Although names are used to identify items in the Business Control Center, each item has an ID that’s also visible. If you want to prevent users from viewing or editing (where editing is permitted) repository IDs, change the displayID property of the /atg/bizui/Configuration component to false.

Note that the repository definition for the ID property takes precedence over this setting; even if displayID is set to true, if the repository definition specifies expert=true or hidden=true, IDs are not visible.

If the writable attribute is set to true in the repository definition, users can edit the IDs as well as view them (assuming displayID is not overridden by the repository definition). However, users can edit the ID field only until they click “Apply,” which saves the asset. After that, the ID property cannot be edited.