# \#idgen
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## [Non-patient sequence generator](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/non-patient-sequence-generator/40812)
**Author:** [@props](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/props)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/non-patient-sequence-generator/40812 "2023-11-01T12:45:18Z")
Hello! We are developing own business module for OpenMRS and we need to generate sequence for some entity (non Patient). Firstly we have looked at idgen functionality, but it seems designed for the Patient entity only. P…
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## [Not able to open registration page](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/not-able-to-open-registration-page/37585)
**Author:** [@vinayasree](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/vinayasree)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/not-able-to-open-registration-page/37585 "2022-11-16T14:46:33Z")
When clicking on registration module facing this issue. How to resolve this issue?
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## [RESTWS: REST endpoint for getting AutoGenerationOptions of an IdentifierType](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/restws-rest-endpoint-for-getting-autogenerationoptions-of-an-identifiertype/29844)
**Author:** [@samuel34](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/samuel34)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/restws-rest-endpoint-for-getting-autogenerationoptions-of-an-identifiertype/29844 "2020-08-12T22:30:19Z")
Extending discussion from RESTWS: REST endpoint for primary and extra patient identifier types (Thanks to @dkayiwa that pointed us to the working solution) I’m working on MF-218. A brief summary of what it’s about:- Usi…
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## [AutoGenerationOption has no UUID](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/autogenerationoption-has-no-uuid/27431)
**Author:** [@samuel34](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/samuel34)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/autogenerationoption-has-no-uuid/27431 "2020-03-17T12:52:01Z")
Hi all, I’m working on adding new domain and implementation for AutoGenerationOption, the practical challenge I have encountered with the current data model is bootstrapping an existing option since the AutoGenerationOp…
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## [What's the core usecase for IdentifierResource](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/whats-the-core-usecase-for-identifierresource/21223)
**Author:** [@samuel34](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/samuel34)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/whats-the-core-usecase-for-identifierresource/21223 "2019-01-10T08:39:32Z")
Hey, We have an IdentifierResource already added in the idgen module as a subresource for IdentifierSourceResource however, this resource isn’t working. curl -u admin:Admin123 -i "http://localhost:8080/openmrs/ws/rest/…
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## [A bit of a cleanup of IDGen WS](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/a-bit-of-a-cleanup-of-idgen-ws/20151)
**Author:** [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/a-bit-of-a-cleanup-of-idgen-ws/20151 "2018-11-02T14:41:16Z")
Hi Bahmni folks (@angshuonline, @binduak, @darius) We noticed that the tip of IDGen WS was failing. I took a look and realised that it was because of a mismatch of versions across the POMs. So I cleaned that up and whi…
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## [Using @SubClassHandler for children of IdentifierSource (IDGEN-42)](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/using-subclasshandler-for-children-of-identifiersource-idgen-42/17479)
**Author:** [@samuel34](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/samuel34)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/using-subclasshandler-for-children-of-identifiersource-idgen-42/17479 "2018-04-13T17:39:34Z")
Started looking into https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/IDGEN-42 , I started by reviewing this PR which is the recommended starting point. Isn’t this current implementation IdentifierSourceResource able to handle all re…
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## [idgen - generate a random identifier](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/idgen-generate-a-random-identifier/15633)
**Author:** [@jdick](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jdick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/idgen-generate-a-random-identifier/15633 "2018-02-05T17:34:27Z")
We are migrating to use of the idgen module from idcards. Presently we are able to use rest calls to generate a new identifier. However, idgen is generating the identifiers sequentially. We would strongly prefer to gener…
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## [IdGen: Why does IdentifierSource not extend BaseOpenmrsObject?](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/idgen-why-does-identifiersource-not-extend-baseopenmrsobject/14025)
**Author:** [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/idgen-why-does-identifiersource-not-extend-baseopenmrsobject/14025 "2017-11-10T15:29:37Z")
Hey @mogoodrich / @mseaton, Pinging you because I “think” you may be the initial committers, why is it that IdentifierSource does not extend BaseOpenmrsObject (here)?