Getting the ID form of a CLC URL

The ID form of a CLC URL is obtained via CLC software. There are several ways to do this:

  1. From the Navigation Area of a CLC Workbench: Select the element in the Navigation Area, and copy the CLC URL, for example by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-C, or right-clicking and selecting the option "Copy" from the menu that appears. Then paste the URL where it is needed (figure 6.1).

  2. Using the CLC Server web interface.

    Select a data object from the tree browser on the left hand side of the browser window, and then select the "Element info" tab in the main area of the browser window. Expand the "CLC URL" section. This shows two versions of the CLC URL, one using the name form and one using the ID form.

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    Figure 6.1: Copying a data element from the Navigation Area of a CLC Workbench copies the CLC URL to the clipboard.

  3. Take the object ID from within the text ouptut file generated using the -O flag of the clcserver command.

    This would be the common route when running a series of commands via a script.