Non-numeric asset IDs

[majenkotech]

What is the problem you are trying to solve with this feature?

Many of my items already have asset number labels on them. These asset numbers are a 6 digit hexadecimal string, not a number. It is not possible to use these in the asset ID field as the item then fails to save.

It would be nice to not have to use a custom field to store this data.

What is the solution you are proposing?

Allow non-numeric asset IDs.

What alternatives have you considered?

Custom field, which is clunky to say the least.

Additional context

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[katosdev]

We have discussed this internally and will not be supporting this at this moment whilst we focus on more pressing issues.
We would advise usage of the API to re-print labels using the relevant IDs and leveraging search (which we have an epic for improved search).

This may be revisited in the future.