ng:uuid()

ng:uuid()

The function, ng:uuid() can be used in order to generate a 128-bit universally unique identifier that complies with the Internet Engineering Task Force RFC 4122 standard.

 

The function has no parameters and is simply called as ng:uuid().

 

You can e.g. see the result in a text element in the designer like below:

 

 

ng2uuid001

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