How do i populate GlobalID's in a geodatabase using ArcObjects for .NET?

[ScottLehto3]

Hi,

     I am looking for information on populating GlobalID's in a geodatabase using ArcObjects for .NET.

     We have users who would like to edit features in Survey123 that were created in ArcMap. 

       In order to work with Survey123, I need to adopt GlobalId usage. I'm just not sure on how to automate the population the GlobalId's in C#.

       Any information is appreciated.

[JoeBorgione]

The values of GlobalIDs are initially generated when the Add Global ID command is run. After that the Geodatbase in which the features reside takes care of new records; if a new record is added, a unique global id is generated for that record.

I know that Survey123 likes to use GlobalIDs as a relationship key but it's been a while since I worked with Survey 123 in that capacity.

[ScottLehto3 · Accepted solution]

It appears the Add Global ID Tool in ESRI would take care of it but a higher level of license is needed to run that tool.

Since my users may often have the lowest tiered version i opted for a different way. You can code for this directly in C# using System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString()); to populate your GUIDs.