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Represents the ID of the management pack.

Schema Hierarchy

ManagementPack
  Manifest
    Identity (Manifest)
      ID (Reference)

Syntax

Xml 
<ID>ID</ID>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe the attributes, child elements, and the parent element of the ID element.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element Description

Identity (Manifest)

Contains the identity, name, and dependency references of the management pack.

Text Value

A text value is required. The value must meet the following requirements:

  • Contains only characters a–z (uppercase and lowercase), numbers 0–9, and the ‘.’ and ‘_’ characters.

  • Consists of fewer than 256 characters in length.

  • Is unique among all elements in the management pack.

The specified string value must be the file name of the management pack. For example, if the specified ID is Company.Product.MP.Library, the file name of the readable management pack must be Company.Product.MP.Library.xml; otherwise, the management pack import will fail.

Remarks

For an example of how the ID element is expressed in a management pack, see Manifest.

See Also