Way to get only the element ID in a Visio

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I have a Visio for an element, and I would like to get only the element ID, without the DMA ID.

I know we can use [this elementID] to get both the DMA ID and element ID, but is there a way to get only the element ID?

Ailton Luz [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Selected answer as best 25th January 2024

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Hi Ailton,

Following the answer Jarno, a better regex expression would be

\d+\/(\d+)
instead of
\/(.*)
as the one mentioned would only remove the / and leave everything else and with the \d you restrict to digits which is what IDs use

Ailton Luz [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Selected answer as best 25th January 2024
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Hi Ailton,

You can make use of the RegexReplace placeholder:

[RegexReplace:\/(.*),[this elementid],$1]

Kind Regards,
Jarno

Ailton Luz [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Posted new comment 25th January 2024
Ailton Luz [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] commented

Hi Jarno, thanks for pointing me out to RegexReplace, but I was looking for something that would not require regex. But in the end, I will have to use regex…