checklistid

Checklistid refers to a unique identifier used to reference a specific checklist within a software system that manages tasks or compliance items. It serves as the primary means of distinguishing one checklist from another and enables efficient retrieval, updates, and linkage to related data such as checklist items, assignees, and status records.

Representations vary by system. Common forms include an auto-incremented integer and universally unique identifiers (UUIDs or GUIDs). In many databases the checklistid functions as the primary key of a checklists table, and as a foreign key in related records like items, results, or history logs. In web APIs, checklistid typically appears in the URL path or query parameters to identify the target checklist (for example, GET /checklists/{checklistid}).

Lifecycle and constraints: a checklistid is usually assigned at creation and may be immutable afterward. Depending on the design, deletion can be hard or soft; in soft delete, the checklistid may be retained for historical integrity. Depending on whether duplicates are possible, uniqueness constraints are enforced at the database level.

Data integrity and access control: operations using checklistid should enforce authorization to access the referenced checklist. When used as a foreign key, cascading actions may delete or update related records to preserve consistency.

Related concepts: checklist, checklist item, itemid, status, assignee. See also data model design, primary key, foreign key, REST API pattern.