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title: "Card Number Anchors & Using Card Numbers as Titles in Ontraccr"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/card-number-anchors-using-card-numbers-as-titles-in-ontraccr"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-05-27T10:53:43.694Z"
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# Card Number Anchors & Using Card Numbers as Titles in Ontraccr

## **🔢 Card Number Anchors & Using Card Numbers as Titles in Ontraccr**  
 

### **Overview**

Card designs in Ontraccr support **automated card numbering** using **prefix anchors**. You can also configure the system to use the card number as the **card’s title**, which is helpful in workflows where consistency and ID-based tracking are more important than descriptive titles (like POs, service tickets, or asset IDs).

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## **🎯 Why Use Card Numbers?**

Use card numbering to:

-   Automatically generate a **unique ID** for every card (e.g., `PO-0001`, `HR-0023`)
-   Standardize how cards are referenced across teams
-   Avoid the need for manual naming conventions
-   Use numbers as identifiers in search, reporting, or documentation

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## **🧩 How to Enable Card Numbering and Set an Anchor**

1.  Go to **Settings > Boards**
2.  Edit or create a card design
3.  Enable the toggle for **Card Numbering**
4.  Enter an **anchor**— e.g., 1, 1000, 2000 etc.
5.  Save the card design by clicking the submit button

✅ Cards using this design will be auto-numbered.

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## **✏️ How to Use Card Number as the Title**

Within the same card design:

1.  Enable **Use Card Number as Card Title**
2.  Save the changes

Now:

-   The card’s title will be replaced with its number
-   You won’t be able to manually enter a custom title
-   This helps ensure naming is **fully standardized**

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## **✅ Example Use Case**

-   You create a card design called “Work Order”
-   Prefix = `WO`
-   “Use number as title” is enabled
-   As cards are created, they appear as:
    -   `1`, `2`, `3`
-   Field staff and admins use the number to track the job in notes, forms, and task assignments

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## **🧠 Tips & Edge Cases**

-   Card numbers are **unique per board**, not globally
-   Anchors help with visual identification across multiple boards
-   If using numbers as titles, **custom titles cannot be added** — the number is the official title
-   Great for POs, requests, inspections, or service workflows where **ID tracking > description**