What are Slack Conversation IDs, and how can they be used in Onna?

Topics covered in this article:

• What are Slack Conversation IDs?

• How can Conversation IDs be used in Onna?

• Where can you find Conversation IDs in Onna?

What are Slack Conversation IDs?

Every Slack conversation has a Conversation ID, whether it be a public channel, a private channel, or a direct message. If you copy a link to a conversation in Slack, you'll see the Conversation ID within the link. In this example, C042WEMTYLV is the Conversation ID: https://onna-team.slack.com/archives/C042WEMTYLV/p1673471277918959

How can Conversation IDs be used in Onna?

Conversation IDs are a powerful tool used for searching within Onna and are particularly helpful when handling renamed Slack channels. If a user renames a Slack channel, the Conversation ID remains the same, giving you an easy way to identify the channel regardless of the name. 

Watch this excerpt from Best practices for searching your Slack data source to see how @jgolad, Enterprise Architect at Onna, identified and used a Conversation ID to identify a renamed Slack channel.

Where can you find Conversation IDs in Onna?

Conversation IDs are ingested with your Slack data in Onna and are visible in the table view display of your Onna search results. Learn how to add the Conversation ID field to the table view in the Help Center.

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