ID (identifier)
21. May 2026
The setting ID is available for various entities in Fotoware Alto, e.g., users, fields, schemas, and business rules, and serves as the unique identifier. The ID is created automatically from your name entry. Fotoware Alto removes spaces and special characters to ensure that the ID is valid. You use the ID in all technical references to this entity, e.g., in display patterns and business rules. This value cannot be changed once set. However, you can remove the entire entity, update the status for content and list items, and re-add the schema or field.IDs are
Fotoware Alto will convert your entry always to lowercase, using camel casing for the rest:
- Name: "My NeW thingys #1 Purpose?"
- ID: myNeWThingys1Purpose
Configuration best practice
- IDs are always in English
- IDs and names need to be the same or at least have the same meaning
- Schema IDs in singular, e.g., product, event, person, for lists.
- No special characters in ID's
- No numbers at the beginning of the ID (mediaType2 is correct, but not 2MediaType)