog
With a spec displayed, you open the Revisions dialog and, in the Document number box, define the document number.
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The document number string can contain up to 50 alpha-numeric characters, including spaces.
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The document number must be unique.
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If you remove the document number, the current spec document does not appear in the Document Explorer.