# Snapshot policy snapshot name as uniq ID

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-policy-snapshot-name-as-uniq-id/352279>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [February 1, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-policy-snapshot-name-as-uniq-id/352279 "2024-02-01T11:47:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![VijayIQA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e19b73/32.png) [@VijayIQA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VijayIQA)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-policy-snapshot-name-as-uniq-id/352279/1 "2024-02-01T11:47:25Z")

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Hi Team, here is my snapshot policy snapshot name math expression  
`<test-snap-{now{MM-dd-yyyy_HH-mm|Asia/Kolkata}}>` so the result should be `test-snap-02-01-2024_17-09` but in kibana UI the snapshot name showing as `test-snap-02-01-2024_17-09-i2th5g_xteu_kcuaasyvdw` i dont want that end lines in snapshot name like `-i2th5g_xteu_kcuaasyvdw`

How to achieve that ?

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-policy-snapshot-name-as-uniq-id/352279/2 "2024-02-01T12:29:50Z")

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> [@VijayIQA](#):
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> How to achieve that ?

I don't think this is possible, the UUID is automatically appended to the name to avoid conflicting snapshot names.

There is no option to remove it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-policy-snapshot-name-as-uniq-id/352279/3 "2024-02-29T12:29:57Z")

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