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Identities View
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This view lists the latest identities values that are set on the server for all collections where
an identity was created. -
You can edit existing values or set a new identity value for a collection.
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Identities values can also be managed from the Client API, see seed identity operation.
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In this page:
What is an identity
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An identity is a document ID generated by the server upon document creation time
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The identity ID is unique in the database, across all nodes within the Database Group.
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The identity document ID is composed of:
- The collection name
- And a number that is continuously incremented per document creation ("the latest value")
e.g.employees/5
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Learn more about identities in:
The latest values
Latest values
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Navigate to Documents > Identities
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Document ID Prefix
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This string is the collection name for which an identity value was set:
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The string that shows is the collection name + a pipe suffix.
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Latest Value
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This is the latest identity value currently set on the server for the collection.
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In this example - the latest value for the employees collection is
3.
This means the next document that will be created with an identity in the employees collection
will get the IDemployees/4.
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Click to edit the latest value.
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Click to add a new identity value for another collection.
Edit identity value
Edit identity value
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Prefix
The collection for which the value is edited. -
Value
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Enter a number that will be set as the latest identity value for this collection.
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In this example we set the value to
25.
This means the next document that will be created with an identity in the employees collection
will get the IDemployees/26.
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Click 'Update' to set the new value.
Add new identity
Add new identity
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Prefix
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Enter the collection name for which to set an identity value.
(Using the pipe suffix here is optional, e.g. can enter "users" or "users|"). -
Note: you can specify a collection name that has not been created yet.
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Value
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Enter a number that will be set as the latest identity value for this collection.
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In this example we set the value to
99.
This means the next document that will be created with an identity in the users collection
will get the IDusers/100.
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Click 'Create' to create the new identity.
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