# Unique ID Special Value **URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339 **Category:** Feature Requests **Created:** [September 17, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339 "2019-09-17T10:35:38Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 2
### Author: ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo) #### Post date: [November 15, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/21 "2019-11-15T15:13:00Z")
Maybe start GlideHunt, a place where people can vote for features šŸ˜‰ ---
### Author: ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark) #### Post date: [November 15, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/22 "2019-11-15T15:13:48Z")
We have Userfeed on our Intercom where you can ā€œvoteā€ šŸ˜‰ ---
### Author: ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo) #### Post date: [November 15, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/23 "2019-11-15T15:14:47Z")
How and where do I find that? ---
### Author: ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan) #### Post date: [November 15, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/24 "2019-11-15T16:37:32Z")
@erwblo Itā€™s pretty well hidden right now as itā€™s mostly something _we_ use when talking to users in Intercom, but we plan to open it up to the community in general soon. Click message us in the ? in the bottom right and then just below the new conversation button youā€™ll see ā€˜Submit feature requestā€™. ![17](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/3/3b1422b9660c95e38327c6cde2603cd063afcc7d.png) Again, pretty well hidden šŸ˜‰ but thatā€™s intentional for now. ---
### Author: ![Gerard\_Fernandez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gerard_fernandez/32/1183_2.png) [@Gerard\_Fernandez](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Gerard_Fernandez) #### Post date: [November 15, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/25 "2019-11-15T17:45:56Z")
Why changes the Id value for the same user? If always changes how can we use it to link records in different sheets? Do not understand the use caseā€¦ ---
### 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, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/26 "2019-11-15T18:38:38Z")
@Gerard_Fernandez Donā€™t include the unique value as one of the editable fields. Only use it for adding new records and for form button submissions. The unique id is not tied to a user like email is. Itā€™s to give any new record a unique value. ---
### Author: ![Gerard\_Fernandez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gerard_fernandez/32/1183_2.png) [@Gerard\_Fernandez](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Gerard_Fernandez) #### Post date: [November 15, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/27 "2019-11-15T18:43:52Z")
Thanks Jeff got it. But which is the use case? ---
### 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, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/28 "2019-11-15T18:46:51Z")
> [@Need Plain English Explanation of Unique identifier](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-plain-english-explanation-of-unique-identifier/1969): > > I feel like I am understanding most of what glide offers (and how I would use it) except now the Unique Identifier. Can someone give me the basic explanation on what it is/does but most of all why I would use it in the most basic way? I have read the announcement and the tweet but am not real sure what it is. (I did read a couple of replies on twitter that asked the same thing.) Anyone wanna offer a 1-2 sentence WHY? ---
### Author: ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan) #### Post date: [November 18, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/29 "2019-11-18T19:25:04Z")
@Gerard_Fernandez I wrote two articles that might help you: [https://docs.glideapps.com/all/guides/quick-starts/advanced/keys-and-unique-ids](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/guides/quick-starts/advanced/keys-and-unique-ids) > **[Using special values](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/guides/quick-starts/advanced/using-special-values)** > > Submit additional data when users add, edit or submit forms ---
### Author: ![Gerard\_Fernandez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gerard_fernandez/32/1183_2.png) [@Gerard\_Fernandez](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Gerard_Fernandez) #### Post date: [November 18, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/30 "2019-11-18T20:57:27Z")
Great Thanks!!! ---
### Author: ![moses5407](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/moses5407/32/2085_2.png) [@moses5407](https://community.glideapps.com/u/moses5407) #### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/31 "2019-12-09T19:23:32Z")
Where is this option for uniqueID? I donā€™t see it on the components listingā€¦ ---
### Author: ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan) #### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/32 "2019-12-09T19:26:32Z")
It only appears in your add/edit/form components. ---
### Author: ![moses5407](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/moses5407/32/2085_2.png) [@moses5407](https://community.glideapps.com/u/moses5407) #### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/33 "2019-12-09T19:32:21Z")
Thanks! Found it and tested ā€¦ works great and saves me a BUNCH of time writing a trigger for a UUID generator in Sheets. ---
### Author: ![moses5407](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/moses5407/32/2085_2.png) [@moses5407](https://community.glideapps.com/u/moses5407) #### Post date: [December 10, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/34 "2019-12-10T09:02:41Z")
Is there a way to add the UUIDā€™s to existing sheets with populated rows? ---
### 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: [December 10, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/35 "2019-12-10T12:38:10Z")
You could either add the uuid component to edit mode, edit each item, then remove the uuid component. Or Iā€™m sure you could find a uuid generator online to generate a mass list of uuids that you could paste into your sheet. ---
### Author: ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan) #### Post date: [December 10, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/36 "2019-12-10T18:59:13Z")
I always run into that issue and just generate as many as I need from this tool - [https://www.uuidgenerator.net/](https://www.uuidgenerator.net/) ---
### Author: ![moses5407](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/moses5407/32/2085_2.png) [@moses5407](https://community.glideapps.com/u/moses5407) #### Post date: [December 10, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/37 "2019-12-10T19:04:29Z")
Thanks! ---
### Author: ![moses5407](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/moses5407/32/2085_2.png) [@moses5407](https://community.glideapps.com/u/moses5407) #### Post date: [December 10, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/38 "2019-12-10T19:08:56Z")
Thank! I use that as well. I decided to go with blank tabs and use a forms submission page to add subcategories, categories, and supercategories in that order - using the level below as a lookup list. So, categories has x number subcategories and has choice elements for each which draw from the subcategory names. Iā€™m trying to sort out a kind of universal template that allows any number of subcats,cats,supercats and which can be extended or edited overtime without breaking anything and with an obvious and observable logic to the relations. Essentially an extended version of the Advanced coneferance app and the categories/subcategories tutorials combinedā€¦maybe. :-p ---
### Author: ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan) #### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/39 "2019-12-11T19:27:07Z")
Cool! Please share some details once itā€™s done! šŸ‘šŸ½ ---
### Author: ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david) #### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339/40 "2024-05-15T00:48:53Z")
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