What good is a GUID?

[GMF_TimB]

Hello EA'ers!

I'm going through a process where model elements are being moved around between various version controlled packages.  As I'm checking packages in, I sometimes get a "Missing Cross-Reference" dialog.  It's pretty cryptic.  You can get more information, but that information is filled with element GUIDs.

While these uniquely identify the impacted model elements and you can copy the GUID, the reference is somewhat useless because the GUID is not readily available.  It is not in the properties of any element and you can't use the GUID as search data to find the element.

Can anyone tell me how to effectively use element GUIDs or direct me to some help pages?

As always, thank you very much.

Regards,
Tim B.
GM Financial

[qwerty]

The GUID is a UUID which is globally valid among (theoretically) all EA repositories. If a missing GUID is claimed this means that you miss a package with elements having that GUID.

Note that the import of a package dialogue has a flag Strip GUID which tells EA to ignore the GUID and make new elements of all encountered ones, rather than matching and synching with existing elements with the same GUID.

q.