When working in BriefBuilder, you may have noticed that all objects (spaces, connections, systems, users etc.) have an ID. These object IDs can be seen at the top of each detail view. See image below.
These IDs are automatically generated and they are unique.
They are also ‘fixed’ in the sense that they do not change when you change an object’s name or when you move an object to a different position within the tree.
This makes them very suitable to use when you want to integrate or exchange data with other applications.
Note: for each tree, you can easily download the used object IDs in an Excel format. Click here for more info.
You can also use object IDs to search for specific objects in the search function or to refer to specific objects in comments or descriptions. See here for more info about referencing.
Each ID consists of 2 or 3 letters and then a number, e.g. SP-1 for a space or SYS-3004 for a system.
The letters indicate what kind of object it is (in this example: a space or a system). The numbers have no particular semantic meaning. They are generated ‘on the fly’ when creating objects.
The lettering system is as follows:
| OPF | Folder in the Objectives & principles tree |
| PO | Project objective |
| DP | Design principles |
| — | |
| LOC | Location |
| CN | Connection |
| SG | Segment |
| CS | Civil structure |
| BU | Building |
| GS | Group of spaces |
| SP | Spaces |
| OS | Outdoor space |
| — | |
| SEF | Folder in the Systems & elements tree |
| SYS | System |
| SE | Spatial element |
| — | |
| PAF | Folder in the Processes & activities tree |
| PRO | Process |
| PA | Process activity |
| — | |
| DLF | Folder in the Deliverables tree |
| DL | Deliverable |
| — | |
| BOF | Folders in the Users tree |
| OR | Organisation (part) |
| US | User |
| — | |
| UAF | Folder in the User activities tree |
| UP | User process |
| UA | User activity |
| — | |
| UEF | Folder in the User equipment tree |
| UQ | User equipment |
| — | |
| SVF | Folders in the Services tree |
| FSG | Service group |
| FS | Service |
| — | |
| PFF | Folder in Performance failures tree |
| PF | Performance failure |
| — | |
| QMF | Folder in the Quality measurements tree |
| QM | Quality measurement |
| — | |
| STF | Folder in the Standards tree |
| ST | Standard |
| — | |
| RTF | Folder in the Requirement texts tree |
| RT | Requirement text |
Please note that these IDs are the same for all the different language versions of BriefBuilder. The ID for a space in a German model still starts with “SP” even though a space is called Raum in German.