Create GUID
Description
This part enables the user to generate a globally unique ID (GUID). It is available to Designer Users in v8 via the App Dev process menu. The valid format for a GUID is XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX where X is a hex digit (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F)
Use
The Create GUID part generates a unique identifier, using alphanumeric characters or numbers only. This is useful for Designers building applications, for example, where you need to generate a unique random reference for a record that can be shared within or outside of the application.
It can also be used as a proxy for an actual ID, in a record table say, where that ID is used in a URL or displayed to end users on screen.
Editor Fields
| Field Name |
Description/Use |
Type/ Options |
Optional/ Mandatory |
| Output |
This is the data object in which the system will store the GUID. |
Data Object |
Mandatory |
| Mode | GUID: this option will generate a 32-character long string. It will include a random list of hexadecimal characters only (0-9 and A-F) in the GUID format (8-4-4-4-12 where the number represents the number of hex digits separated by hyphens) Only Numbers: this option will only return a string of numbers that will be by default 12 digits long. |
GUID| Only numbers | Mandatory |
| Maximum length |
[Only visible in mode = Only numbers] This option will be available when the mode is numbers. The option configures the amount of numbers that the GUID will be long. The default is a length of 12. |
Number |
Optional |
Example
For an example of how to use the Create GUID part, download and import the following sample project in your workspace.