# Unique ID Special Value **URL:** \ **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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**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? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unique-id-special-value/339)._