# Alarm Notification Unique Identifier

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-unique-identifier/2721>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 4, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-unique-identifier/2721 "2011-03-04T10:19:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PeterThornton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@PeterThornton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PeterThornton)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-unique-identifier/2721/1 "2011-03-04T10:19:52Z")

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My client wants each alert generated to have a unique identifier that they can use for tracking/cost allocation etc. The ALERT\_LOG\_ID (or alert\_log\_ndx, not sure which is the correct name) is ideal for this purpose, as it uniquely identifies each alert. I can display this column in the alert display and in reports so that works well.  
However, I need to get this information into the custom alarm notification. Is there any way to do this?

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-unique-identifier/2721/2 "2011-03-04T20:46:39Z")

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Unfortunately getting that Id into the notification is not going to really work due to the current alerting architecture. On the bright side though, alerting is currently being given a major architectural face-lift, and one of the new parts is that each alert will get a UUID (universally unique identifier) that you’ll be able to use for this purpose.