Hi Michael,
GUID means <b>G</b>lobal <b>U</b>nique <b>Id</b>entifier. You use a GUID when you need to identify an object/component with a unique id.
GUID are 128-bit object identifier calculated using an algorithm defined by the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">Open Software Foundation</a>.
GUID is based on the same standard as a UUID.
<u>UUID is:</u>
<b>U</b>niversal <b>U</b>nique <b>Id</b>entifier. Global unique identifier that is generated from the system time stamp and the network address according to one of the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">Open Software Foundation</a> standards. The methods of the CL_SYSTEM_UUID class create UUIDs in different formats and allow for the conversion from one format to another.
You can use Function Module <b>SYSTEM_UUID_CREATE</b> to generate GUID of type SYSUUID-X (raw 16 (compressed value of char 32))
Hopping this answer your question.
Sincerely
Alain Gauthier
