# Need Plain English Explanation of Unique identifier **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [November 14, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-plain-english-explanation-of-unique-identifier/1969 "2019-11-14T02:46:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-plain-english-explanation-of-unique-identifier/1969/4 "2019-11-15T20:03:07Z")
@marcovrj Currently no, but there may be a workaround depending on your situation. > [@Choice Component - allow key display pairs](https://community.glideapps.com/t/choice-component-allow-key-display-pairs/581/7): > > I’m continuing here from the UUID thread. I would love a hidden Value along with the visible Item in the choice list (ahem…along with per user data…ahem). But in the meantime, once a record is written, I think you could always use a lookup column or a vlookup in the sheet to get the associated underlying value or underlying UUID if that’s being used. I do this on one of my apps where the user selects a lesson type. Behind the scenes, I use a vlookup to pull the associated billing rate for t… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-plain-english-explanation-of-unique-identifier/1969)._