Put global var in field in default

[Andrey]

Can you tell me , how to set the default value of the global variable {{today}} for a "string field"?

For example Default: Maintenance Report #{{today}} -

This will be returned when creating a new order.
Maintenance Report #16112025 - 12345Volvo12BIBI12UK

[shalmaxb]

You can achieve that by formula:

ifThen(
entity\isNew(),
today = datetime\today()
); 

The isNew tells, that the value is set only in new records. The formatting will be in the default 2025-11-17, but you can format it in the same formula like so:

ifThen(
entity\isNew(),
today = datetime\today(datetime\format(today,'Europe/Berlin','DD.MM.YY'))
); 

Europe/Berlin is the timezone, which you may omit. Then the timezone of your installation is taken. DD.MM.YY displays 17.11.2025. The date formatting follows php date formatting.

To get the date value into your order, create another formula string\concatenate, whre the today field will be one string part.