Setting entry ID to date and display yyyMMdd on the ID

[Matthew Fulton]

I am creating a confiform that needs to have a very specific naming convention as the entry ID. I have figured out how to get all the naming convention fields to work except the DATE. 

Here is what I have in the IFTTT Rule:

entryId=[entry.my_Field]_[entry.my_Field1]_[entry.my_Field2][entry.my_Field3][entry.my_Field4]_ACRL_[entry.my_Field5]_[dateyyyMMdd]

All I get when I add the date metaparameter is: 

WTC000000_AD_0000000000_ACRL_$$$$_[dateyyyyMMdd]

I have also tried this method:

entryId=[entry.my_Field]_[entry.my_Field1]_[entry.my_Field2][entry.my_Field3][entry.my_Field4]_ACRL_[entry.my_Field5]_[today]

I get this output

WTC000000_AD_0000000000_ACRL_$$$$_1617692400000

Neither of these is acceptable. Is there anyway to get this to display like this:

WTC000000_AD_0000000000_ACRL_$$$$_20210406

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ · Accepted solution]

Hi

We strongly suggest not to mess with record's internal IDs and let the ConfiForms manage that.

Use an extra field for your own IDs

To answer your question:

[entry.my_Field]_[entry.my_Field1]_[entry.my_Field2][entry.my_Field3][entry.my_Field4]_ACRL_[entry.my_Field5]_[entry._now.formatDate(yyyyMMdd)]

Alex

[Matthew Fulton]

Would this format work for renaming attachments in the same format as the above?