Include the Autonumber Extension funcitonality into Content Onboarding

How: Embed the logic of the Autonumber extension directly into the Content Onboarding app. This would allow the PIM to automatically generate and assign sequential, unique IDs to new entities during the ingestion process.

Why: Currently, certain entities (such as the Product level in our data model) exist exclusively within the PIM and lack a pre-existing unique identifier from external systems. Managing these IDs manually in Excel during bulk uploads is error-prone and inefficient.

For Who: Data models where the PIM serves as the primary System of Record for specific entities (e.g., the Product level, Bundle) that do not originate in upstream systems like ERP or PLM.

Impact: This enables the PIM to serve as the true System of Record for unique entities, streamlines the "Mass Upload" workflow, and ensures data integrity for models that do not have a 1:1 match with the ERP.

Additional context: We need the CO app to natively support sequential ID generation during the upload/mapping phase to eliminate manual ID management in Excel and prevent validation failures for 'empty' mandatory unique fields.

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