# Block ID

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-id/12385>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 20, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-id/12385 "2016-11-20T21:35:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![n099y](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/258eb7/32.png) [@n099y](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/n099y)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-id/12385/1 "2016-11-20T21:35:56Z")

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Is there some way to capture the block ID that is generated for block group inserts so I can display that somewhere on the page. (Without a query to the database to get the last entry)