Case definition id has the schematic key:version:uuid. Why?

Camunda 7 Topics Discussion & Questions
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Hello,

Why does case definition id has “:” (colon) in its id field? Any particular reason.
Is it possible to have case def ids without “:” ?
We actually use this id to control some UI elements, the colon is causing it to fail on some browsers.

Thanks a lot for any pointers.
Subhro.

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Hi Subhro,

The colons are not required for any functionality. You can extend the class CmmnDeployer and override the method #generateDefinitionId as you like. The implementation of the deployer can be exchanged by modifying the list ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl#deployers in a process engine plugin’s #postInit method.

Without knowing the technologies you use, this sounds to me like a problem that should be solved in the frontend though, for example by escaping colons properly.

Cheers,
Thorben

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Thanks Thorben, for showing the light.
We are handling this in the UI logic.

Thanks,
Subhro.