Answers.Body: <p>The easiest way is to hover your mouse cursor over a link that refers to the item in question.  In the link that apppears in the bottom of the browser, look for the part that says <code>&amp;id=</code> and note the number after it.</p>
  
  <p>For instance, in the first screenshot, I hover over the "View" link to see that the contribution's ID is 45:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/REi0R.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/REi0R.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>In this example, the custom field ID is 3:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/y9Upk.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/y9Upk.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>In a few cases, there won't be any <code>&amp;id=</code>.  For instance, with groups it will be <code>&amp;gid=</code>.  They should all have "id" in them though!  Just make sure you don't pick the wrong one - e.g. in the first screenshot above, "cid" is the contact ID, not the contribution ID.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Many answers posted here involve finding an ID number for a custom field, or a group, or something else.  How do I do that?</p>
  
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Title: How do I find the ID of a custom field, contribution, option value, etc.?
ThreadText: # How do I find the ID of a custom field, contribution, option value, etc.?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-17)
  
  Many answers posted here involve finding an ID number for a custom field, or a group, or something else. How do I do that?
  
  **Tags:** user-interface
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2019-05-17. Score: 5
  
  The easiest way is to hover your mouse cursor over a link that refers to the item in question. In the link that apppears in the bottom of the browser, look for the part that says `&id=` and note the number after it.
  
  For instance, in the first screenshot, I hover over the "View" link to see that the contribution's ID is 45:
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/REi0R.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/REi0R.png)
  
  In this example, the custom field ID is 3:
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/y9Upk.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/y9Upk.png)
  
  In a few cases, there won't be any `&id=`. For instance, with groups it will be `&gid=`. They should all have "id" in them though! Just make sure you don't pick the wrong one - e.g. in the first screenshot above, "cid" is the contact ID, not the contribution ID.
  
  
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