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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: [Extend, PMD Scripting, Scripts]
nav: wcp_docs
parent_url: /wcp_docs/
title: uuid ( )
layout: subsection
---

## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Returns a universally unique identifier (UUID) string.

## <a id="section_cyq_j1m_zsb"></a>Return Type

`String`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5db"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
string:uuid()
```

## <a id="section_tkc_dyb_5db"></a>Example

`string:uuid()`

Returns `f7e6c775-4647-4771-b19a-2eda343438fa`