Random IDs

When you need to generate random characters, you can use random IDs from the Standard package. If you need a guarantee that the IDs are unique, then consider unique IDs instead.

By default, a random ID looks like this: VZ3Y-69L2-QE2G. There are over seven quadrillion combinations of letters and numbers. Click the refresh button to generate a different ID.

You can use Random IDs anywhere you see the icon, such as the Default Value of any field in the admin panel, under Advanced. To insert a random ID, use {random}.

Random IDs can be configured to create different patterns by specifying a format as a parameter. For example:

{random:AAAA} will generate four uppercase letters, such as XZXS or FZGH, making up almost half a million possibilities.

{random:AAA-NN} will generate three uppercase letters followed by a dash and two numbers from 0 to 9, such as LRW-41 or MWQ-72, for a total of almost two million possibilities.

Format

A	uppercase letter
a	lowercase letter
B	uppercase or lowercase letter
N	digit
C	uppercase letter or digit
c	lowercase letter or digit
D	uppercase letter, lowercase letter or digit
X	upper hexadecimal digit
x	lowercase hexadecimal digit
P	dissimilar uppercase letter
p	dissimilar lowercase letter
Q	dissimilar uppercase or lowercase letter
M	dissimilar digit
I	dissimilar uppercase letter or digit
i	dissimilar lowercase letter or digit
J	dissimilar uppercase letter, lowercase letter or digit
\	escape next character

Dissimilar characters are characters that look different from other characters. For example, I (the uppercase letter I), l (the lowercase letter L), and 1 (the number one) are not included, because they look very similar to each other.

Any character that follows a \ (backslash) will be escaped. For example, the format \NN will generate an N followed by a random digit, such as N5 or N7.