Referencing App_id in the Export tool

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Hi,

we have set up the CommCare Export Tool and are currently testing this on one of our apps.

We have a few fields that aren't coming through. Once of which is the app_id. I haven't found any documentation as to how this needs to be referenced. I checked https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Export+field+reference but it doesn't seem to be listed.

Can anyone tell me how the source field should be identified?

Thank you,
Naledi

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Hi Naledi,

Although I'm not quit sure where the 'official' way to get this ID is located, I know that if you are viewing your app in HQ's app builder your URL is something like

https://www.commcarehq.org/a/corpora/apps/view/ee0728e83f2d42cc0ba852548f44dd94/

and the app ID is the series of letters and numbers after the "view", IE:

ee0728e83f2d42cc0ba852548f44dd94

in this case.

-Clayton

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Hi Clayton,

thanks (and it would be good to know if there is an overview of these somewhere actually) but what I am looking for is how to get the app ID field into our Postgres database when I run the export tool, not to get the app id for a specific app.

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Hi Naledi

The APP ID is only available if you are exporting forms. You can get it by using app_id as the Source Field. I've also updated the field reference document to list it.

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