How to use getid() method to get id?
In the system the "Id", and "config-id" are the item name. For Document item, the id is the document name(screenshot below). I need the id property, the one that is unique, to be added to the proper...
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Hi AJ, thanks for replying. The issue is that there is no property of the Document item that has a "ID" . The id are just the Document item_number(screenshot below). I want the unique IDs, the value in <id> tag, to be displayed in the search grid. I don't want to change the current Data Source of the ID property. I want to add a new property, say GUID, that will show the unique id in the search grid.
Interesting! That's a new use case. I'd recommend:
Create a new property on Document called GUID.
Create an onAfterAdd server event which sets the GUID when a new document is created.
Attach the following method:
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This will set the GUID for all Future documents. If you want to do it to existing ones you'd have to get them all in a method and loop through them. It's a one time operation to set the ID > GUID.
AJ
Thanks for the prompt reply AJ Sebastian Unfortunately, things don't work on my end.
I added the method but I don't get the ID in the GUID column in the search grid, screenshot below. Am I missing something?It might be a case sensitivity issue in that instance. Your properties name is guid, and the label is GUID. In your method try changing it to lowercase and see if that helps?
