rbv_api.getIdByOriginalId()

Purpose

Given the original ID for an entity and an entity type, returns the entity's ID.

Syntax

rbv_api.getIdByOriginalId(entityType, origId)

Parameters

entityType

A string indicating the type of entity. Can be one of "object", "field", "relationship", "webpage", "view", "template", "report", "chart", "gauge", "trigger", "process", "status", "action", "button", or "datamap".

origId

The original ID of the entity.

Return value

If successful, the ID of the specified entity. If no entity of the specified type with the specified original ID exists, throws an exception.

Example

The following example prints the ID of an object definition to the console.

try {
var id = rbv_api.getIdByOriginalId("object", "7550");
rbv_api.println(id); 
} catch (error) {
  rbv_api.println(error);
}

After running this example successfully, the object definition's ID is printed:

150049675

If no object with the specified original ID exists, the following message is printed to the console: