Can a Task have an automatic assigned ID number?

[Phil_Seeman]

FYI there is a third-party solution that gives you this capability:

Task with unique identifier

For anyone looking for a third party solution for this, please take a look at our integration. We allow you to use custom fields to add a unique identifier. You can also apply prefixes to specify which project, etc. You can find out more here: http://bit.ly/2yiDzxp.