UID Numbers

[martin.phillips]

IN MSP
Each Project with Microsoft Project has a Unique Identifieing Number
(UID)

so 2 different project when printed out will have the same UID number
for different tasks.


IN ENTERPRISE
UID's are still duplicarted when you compare 2 plans as per MSP
problem
..
Does anyone know if Enterprise server has a way of identifying each
individual line within each individual plan as a "Higher Level" UID.

so when comparing multipul plans from EPM there is no confusion with
duplicate UID Numbers ?

thanks in advance

 

[Paul Conroy]

You can report directly from the Reporting Database with Reporting Services
or Excel and display the GUID for each task which is unique throughout the
enterprise.

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[Rod Gill]

In a Gantt Chart insert the column GUID. Note one benefit of the GUID is
that when you cut and paste a task you get a new UID, but the GUID stays the
same.

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Microsoft MVP for Project

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see:
http://www.projectvbabook.com

 

[martin.phillips]

In a Gantt Chart insert the column GUID. Note one benefit of the GUID is
that when you cut and paste a task you get a newUID, but the GUID stays the
same.

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Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see:http://www.projectvbabook.com

"Paul Conroy" <pconroyATtheprojectserverguruDOTcoDOTnz> wrote in message






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Hi

Thanks for the quick response Paul & Gill

1. Does any one know why the GUID number is so complicated ?
(is it some reference to the Projects title plus other identifiable
markers that the user has ie. licence, the date the line added to plan
etc etc)

2. This is very speculative...... Another EPM system somewhere in
the world will not generate the same GUID number due to the above
variences ?

Thanks in Advance

 

[martin.phillips]

Hi

Thanks for the quick response Paul & Gill

1.  Does any one know why the GUID number is so complicated ?
(is it some reference to the Projects title plus other identifiable
markers that the user has ie. licence, the date the line added to plan
etc etc)

2.  This is very speculative......   Another EPM system somewhere in
the world will not generate the same GUID number due to the above
variences ?

Thanks in Advance- Hide quoted text -

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Hi

I think I may have answerd my own question here unless anyone has an
update ?

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...14f001a?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=guid#15bb90f8f14f001a

 

[Rod Gill]

As far as I know, GUID are created randomly, but I assume there is some test
to guarantee uniqueness within a project server environment.

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Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see:
http://www.projectvbabook.com

Hi

Thanks for the quick response Paul & Gill

1. Does any one know why the GUID number is so complicated ?
(is it some reference to the Projects title plus other identifiable
markers that the user has ie. licence, the date the line added to plan
etc etc)

2. This is very speculative...... Another EPM system somewhere in
the world will not generate the same GUID number due to the above
variences ?

Thanks in Advance- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hi

I think I may have answerd my own question here unless anyone has an
update ?

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...14f001a?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=guid#15bb90f8f14f001a

 

[Sander]

GUID is not guaranteed to be unique, but the probability is very low as it is
based on a time(stamp).
see http://www.petergloor.com/guidgen/default.aspx for some Q&A.

There are 122 random bits (128 - 2 for variant - 4 for version) so this
calculates to 2^122 or 5,316,911,983,139,663,491,615,228,241,121,400,000
possible combinations.