Unique number for components

Question

Hi All,

Not sure if this is even a thing but I am convinced I have seen it somewhere before. Am I right in thinking that when a component is created that it is given a unique reference that you can also search with? That way if you change the component name the JQL still works?

E.G. The component is "Project A" which has a unique reference of "001". So your JQL could be "component = 001" and if you change the component name to "Project B" the JQL would still work.

Hopefully this makes sense, any issues let me know.

Drew McDonald_eyqgma · Answer

Hi Dan, Yep! Right click > Inspect.

If you right click on the link to the component name, the inspect window will open on <a href="....", if you go up two levels (div line, and then td line) there's a <tr data-component-id="...." which should have the component ID

Dan Billingham · Answer

Thanks Drew, any chance there is an inspect element on Edge as my company does not use Chrome...

Drew McDonald_eyqgma · Answer

Sorry to necro an old question - But in case anyone finds this from Google and is looking for the answer.

One potential way to find the component ID easily is in the Projects > Components tab, you can use Chrome's inspect element tool on the list. Each table row (<tr>) has the component id stored as the data-component-id attribute.