1.Review the Points To Remember.

2.Open the Name tab of the appropriate custom object definition where you want to create a record naming pattern.

3.Select the Automatically name custom object using a pattern of the object attributes option.

The Object Attributes section appears at the bottom of the screen.

4.Depending on your needs, do of the following actions:

oSpecify the object Attributes whose values you want to appear in the object records' names, as described in the Object Attributes on Name Tab table.

oSpecify the Literals that you want to add to the naming pattern of the custom object, as described in the Literals and object Attributes on Name Tab table.

Caution: If the data stored in the attributes and literals you select have a combined amount of over 250 characters, the name of the project is truncated, cutting off the information that appears after 250 characters.

5.If you want to continue adding items, click add more. Otherwise, click Save on the toolbar.

The record naming pattern you defined for the custom object takes effect immediately. Existing records keep the previous naming conventions only until a user makes changes or updates an existing record. When a user updates an existing record, the new naming convention you specified takes effect.

When the naming pattern is set, the Name field in all records of the selected custom object appears as read-only.