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Introduction
In Hiro, project numbers for enquiries and jobs are simple sequential integers, free of any decimals or special symbols. Hiro’s advanced search capabilities ensure you don’t have to memorise these project numbers when looking up project information.
You can learn more about how project numbering works in Hiro in this article.
If your previous software used more complex project numbers that you wish to keep, Hiro allows you to enable custom project numbers. When used, a custom project number replaces the Hiro-assigned number wherever project numbers appear in the interface, including in search results, exports, and invoice headers. This ensures continuity with your existing numbering conventions while keeping all of Hiro’s underlying tracking intact.
How to Enable Custom Project Numbers
If you are a Hiro Global Administrator, you can enable custom project numbers for your organisation by following these steps:
How to Set Custom Project Numbers
There are three ways to add custom project numbers to your projects in Hiro:
1.) During Project Import
When importing your projects (refer here for guidance), you can upload a spreadsheet of your projects that has a column containing each project's respective custom project number.
Custom project numbers will be imported with spaces removed.
2.) During Project Lodgement
After you have enabled custom project numbers, an additional field for entering this information will appear during the Summary step when you lodge a new enquiry or job. The custom project number field is optional, and the data can still be updated after lodgement is complete if the field was left blank during lodgement.
Once a custom project number is entered, it will fully replace the Hiro-assigned number throughout the interface. The original Hiro number is still stored behind the scenes, but only the custom number will be shown.
3). Modify Existing Projects
You can add, update or remove custom project numbers on the Edit Project Details page.