Currently, Alma does not support padding (adding leading zeros to reach a fixed number of digits) for accession number sequences used in the automatic generation of call numbers (e.g., via the "Generate" / "Calculate" button in the item editor). If the next sequence value is set to "0003," the leading zeros are removed upon saving. Even if the next sequence remains "0003" in the sequence configuration, the zeros are still automatically stripped when generating the next call number in the item editor.

Institutions that use custom call number schemes requiring padding can therefore only use Alma’s "Generate" or "Calculate" button as a basis for their call numbers, requiring manual addition of the missing zeros each time.

This process is prone to errors and unnecessarily time-consuming, especially since the padding function is already implemented for other item sequences (inventory, receiving, and weeding numbers).

We would therefore like to request the same padding functionality for accession number sequences.