Hi Joris I think there is no "good" solution in Velocity. I would do it in a Java component. If you do not want to write a component you could use Groovy alternatively. There you have the possibility of while. If it has to be Velocity you could write a DB query which gets you all your IssueXYZ documents. From those you can get the highest number and increment your result. Hope this helps Edo On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Joris Dirks <joris(a)user.stekje.nl> wrote:

Thanks Ludovic, $xwiki.getUniquePageName is excellent! The only 'hack' I still have to make is generating empty pages '2010', '2011', '2012', '2013' so there won't be a page created with that name. For those interested in the outcome: {{velocity}} ##configure these variables #set($space="Sandbox2") #set($template="AppSpace.DemoTemplate") #set(#editmode="edit") ##either 'edit' or 'inline', depending on the template ##end configurable values #set($parent=$space+".WebHome") #set($year= ${xwiki.formatDate($datetool.date, 'yyyy')}) #set($year=${request.year}) ##could have been 'if !$year -> set from system time, but this won't overrule #set($docname=$xwiki.getUniquePageName($space , $year)) #if(!$xwiki.exists($docname) && $xwiki.hasAccessLevel('edit', $context.user, $docname)) $response.sendRedirect($xwiki.getURL($docname, $editmode, "template=$template&parent=$parent")) ## Stop processing, since we already sent a redirect. #stop #end {{/velocity}} On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Ludovic Dubost <ludovic(a)xwiki.com> wrote: