I’m looking for a solution to this too. It is creating serious friction for two clients right now.
I’ve checked the solution, the Deal ID numbers are not sequential - 3576609470 and 3576276419 for two deals created 10 seconds apart, and the Deal ID is NOT searchable in the Deal table, only in the global search.
This should be simple to fix and is provided on so many other CRM systems. I can’t promote the virtues of HubSpot on one hand as the ‘single source of truth’ for your sales and marketing with the caveat “you need a spreadsheet to log your jobs against a deal ref”.
Please get this sorted properly HubSpot