1. Activate the Document ID Site collection feature.<\/p>\n
2. Enter Site Actions>- Site collection features<\/strong>, then press the “Active<\/strong>” button next to the Document ID service<\/strong> to activate.<\/p>\n 3. Go back to the Settings page.<\/p>\n 4. Click on “Document ID settings<\/strong>” under Site Collection Administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/strong>5. In the Document ID settings page, set a custom string of characters or numbers that are automatically appended to the beginning of each Document ID.<\/p>\n 6. Enter the string under <\/strong>“<\/strong>Begin IDs with the following characters<\/strong>,” for this example we are using “PTEAM.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n <\/a>7. Start the Document ID enable\/disable timer job<\/strong> and Document ID assignment timer job<\/strong> in Central Administration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Note<\/span><\/strong>: If you activate the Document ID service<\/strong> at the Site collection level, the system may not assign Document IDs to all the documents under the site collection right away. This is because the Document ID service feature depends on two Timer Job services to work (Document ID enable\/disable timer job<\/strong> and Document ID assignment timer job<\/strong>).<\/p>\n 8. Click the links, and Start the two timer jobs manual.<\/p>\n 10. Enter the Modify View page<\/strong> and select Document ID column<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/a>11. Now, upload a document and you will see the Document ID.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.BoostSolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/PIC1-How-to-Configuring-Unique-Document-IDs-in-SharePoint2010.png\" "\\"PIC1")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>9. Go back to the site where you started the service and choose a Document library.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n