SAP SE
Bijective transformation for compression of GUID

Abstract:

Provided is a method and system for transforming a GUID of a database entry into a reduced identifier. The transformation may be performed by a bijective function. In one example, the method may include one or more of receiving a database entry which includes a global unique identifier (GUID) which uniquely identifies the database entry, identifying a transformation function associated with the database entry, transforming the GUID into a reduced identifier based on the transformation function wherein the reduced identifier has a reduced size with respect to a size of the GUID, and storing the database entry based on the reduced identifier.