Set build number for Jenkins workflow (pipeline) builds

Question

I am migrating jenkins-workflow job to new template based workflow job. Because the build number is used as part of the version of build artifacts the workflow produces I have

Answer 1

Or, you could add a snippet like this to your Pipeline/Workflow job DSL script (aka Jenkinsfile):

offset = 5
currentBuild.displayName = "#" + (currentBuild.number + offset)