# How to create UUIDs for new entities?

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-create-uuids-for-new-entities/2041>\
**Category:** API & Programming\
**Created:** [September 19, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-create-uuids-for-new-entities/2041 "2021-09-19T22:03:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-create-uuids-for-new-entities/2041/13 "2022-05-24T12:26:08Z")

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See here:

> [@What is the best way to get the ID of drop down options?](https://community.fibery.io/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-get-the-id-of-drop-down-options/2719/6):
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> I guess you’ve probably have thought of it, but you could make text field (called UUID) and define a scheduled automation to get the ID. Then just ‘Run now’ to populate all of them at once:

You could run the automation when an entity is created if that was preferable.

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