# IDs in Data Explorer

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ids-in-data-explorer/224775>\
**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** sql-query\
**Created:** [April 19, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ids-in-data-explorer/224775 "2022-04-19T18:02:51Z")\
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You can alias that particular `id` to `post_id` and it will work its magic. 👍 Eg.

```plaintext
SELECT id AS post_id
FROM posts 
ORDER BY created_at DESC

```

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