May I see your ID?
Posted by Mark Peterson on November 21, 2008
When working with your data in OnePlace, you may have noticed a piece of data labelled 'id' in many places and wondered “What the heck is that?” Well, maybe not, but while ID's might be boring, they can make using OnePlace a whole lot quicker and easier.
All of the main data objects (projects, lists, tasks, notes, etc.) in OnePlace have a numeric ID associated with them. This ID is unique for the type of object it is associated with. So, for example, both a discussion and a note can have the ID 49, but two discussions cannot both have the ID 49.
ID's are displayed in many places in OnePlace. They are listed in the title of the dialog following a '#' symbol when you edit an item, they are listed in the details (denoted by the label 'Id') when you expand a data item in list views, and they are listed on reports.
An ID in a dialog title
An ID in list details
Once you know the ID for an item, you can use it for several things. If, for instance, you have a discussion with ID 3, you could search for it by bringing up the search dialog, setting the search filter to 'Discussions' and putting 3 in the search field. You could also make links to it in discussion entries, notes, lists, etc. by including the internal link {discussion:3} in the body of the item. Or, you could share it with your teammates via e-mail by sending them the perma-link: https://www.oneplacehome.com/discussion/3
As you can see, using ID's is a powerful way to access your OnePlace data. For more information about searching and data linking, please visit OnePlace help.
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