List - Records Stamped With Date and Requester

[BrianSkeeter]

Sharepoint 2007 > I have created a custom list for requesting a service. I would like to "stamp" each record with the date of the request and who made the request. I can get the user to enter the date and his/her name ... but I would prefer to automate that ... less entries and no potential for errors. Is there some way of doing that?

 

[dinger2121]

You can create new columns in the list - one date and one text. In the date, set the default value to [Today] and in the text set the default date to [Me].
that should give you what you need.

 

[BrianSkeeter]

With this solution, the user can still override the default values ( unless I am missing something )... not what I want. Also, Person columns don't seem to support a default value. I'm "afraid" I will have to write some code using Share Point Developer to implement this functionality.

 

[PatricktheAnalyst]

Both of these fields are actually created with the list item. IE Created and Created By. You should be able to use those fields in most any process.


Patrick

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